This bearded mountaineer is not what or who you may have expected. It is an uncommon hummingbird found only in the high Andes of southern Peru. This one surprised me by feeding on Tree Tobacco, Nicotiana glauca, which is a common weed in inland Australia, but native to that area. (Surprised only because of its Australian associations for me.)
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| Note the purplish 'beard' standing out from the breast. |
As my other heading suggests, I'll be away now until next Wednesday. (We're driving up to Armidale, about 800km north on the New England plateau, to attend a wedding. While willingly fulfilling my responsibilities, I'll make a bit of time en route, and in Armidale pre-wedding, to do a bit of natural historising - I'm sure you'll hear about it.)
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Hi and thanks for the feedback (for some reason your comment was consigned to Spam and I've only just seen it). I'm new at the blogging game, and while I've looked up a bit about RSS feeds, I'm still not clear as to what the advantage of them is to readers (eg you). If you felt like explaining it to me - or just referring me to some info - I'll be happy to take it on board. Reply directly if you like to calochilus51@internode.on.net.
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