Skip to content
Frontal portrait of an Inca Tern with its white moustache plumes, Lima

Author

Field Notes

Alfredo Fernández

Founder & Lead Guide, Wild Andes Tours

Alfredo is a Lima-based birding guide and wildlife photographer. He leads Wild Andes Tours' small-group birding and photography trips — from the wetlands and pelagic waters of Lima to Manu and the high Andes — and writes the field notes below from those same routes.

About Wild Andes Tours →

All Articles

Posts by Alfredo

The Marvelous Spatuletail: A Guide to Huembo

The Marvelous Spatuletail: A Guide to Huembo

The Undulated Antpitta: Now Reliable at the Ensifera Camp

The Undulated Antpitta: Now Reliable at the Ensifera Camp

The Birds of Machu Picchu: A Birdwatcher's Guide

The Birds of Machu Picchu: A Birdwatcher's Guide

The Diademed Sandpiper-Plover: A Guide to Marcapomacocha

The Diademed Sandpiper-Plover: A Guide to Marcapomacocha

How to Go Birding on a Lima Layover

How to Go Birding on a Lima Layover

The Peruvian Thick-knee: Lima’s Ghostly Voice of the Desert Night

The Peruvian Thick-knee: Lima’s Ghostly Voice of the Desert Night

The Many-colored Rush-Tyrant: Lima's Living Jewel of the Reeds

The Many-colored Rush-Tyrant: Lima's Living Jewel of the Reeds

The Inca Tern: Lima's Most Charismatic Coastal Seabird

The Inca Tern: Lima's Most Charismatic Coastal Seabird

See the Andean Condor on a Day Trip to Santa Eulalia Canyon

See the Andean Condor on a Day Trip to Santa Eulalia Canyon

FREE PDF: Fauna of the Wetland Ecosystem

FREE PDF: Fauna of the Wetland Ecosystem

FREE PDF: Fauna of the Humboldt Current Marine Ecosystem

FREE PDF: Fauna of the Humboldt Current Marine Ecosystem

Lima’s Endemic Birds – Part 3: The White-cheeked Cotinga (Zaratornis stresemanni)

Lima’s Endemic Birds – Part 3: The White-cheeked Cotinga (Zaratornis stresemanni)

Lima’s Endemic Birds – Part 1: The Surf Cinclodes (Cinclodes taczanowskii)

Lima’s Endemic Birds – Part 1: The Surf Cinclodes (Cinclodes taczanowskii)

Lima’s Endemic Birds – Part 2: The Great Inca-Finch (Incaspiza pulchra)

Lima’s Endemic Birds – Part 2: The Great Inca-Finch (Incaspiza pulchra)

Lima’s Endemic Birds – Part 4: The Coastal Miner (Geositta peruviana)

Lima’s Endemic Birds – Part 4: The Coastal Miner (Geositta peruviana)

Guess Blog Post: Photographing Inca Terns & Northern Peru by John Meragias

Guess Blog Post: Photographing Inca Terns & Northern Peru by John Meragias

Exploring the Seabirds of Lima: Full Pelagic vs Mini-Pelagic with Wild Andes Tours

Exploring the Seabirds of Lima: Full Pelagic vs Mini-Pelagic with Wild Andes Tours

FREE PDF: Fauna of the Lomas Ecosystem

FREE PDF: Fauna of the Lomas Ecosystem

FREE PDF: Fauna of the Andean Valleys Ecosystem

FREE PDF: Fauna of the Andean Valleys Ecosystem

Hummingbirds of Northern Peru

Hummingbirds of Northern Peru

Lima's Unique Urban Birdlife: Spotting Birds in the City

Lima's Unique Urban Birdlife: Spotting Birds in the City

Blanquillo's Clay-lick: Manu National Park's best kept secret

Blanquillo's Clay-lick: Manu National Park's best kept secret

The Lomas Ecosystem of Peru

The Lomas Ecosystem of Peru

The Guano Boom: marine bird conservation at its finest

The Guano Boom: marine bird conservation at its finest

Hornby’s Storm-Petrel: Light pollution and conservation

Hornby’s Storm-Petrel: Light pollution and conservation

Discovering Lima's Exclusive Avian Gems: 10 Fascinating Endemic Birds found in the Department of Lima

Discovering Lima's Exclusive Avian Gems: 10 Fascinating Endemic Birds found in the Department of Lima

Coastal Birding in Lima

Coastal Birding in Lima

Cactus Canastero

Cactus Canastero

Best Birding Spots around the City of Lima, Peru

Best Birding Spots around the City of Lima, Peru