Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)
My first sight of this group was a couple lying in the dirt road! Completely chilled and did not bother to get up…
Junellia pappigera
A decorative plant in or out of bloom. I guess many rock-garden enthusiasts would like it in their garden! Altitude:…
Junellia pappigera
In certain areas it is very common and you'll see both color variants. Altitude: 4232 metres. Native range is Bolivia,…
Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
Here at the Laguna Cañapa the ducks were not at all disturbed by humans, and I could get quite close to this individual…
Golden-spotted Ground Dove (Metriopelia aymara)
Due to the midday sun, the light is very hard, and the golden spots on the wing barely visible. The morning or evening…
Lobelia oligophylla
Grows alongside the springs, streams, rivers and some lagoons. Altitude: 4131 metres. Native range is Ecuador to…
Calandrinia acaulis
Grows alongside the springs, streams, rivers and some lagoons. Altitude: 4131 metres. Native range is Venezuela to…
Patosia clandestina
A common plant that makes huge, dense mats around the springs, streams, rivers and some areas of the lagoons.…
Laguna Cañapa
Only a tiny speck of snow is left on the mountain, but in the winter even this lagoon is sometimes covered with snow…
Laguna Cañapa
The color of the water in this lagoon looks so temptingly blue and fresh, but it is most likely undrinkable to humans.…
Laguna Hedionda
This lagoon was by far the most abundant with flamingos. Altitude: 4126 metres. -21.573056,-68.038611
James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)
When their food, algae, is getting scarce on the shallows, they venture out as deep as needed to get to where the algae…