THE HOUSE BUNTING

A pelagic trip with Quintero Wild delivered point-blank views of Pacific specialties: five albatross species including Northern royal and Chatham, several petrels and shearwaters and a handful of other lifers.

Chile’s capital city offers some great birding opportunities at short driving distances in the wetland of Batuco and the highlands of Farellones: many-colored rush tyrants, condors, ground tyrants, moustached turca and more.

I connected with several targets while exploring the Patagonian rainforest, Salinas and Sierras surrounded by Chaco, Monte desert by the ocean in Argentina plus drier Andes and pelagic waters in Central Chile.