Sandpiper: Well, if you head south, you’re sure to see them – they were very common everywhere we were, including Buenos Aires. I believe their range extends north well into Mexico, so you don’t even have to travel too far!

Gives me the traveling itch!

Mary: Thanks!

Lori: Thank you! It was indeed interesting comparing some of the similar birds, although there are quite a few large species groups down there that just plain don’t exist up north, especially some of the Tyrant-like families (Ground-Tyrant, Shrike-Tyrant, and so on).

Montucky: I dunno – the winds might just blow you all the way back down!

BrianR: Yeah I can only imagine how difficult layer management would be if you were there for any length of time! It was hard enough for the 3 days we spent at the Torres. I’m glad you’re enjoying the travelogue.

Monarch: Thanks – it was something else indeed! I was very happy that the White-tufted Grebe family gave us such a close swim-by!

Klaus: Thank you!

Scienceguy: The peaks were something else indeed. I’ve been around plenty of tall peaks (the Eastern Sierra Nevada, mainly), but these take the cake, especialy as they were sort of in an outcrop all by themselves, not much attached the the Andes to their north.