Photography of Birds – Set # 20 | H.J. Ruiz

The Turkey Vulture, after some wing flaps, picked up a thermal air current and soared high. Then, without any effort circled over a vast area, looking for any carrion to be his next meal. The background mountains are part of the Andes in Mejia, Arequipa, Peru.

Peruvian Thick Knee

These birds I didn’t see for many years, The Peruvian Thick Knee is found in South America in the coastal strip between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes. Its range extends from northern Chile, through Peru to southern Ecuador. Its typical habitat is semi-desert areas, agricultural land, dry pasture or well-vegetated river valleys. It particularly favours open crops such as alfalfa or corn.

12 thoughts on “Photography of Birds – Set # 20”

aussiebirder on April 13, 2020 at 5:28 pm said:

This bird has a lot of similarity to our own Bush Stone-curlew, but it is a night bird which hunts near the coast in the tropics.
https://aussiebirder.com/2019/08/07/rest-i-will-bring-the-birds-to-you-the-bush-stone-curlew/

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- H.J. for avian101 on April 13, 2020 at 6:25 pm said:
  
  You are right, Ashley. The similarity is obvious. Thank you, my friend. 🙂
  
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sv-anui.com on April 13, 2020 at 7:03 pm said:

Love the vulture image , HJ. And the Thick Knees remind me of our Beach Stone Curlews!

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- H.J. for avian101 on April 13, 2020 at 9:02 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Chris. The birds are very similar. 🙂
  
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de Wets Wild on April 13, 2020 at 10:02 pm said:

The Peruvian Thick-knees are my favourite today, H.J – thanks for introducing me to them! We have two species of Thick-knee here – in Afrikaans we call them Dikkoppe; meaning “Big heads” which to me seems more appropriate than Thick-knee.

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- H.J. for avian101 on April 14, 2020 at 5:28 pm said:
  
  There’s something about birds, although they are in different Continents, at one remote time were possibly only one species. They spread around the world and after thousands of years, they mutated certain characteristics and adapted to the adopted locations. Thank you, D. 🙂
  
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Indira on April 14, 2020 at 2:05 am said:

I like the first composition! The thick-knee is similar to our stone plower.

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- H.J. for avian101 on April 14, 2020 at 5:38 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Indira. 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on April 14, 2020 at 10:00 am said:

Beautiful capture of the Vulture soaring, HJ! The Peruvian Thick Knees are adorable, and what a name! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on April 14, 2020 at 6:03 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Donna. Do you want to know what the Peruvians call them? Huerequeque. 🙂
  
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Rolling Harbour on April 17, 2020 at 1:27 pm said:

Thick knees! Heard of them, now I know what they look like…

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- H.J. for avian101 on April 17, 2020 at 5:47 pm said:
  
  Thank you, RH. 🙂
  
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