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I never tire of looking at the stone walls built by the Inca. I could stare at Inca stonework for days, as at fine paintings and sculptures.
I'm posting photos from a two-week trip to Peru November 24 to December 7, 2001. This was
a year and a half before my first digital camera. Images below have been scanned from prints.
Description
The Inca tern is roughly 39 to 42 cm (15 to 17 in) long and weighs between 180 to 210 g (6.3 to 7.4 oz). Its plumage is uniquely colorful, among terns; adults have a mostly dark, slate-gray body, with a paler throat and underwing coverts. A white stripe extends back from the base of the bill and fans-out as long, satiny feathers along the side of the neck. The trailing edge of their wing, and the edges of the four outer primaries, are white. Their tail is black and moderately forked. Their iris is brown, with legs and feet that are dark red. Their bill is dark red with bare yellow skin at the base. Chicks are, upon hatching, a purplish-brown, progressing through brownish-gray before developing mature plumage. The chicks' bills and legs are dark and horn-colored, and gradually attain the red of adults'.
Distribution and habitat
The Inca tern is an inhabitant of the Humboldt Current region. It breeds from Lobos de Tierra, in northern Perú, south to the Aconcagua River, near Valparaíso, Chile. Some disperse north into Ecuador after breeding. It is a casual visitor to Panamá and Costa Rica, and has also been recorded as a vagrant in Guatemala and Hawaii. The Hawaiian documented birds, in particular, remained from March through November on the Hawaiian archipelago.
The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society treats the Inca tern's presence in Colombia as "hypothetical", due to a number of unverified or undocumented sightings. On the biodiversity database iNaturalist, one 'research-grade' sighting (with photo) has been documented from the coast of Buenaventura, Colombia's Isla Cascajal, dated July 2023.
The Inca tern nests on sea cliffs and guano islands, as well as manmade structures (such as ledges under piers) and abandoned barges. It will gather with other sea and shorebirds on sandy beaches.
This bronzy inca hummingbird is zeroing in on his next meal. He had already inserted his beak in the flower to the right and in this shot he is just about to feed off the second flower. If you look carefully you can see that he has dislodged some pollen from the first flower.
Bronzy incas live in humid montane forests from the northern Andes in Venezuela south to southeast Bolivia. These birds are often considered to be among the drabbest of hummingbirds but if you get them in the right light light you can see a rich range of colours.
I photographed this bronzy inca at the Cock of the Rock Lodge in Manu National Park in Peru.
Esta trilha é uma excelente alternativa para os que querem, literalmente, sair da trilha. Você terá a oportunidade de conhecer uma autêntica pedreira inca e experimentar a mesma sensação dos trabalhadores durante o Império Inca,há mais de 600 anos atrás. Você também irá conhecer a cidade de Aguas Calientes partindo de Ollantaytambo em um trem de primeira classe.
El camino del inca es un extenso sistema de rutas de 8.500 kilómetros.
Construido durante el imperio Inca mucho tiempo antes de que llegaran los conquistadores, unía todo el imperio desde Colombia hasta Chile.
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Primer dibujo con la Rotring ArtPen, y primer descubrimiento de novato, la tinta no es resistente al agua...
Inca Tern at the Lisbon Oceanarium
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Description
The Inca tern is roughly 39 to 42 cm (15 to 17 in) long and weighs between 180 to 210 g (6.3 to 7.4 oz). Its plumage is uniquely colorful, among terns; adults have a mostly dark, slate-gray body, with a paler throat and underwing coverts. A white stripe extends back from the base of the bill and fans-out as long, satiny feathers along the side of the neck. The trailing edge of their wing, and the edges of the four outer primaries, are white. Their tail is black and moderately forked. Their iris is brown, with legs and feet that are dark red. Their bill is dark red with bare yellow skin at the base. Chicks are, upon hatching, a purplish-brown, progressing through brownish-gray before developing mature plumage. The chicks' bills and legs are dark and horn-colored, and gradually attain the red of adults'.
Distribution and habitat
The Inca tern is an inhabitant of the Humboldt Current region. It breeds from Lobos de Tierra, in northern Perú, south to the Aconcagua River, near Valparaíso, Chile. Some disperse north into Ecuador after breeding. It is a casual visitor to Panamá and Costa Rica, and has also been recorded as a vagrant in Guatemala and Hawaii. The Hawaiian documented birds, in particular, remained from March through November on the Hawaiian archipelago.
The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society treats the Inca tern's presence in Colombia as "hypothetical", due to a number of unverified or undocumented sightings. On the biodiversity database iNaturalist, one 'research-grade' sighting (with photo) has been documented from the coast of Buenaventura, Colombia's Isla Cascajal, dated July 2023.
The Inca tern nests on sea cliffs and guano islands, as well as manmade structures (such as ledges under piers) and abandoned barges. It will gather with other sea and shorebirds on sandy beaches.
The famous Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is a particular trek in the world. Inca Trail sets out from the kilometer 82 of the Cusco - Quillabamba railway, and takes three to four days of tough hiking. The route runs through an impressive range of altitudes, where climates and eco-systems range from the high Andean plain down to the cloud forests. The Inca Trail climbs up through two highland passages, (the higher of the two, Warmiwañuska, lies at 4,200 m.a.s.l.) before reaching Machu Picchu through the Inti Punku or Gateway of the Sun. One of the attractions of the trail is that it winds carved granite Inca settlements (Wiñay Wayna, Phuyupatamarca), all of these surrounded by a breathtaking natural scenery.
The forests abound in hundreds of species of orchids, brightly-colored birds and dream-like landscapes, the ideal complement to this indispensable hikers' route. Machu Picchu was connected in the past with the city of Cusco and the rest of the Inca empire by amazing trails, specifically designed for the use of the Incas in perfect harmony with the flora and fauna of the area. It has to be said that they had an absolutely wonderful knowledge of architecture and construction. Throughout the whole trail you can locate some shelters surrounded by gorgeous country sites and great views. Some of the Inca Trail lead you to a few archeologycal remains. The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is known as the most famous and tough hiking circuit all over South America, because of the conjunction of different elements that it offers to its visitors.
Inca Trail TO MACHU PICCHU ITINERARY:
First Day on Inca Trail : Cusco - Huayllabamba
An hour ride by private bus takes us to Urubamba and then to the Ollantaytambo village, where we stop for 30 or 50 minutes to organize the porters and have the optional breakfast, after which we continue to the 82 Km, the starting of the trail. During 5 or 6 hours we hike to the village. Includes: lunch, dinner and camping.(3,000 m .s .n .m.) (9 000 ft).
Second Day on Inca Trail : Huayllabamba-Pacamayu
A steeper climb takes us through the area of rain forest and up to Llulluchapampa and the valley. There are some very good views on the way to the Warmiwañusca Passage (4 200 m. s .n .m.) (13 700 ft.). That hike takes us 5 hours approximately. After the passage we steep down again into the valley of Pacaymayu.
Third Day on Inca Trail : Pacymayu-Wiñayhuayna
At 7:00a.m. we get along climbing to the second passage. Glancing from here we`ll look at the first pass and forward to the high snow capped mountain known as the cordillera Vilcabamba. By crossing to the other side of the Runcuracay passage (3,800m.s.n.m.)(12,900ft.), we quickly notice a change in the vegetation, since we have now crossed the continent divided between the highlands and the Amazon basin. The Inca Trail itself by now has become more apparent: a defined path made of flat boulders descending into the valley where we`ll get at the ruins of Sayacmarca. After having crossed the dry lake, we enter in the rain forest; the trees are adorned with orchids, paradise flowers and flock of parrots can be see on the Inca Trail , with an unforgettable fowl lodge along the valley. At one point we had been passed through an Inca tunnel, before getting at the ruins of Phuyupatamarca, the third passage (3,600m.s.n.m.)(11,600ft.). Far away we get glimpses of Pumasillo and Salkantay and, thousands of feet below, once again the Urubamba river. Soon we can see the MACHU PICCHU huge mountain around it. The long dessert begins about 2 hours downwards the lodge of Wiñaywayna.
Fourth Day on Inca Trail : Wiñayhuayna-MACHU PICCHU
Finally we walk one hour to the Sun`s Gate after having watched the impresing view of Machu Picchu (new wonder of the world), and the full grandiose of the greatest archaeological remains ever revealed. We arrive at 6.00 a .m. before the majority of the tourists arrive, so we can appreciate in all its whole magnificence this magical citadel. Later we get the afternoon train from Aguas Calientes returning to Cusco.
Mendoza - Argentina
Ubicado en plena Cordillera de los Andes, a 2.720 metros sobre el nivel del mar, el Puente del Inca, es un paraje cordillerano famoso por su puente natural, curiosidad geológica única en el mundo y declarada Monumento Natural. El Puente ha sido formado por la acción de las aguas minerales. El caudal fluvial se abrió paso entre sedimentos depositados en el fondo de una artesa y luego cementado por las aguas termales. Estas dan a la zona su coloración de naranjas, amarillos y ocres, y a cualquier objeto que se coloque bajo ellas una dureza tal por la impregnación en sales minerales que adquiere una apariencia "petrificada"
En la margen derecha alberga a las famosas termas, con cinco fuentes del mismo tipo, pero de diferentes temperaturas y componentes. Los singulares cerros que hay a su lado y el río Las Cuevas que pasa decenas de metros por debajo del puente completan la postal.
En 1925 se construyó el Hotel Puente del Inca que representó para su época un verdadero lujo al que asistían las personalidades más importantes. Luego de sobrevivir a varias amenazas climáticas, que previamente habían dejado inhabilitado el servicio del tren trasandino, el hotel fue destruido por el devastador alud de 1965; pero sus ruinas son visitadas por miles de turistas cada año.
El nombre del lugar proviene de la leyenda que cuenta que mucho antes de la llegada de los españoles un gran jefe inca tenía un hijo afectado de parálisis, y luego de intentar todo tipo de curas sin resultado escuchó que tierras al sur existía un lugar donde las aguas curativas podían terminar con su desgracia. Preparó entonces un grupo con los mejores guerreros y se dirigió hacia allí. Cuando llegó, observó asombrado las famosas aguas que salían de la tierra; pero de ellas lo separaba un río torrentoso que le impedía llegar. Sus guerreros, sin dudarlo, se abrazaron unos a otros formando un puente humano, y de ese modo llegaron hasta el otro lado. El inca caminó por encima de sus espaldas con su hijo en brazos y llegó hasta la terma en donde encontró la ansiada cura. Cuando volvió su mirada atrás para agradecerles a sus guerreros, éstos se habían petrificado y constituían ya lo que hoy conocemos como el famoso ''Puente del Inca''.
The small post hut of Runkuraqay as viewed from further up the Inca Trail on the way to Dead Woman's Pass
This 'back door' to Machu Picchu from the west traverses a steep cliff. The stone wall built up from below to allow passage includes a deep notch covered by wooden planks. This served as a drawbridge that could be pulled up by defenders to hinder access by invaders.
Flock of Inca Doves getting fat on my neighbors Rye (winter) grass seeds. This is just a very small part as there had to be a dozen Inca doves in total.
[In 2017, on my 10th visit to Peru and 6th to Cusco and Machu Picchu, I finally found the time and organised the traditional Inca Trail trek. I had also booked to climb Huayna Picchu, a climb that I had previously undertaken and enjoyed in 2007.]
At the end of the narrowing trail, a new gate bars hikers from the rickety plank crossing. In Inca times, the trail continued for miles to barracks that housed Machu Picchu's builders. The construction workers were conscripted from several parts of the Inca empire, some for their particular skills, others for their familiarity with designs suitable to the terrain.
The Inca tern (Larosterna inca) is a seabird in the family Sternidae. It is the only member of the genus Larosterna.
This uniquely plumaged bird breeds on the coasts of Peru and Chile, and is restricted to the Humboldt current. It can be identified by its dark grey body, white moustache on both sides of its head, and red-orange beak and feet.
The Inca tern is a large tern, approximately 40 cm long. Sexes are similar; the adult is mostly slate-grey with white restricted to the facial plumes and the trailing edges of the wings. The large bill and legs are dark red. Immature birds are purple-brown, and gradually develop the facial plumes.
The Inca tern breeds on rocky cliffs. It nests in a hollow or burrow or sometimes the old nest of a Humboldt penguin, and lays one or two eggs. The eggs are incubated for about 4 weeks, and the chicks leave the nest after 7 weeks.
The Inca tern feeds primarily on small fish, such as anchovies. The species spots its prey from the air, diving into the water to grab meals with its pointed beak. Its call is a cat-like mew.
Santa Barbara Zoo. California.