I found myself with a day to spare in Buenos Aires, en route from Lima, Peru to San Martín de los Andes, in Northern Patagonia. I spent a few hours in the Reserva Ecólogica Costanera Sur (RECS) – had lunch and then went up to the Northern Suburbs to the Vicente Reserve. It was a gorgeous day – hot and clear, with a light shore breeze. This time I was on my own.
I found a few life-listers: at least the giant wood rail costanera, the stripe-cheeked sparrow (tbc) and the The greenish yellow finch (tbc) at the RECS and the limpkin and fawn-breasted tanager (tbc) at the Vte. Lopez Reserve. Some of these and some others are still to be confirmed (tbc). Pictures of these follow immediately, and then I have posted a selection of some older friends.
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Giant Wood Rail
Stripe-cheeked sparrow? (tbc)
Greenish yellow finch (tbc)
Limpkin
Fawn-breasted Tanager (tbc)
Some of my older friends follow.
House Sparrow
Gilded Sapphire
Green-barred Woodpecker (re-identified)
Black-crowned night-heron
Rufous-bellied Thrush
Ringed Teal (male)
White-tufted Grebe
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Guaira cuckoo
Ear dove
Monk Parakeet
Rufous-collared sparrow
Great Kiskadee
Rufous Hornero aka Red Ovenbird
Streaked xenops (Xenops rutilans) – tbc
Starling
All in all a gentle and pleasant day’s birding.