Birding in Peru

Len spent two weeks on a birding trip to Peru.  He has graciously shared some of the most incredible bird photos.  He wrote: "There were four of us with a guide and a driver.  We started in Cuzco at 11,000 ft.  We stayed at lodges at different elevation so we could see different birds.  A research station at 9,000 ft, Cock of the Rock Lodge at 6,000 ft and at a tributary of the Amazon river lodge at 3,000 ft.  We finished at a river lodge at 300 ft.  When we were finished we traveled back to Cuzco going through a pass at 15,600 ft.  The Cock of the Rock pictures were taken at a Lek where the male birds come to show off.  There were no females but the testosterone level is still so high that these males continue to come to the Lek with high hopes of seeing a female.  The Giant River Otter was at one of the Oxbow lakes at 300 ft."  I have had the privilege of seeing these photos as he has sent them over the last several days.  I am excited to publish them here.