This is the final part of a trip I made north from Mar del Plata to Punta Rasa when my Pelagic trip was cancelled due to bad weather). It covers a little of the area around Punta Rasa and then the coast down to Panama and Mar Chiquita. As I am so far behind with South American bird logs I am again limiting this to photos of some of the species I saw, limiting the captions to bird IDs. I saw one lifer: the Southern Screamer.
Firstly I drove west to General Lavalle:
gallineta comun (Plumbeous Rail) Pardirallus sanguinolentus
garza mora (Cocoi or White-necked Heron) Ardea cocoi
![[singing his heart out] chingolo (Rufous-collared Sparrow) Zonotrichia capensis](https://www.eayrs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/151019-chingolo-around-Gral-Lavalle.jpg)
[singing his heart out] chingolo (Rufous-collared Sparrow) Zonotrichia capensis
pecho amarillo común (Brown-and-yellow Marshbird) Pseudoleistes virescens
pato picazo (Rosy-billed Pochard aka Rosybill) Netta peposaca
cuervillo de cañada (White-faced Ibis) Plegadis chihi
chaja (Crested aka Southern Screamer) Chauna torquata
carpintero-real comun (Green-barred Woodpecker) Colaptes melanochloros
Finally, I drove into the holiday village at Mar Chiquita, just to the north of Mar del Plata.
pitotoy chico (Lesser Yellowlegs) Tringa flavipes
pititoy grande (greater yellowlegs) Tringa melanoleuca
lechucita vizcachera (burrowing owl) Athene cunicularia
churrinche (Vermilion Flycatcher) Pyrocephalus rubinus
benteveo comun (Great Kiskadee) Pitangus sulphuratus
becasa de mar (Hudsonian godwit) Limosa haemastica
martin pescador grande (Ringed Kingfisher) Megaceryle torquata