For anyone wishing to see photos of White-winged Diuca-Finches and the area in Peru where we have been studying them, here is a link to recent photos:
    <http://quelccaya.blogspot.com/>

These birds have their own website, which will be substantially updated in the next year or so:
    <https://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/quelccaya/diuca.html>

Thanks for your interest!
Doug Hardy, Norwich


On 5/8/2016 10:04 PM, Chris Rimmer wrote:
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Come hear the Upper Valley's own Spencer and Doug Hardy, who just returned from >2 adventurous weeks in the Peruvian Andes, where they were joined by a BBC film crew to video-document the only bird species on earth known to nest on glacial ice: the White-winged Diuca-Finch. The Hardys made ornithological history several years ago with Spencer's discovery of the first nest, during the course of Doug's ongoing research on Andean glaciers. The BBC caught wind of their remarkable find and arranged the recent expedition to film this phenomenon.

Spencer and Doug will share insights about life at 17,000+ feet in the high Andes, what they've learned about this little-known bird, and other wildlife discoveries they've made. Suds & Science begins at 7PM on Tuesday, May 10, at the Norwich Inn. You buy the beer, we'll bring the science.

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