Aplomado Falcon

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 25 Sep 2010 21:40
Aplomado Falcon in the Colca
Canyon
![]() ![]() We were admiring
the sheer drop to the canyon floor and seeing the inedible relative of the pineapple
![]() ![]() The mountain orchid and a bud of the national flower -
the wakanki
![]() We saw a Giant Hummingbird then.......
![]() ......... a teenage Aplomado Falcon, a
slender, long-winged, long tail the size of a Peregrine Falcon
![]() We watched him for ages hoping he would take off, when our guide clapped his hands and
................
![]() Up he
jumped
![]() and
off he soared
ALL IN ALL WHAT A TREAT THE SAME DAY AS SEEING THE
CONDOR
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