Date: Thursday 1 September 2022

Trajectory:  Laguna Blanca – Las Lomitas

Distance covered: 330 km

Early start for a full-on birding day. We spent most of the time on dusty tracks and trails, and although we did see many birds that’s not really the point of this blog.

We did see quite a few caiman …

… and, to get the bird of the day out of the way; it was a hard one as we saw so many but I’ve gone for the crazy looking Jabirú, here on the nest with a couple of juveniles.

I’ve decided just to show you some of the scenery we travelled through. Hot and dry, and very varied.

Curiosity of the day: we went through a small township called San Martín 2. And why not?

We encountered what could have been a problem: there was a regional diesel shortage and I have not yet filled up the jerry cans (a lesson there!) but we finally found some, perhaps not quite the usual standard but enough to keep us on the road.

Some lovely brooks …

… even if some of the bridges were a bit flaky

…and we found good use for the spotting scope …

We finally arrived at the magnificent Bañados de Estrella, a world class birding area, but more about that tomorrow. 

First to a hotel for some good beer and an indifferent supper …… but a decent wine …

Tomorrow we go boating: at the moment that is all I know.