THE HOUSE BUNTING

A montane creek within the yungas cloud forest north of Salta is home to the mega rufous-throated dipper, which provided great views. Torrent ducks, Andean condors and endemic brushfinches also obliged.

My first time birding in the Neotropics involved a couple of hours walking the grasslands around Viru Viru Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, featuring grasping looks at nothuras, tinamous and rheas.

A whole month exploring different landscapes across South Africa delivered memorable encounters with rockjumpers, sugarbirds, bustards, secretarybirds, finfoot, albatrosses, penguins and more.