Aplomado Falcon
                Beez Neez now Chy Whella
                  Big Bear and Pepe Millard
                  
Sat 25 Sep 2010 21:40
                  
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 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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