In the previous Blog Post, I covered the first part of my final morning on Chiloe Island. I headed back to the Punihuil Penguin colony & I took a rib out to the colony. After the trip, I spend some time checking the scrubby edges at the back of Punihuil Beach for Tapaculos, but I had no joy. However, there were a few other species of interest.
House Wren: This is the chilensis subspecies which occurs in Southern Chile & Southern Argentina
Butterfly sp.: I don't know much about South American Butterflies, but if this was in Europe, I would call it a Fritillary sp.
On the way back to Ancud, I managed to see my first Ochre-flanked Tapaculo, but it wasn't prepared to pose for the camera. But there was a good selection of species which were more obliging.
Ringed Kingfisher
Rufous-tailed Plantcutter: This occurs in central & Southern Chile & Southern Argentina
Chilean Swallow: This species breeds in Southern Chile & Argentina & migrates North to winter in Bolivia & Brazil
Chilean Swallow: A closer crop of the last photo showing the left-hand individual
Austral Blackbird
Black-chinned Siskin
Time for a final lunch in Ancud & to head off for the ferry. My time on Chiloe had been a great & I could easily have spent longer in the area. I will certainly consider returning on a future visit to Chile. However, I was still seven hundred miles from Santiago, without allowing for a number of lengthy side journeys off the main road. My initial plan was to get to Parque Nacional Puyehue for the following morning. This was about one hundred & fifty miles from the ferry terminal, which was a two & a half hour drive. I had a few minutes wait at the ferry before being allowed to board the ferry.
The ferry was packed: But at least I was on the first ferry
View of a Chilean mountain from the ferry