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Southern and Central Argentina, December 25th 2006-January 22nd 2007,
Participants
Erwin Collaerts
Iwan Lewylle
Peter Collaerts, Peter.Collaerts[replace by at]scarlet.be
Tom Theuwis
Thanks to…
….Wim Heylen, Peter Boesman and Mark Van Beirs for providing us very useful information and sound recordings.
Flights
We booked our international flight tickets directly by Lufthansa. The price was 1127 euro. The flight was from Frankfurt to Buenos Aires, with a stopover in Sao Paulo. Iwan got his international flight with American Airlines. He was flying from Brussels to Buenos Aires, via Washington. The price for the ticket was 1109 euro.
We had four domestic flights (BA to Cordoba; Cordoba to Ushuaia via BA; Ushuaia to Rio Gallegos and El Calafate to Trelew), which we booked via http://www.connections.be/. We paid 605 euro for the four flights together. The domestic flights had very often a delay. On our flight from Cordoba to Ushuaia, there was also one backpack missing. We had to wait 2 days to get it back.
Car rental
For transport from Belgium to the airport in Frankfurt, we had a taxi. Service was supp1y by http://www.airportservive-j-l.be/. Price was 210 euro one-way.
When we were reading trip reports, it seemed that hiring a car in Argentina was not always without any problem. Tom spends a lot of time to contact local and international car rental companies, but this paid off well. We hired a car at four places, all with local companies. They were cheaper than the bigger ones like Avis, Hertz, …
Except from Trelew, we got the cars from the moment we arrived at the airport. In Trelew, the office was closed hen we arrived in the evening. We knew this in advance. We got the car next morning. They were waiting for us at the airport while we were at the office in the centre of Trelew. There was a misunderstanding about the place of appointment but finally we got the car without any problem.
In all the cases, the local car rental companies did not have an office at the airport, but they were waiting there for us there.
| Rental company | Take-off Drop-off | Rental Period | Type of car | Rental price | Kms free | Kms we drove | |
| Rodar rent a car | reservas@autosrodar.com.ar http://www.autosrodar.com.ar/ | Cordoba Cordoba | 4 days | Fiat Palio 5 doors | 572 pesos | 800 | +/- 850 |
| Dollar | ushuaia@dollar.com.ar http://www.dollar.com.ar/ | Ushuaia Ushuaia | 5 days | VW Gol 5-doors | 750 pesos | 1000 | +/- 900 |
| Riestra rent a car | riestra@riestrarentacar.com | Rio Gallegos El Calafate | 8 days | Chevrolet S-10 4x4 | 2650 pesos | 2000 | 2400 |
| Firstcarhire | http://www.firstcarhire.com/ | Trelew Buenos Aires | 9 days | Opel Corsa Sedan | 460 euro +1.190 pesos | No mileage limit | +/- 4000 |
In some regions, petrol stations are very scarse, especially between San Juán and Gobernador Gregores and Estancia La Angostura and El Chalten. Refuel your petrol tank in the villages because between them, there is not even one.
Money
Since the economy collapsed in 2001 and the devaluation of the Argentinian Peso, travelling in Argentina became cheap.
We took American dollars with us. These are widely accepted in Argentina, also in the stores and restaurants. Changing money was no problem throughout the country. We changed US dollars in 4 places, BA international airport (1US$ = 2.86ARS), El Calafate (1US$ = 3.035ARS), Ushuaia (1 US$ = 3.05ARS) and San Clemente del Tuyu (1US$ = 3.00ARS).
The Euro seems to be widely accepted too.
Books
There is no identification guide available covering the Argentinean avifauna only.
The only book for the region is “Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica” by Martín de la Peña and Maurice Rumboll.
It is published in 1998. In general, drawings are good enough to identify most of the birds but for e.g. the pipits and canasteros, the drawings were not so good. Another minus point is the lack of drawings of nearly 20 bird species. Some of them are mentioned in the guide but there is no drawing of them. Others became species after recent taxonomic decisions and for that reason, there are no drawings in the book.
The second identification guide we used was “Birds of Chile, including the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia” by Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Burke and David Beadle.
Drawings are very good. The illustrators paid a lot of attention on plumage details. Nevertheless, this book is just an addition to the first one. The number of birds in Chile is not as high as in Argentina so there are not so many species covered in the book. Although there is a big overlap between the 2 countries, just a fraction of the birds of Argentina can be found in the Chile-book. Even then, it is worth taking this book with you.
“Where to watch Birds in South America” by Nigel Wheatley. We took copies of this book with us but we did not use them very much. When we checked the maps, they still seem to be accurate to find your way. We had enough with the maps and directions in the trip reports we took with us to find our way to the birdwatching places.
For general information about roads, hotels, cities and villages, we used the “Lonely Planet Argentina”.
Sounds
We used the CDs:
“Birds of Bolivia 2.0” by Sjoerd Mayer
“Voices of New World Parrots” by Bret Whitney
“Voices of Chilean Birds” by Guillermo Egli
“Voices of New World Nightjars” by John Hardy
“Voices of the Woodcreepers” by John Hardy
“Voices of New World Rails” by John Hardy
“Songs of Argentine Birds” by Roberto Straneck
We found also a few sound recordings on the following websites:
http://www.xeno-canto.org/
http://www.avesdelapatagonia.com.ar/aaa_Inicio_marco.htm
http://www.avespampa.com.ar/lista_general_de_aves.htm
For the sound of Austral Rail, go to http://www.coastside.net/chucao/Rallus-antarcticus-CH-Nov.99.mp3
or to http://www.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/votacio.phtml?idVideo=4658&Rallus_antarcticus.
We also got some recordings made by Peter Boesman.
Guides
Argentina seems to be a country that birdwatchers are not visiting on one’s own. When reading trip reports on the internet, it seems that most birdwatchers take a local guide to travel through the country. Taking a guide with you will surely produce more species, but it is an expensive option, too expensive for us. We decided to contact local guides only for places like Cordoba and Entre Rios.
Doing the rest of the trip without a guide was not a problem at all. We managed to see nearly all the target birds. Even for the species we dipped, we were at the right places so I am not sure at all that we would have seen them if we had a guide with us. The main problem we had was that we could not find the entrance of Campos del Tuyu. At the place we had to see Hudson’s Canastero and American Painted Snipe, so we dipped both species.
We searched for local guides on http://www.birdingpal.com/.
Our first guide was Guillermo Sferco. He is living just near Cordoba. He was waiting for us at the airport on our first evening in Argentina. He guided us in and around Salinas Grande, Chancani NP and Pampas de Achala. In addition, Guillermo’s friend/colleague Walther was with us for the 3 days. They are university teachers, teaching bird’s behaviour and ecology. Guillermo’s brother Claudio was their driver for the trip. He is driving a large 4-wheel drive. He is not that much interested in birds, but he was surely enjoying the trip. We hired a second car for ourselves. Guillermo’s fee for the guiding was 100 US$/day for the group. His knowledge of the birds and their sounds was very good. He did a great job but despite of that, we dipped a few of the good birds in Cordoba like Salinas Monjita, Black-bodied Woodpecker and Chaco Owl.
You can contact him at guillermo_sferco[replace by at]yahoo.com.ar. When I checked the birdingpal-website at the end of February 2007, his name was no longer on the list.
Our second guide was Alec Earnshaw. He guided us in Otamendi and the Entre Rios Province. Here we visited the region near Perdices and Ceibas. Alec is a teacher and in January, there is summer holiday in Argentina, so he had time to guide us. You can contact Alec at aearnshaw[replace by at]sinectis.com.ar. Alec has also his one website (http://www.fotosaves.com.ar/) with excellent photographs of Argentina’s wildlife and especially birds. At our first half day in Perdices, birding did not work out very well. The places Alec knew for Black-and-white Monjita, Saffron-cowled Blackbird and Marsh Seedeater did not produce the birds we wanted to see. But in the end we succeeded in finding all these species. Read further in this report. We drove in 2 cars these 2 days. Iwan, Alec and Peter in Alec’s car, Erwin and Tom in a car that we hired. Alec brought two walkie-talkies with him, so we had permanent contact between the two cars. Having these walkie-talkies was of great value to warn eachther when there were interesting birds along the road.
We much appreciated Alec’ guiding and organisation of the trip. Especially the pick-nick at our second day was great. Alec’s fee for the 2 days was 700 US$ for the group.
Internet sources and trip reports
Of course, known by every birdwatcher is http://www.travellingbirder.com/. Great site to find trip reports on the internet. Trip reports most valuable to prepare our trip were:
Other trip reports that were interesting to read are on the website of
Scientific papers about the distribution of Pampas Meadowlark are on http://www.intacya.org/staff/oryx.pdf and on http://www.sciencedirect.com/. The name of the article is “Bird-habitat relationship for the declining Pampas Meadowlark populations in the southern Pampas grasslands” by Gustavo J. Fernández, Gabriela Posse, Valentina Ferretti and Fabian M. Gabelli. You need to log on to read the full article on the sciencedirect-website. Both articles contain maps of the study area with markings for Pampas Meadowlark.
Private published reports we used were:
Sites about estancias are on:
Photos
You can find photos of our trip at http://www.flickr.com/photos/collaertsbrothers/sets/72157594496294794/
Road maps
We bought the last two maps at the domestic airport in Buenos Aires.
Itinerary
Visited sites - maps - costs – accommodation
For most of the places birdwatchers are visiting in Argentina, there are already good descriptions in other trip report on the internet. In this chapter, I give a list of the places we visited and additional information on places where this is relevant. I did not spend time repeating information that is already available in reports.
I have drawn some maps that are probably useful to find some of the most wanted birds in Argentina.
Ø Buenos Aires
· Costanera Sur
Water levels in Costanera Sur were very low at moment we were there. This had a great impact on the numbers and species of waterbirds. We saw very low numbers and species of ducks. In addition, other species like Pied Water-Tyrant were not in the area.
Birds: Cocoi Heron, Striated Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, White-faced Whistling-Duck, Speckled Teal, Silver Teal, Red Shoveler, Rosy-billed Pochard, White-backed Stilt, Collared Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-rumped Sandpiper, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Green-barred Woodpecker, Spectacled Tyrant, White-rumped Swallow, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Masked Gnatcatcher, Hooded Siskin, Masked Yellowthroat, Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch, Black-capped Warbling-Finch, Double-collared Seedeater, Saffron Finch, Red-crested Cardinal, Yellow-billed Cardinal, Golden-billed Saltator, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Bay-winged Cowbird and Shiny Cowbird
Reptiles: White-and-black Tegu Lizard
· Otamendi
This park is just one hour out of Buenos Aires, in the direction of Campana/Zárate. Two areas in the park are good for birding. One is along the road into the marshes, just cross the railway. The second is the trail that starts at the headquarters.
Birds: Great Grebe, Whistling Heron, Cocoi Heron, Great Egret, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Bare-faced Ibis, White-faced Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Southern Screamer, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Black-necked Swan, Coscoroba Swan, Brazilian Teal, Silver Teal, Snail Kite, Long-winged Harrier, Roadside Hawk, Limpkin, Rufous-sided Crake, Grey-necked Wood-Rail, Giant Wood-Rail, Plumbeous Rail, Common Moorhen, White-winged Coot, Red-gartered Coot, Red-fronted Coot, Lesser Yellowlegs, Picazuro Pigeon, Picui Ground-Dove, White-tipped Dove, Striped Owl, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Gilded Sapphire, Green-barred Woodpecker, Rufous Hornero, Wren-like Rushbird, Curve-billed Reedhaunter, Straight-billed Reedhaunter, Chicli Spinetail, Freckle-breasted Thornbird, Rufous-capped Antshrike, White-crested Elaenia, Small-billed Elaenia, Sooty Tyrannulet, White-crested Tyrannulet, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Warbling Doradito, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Spectacled Tyrant, Yellow-browed Tyrant, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Brown-chested Martin, White-rumped Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Correndera Pipit, Hellmayr's Pipit, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Creamy-bellied Thrush, Hooded Siskin, Masked Yellowthroat, Sayaca Tanager, Diademed Tanager, Long-tailed Reed-Finch, Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch, Grassland Yellow-Finch, Great Pampa-Finch, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Brown-and-yellow Marshbird and Scarlet-headed Blackbird.
Ø Cordoba
· Salinas Grande
We visited the salt lake at the eastern side, north of San José de las Salinas. This place is nearly 80 km north of Deán Funes. Guillermo saw Salinas Monjita here several times. We failed to find this endemic bird. From the main road, there are a few tracks going in the area. The monjita is staying in the low vegetation at the border of the lake.
Birds: Brushland Tinamou, Chilean Flamingo, Picazuro Pigeon, Picui Ground-Dove, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Blue-tufted Starthroat, White-fronted Woodpecker, Checkered Woodpecker, Chaco Earthcreeper, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Lark-like Brushrunner, Crested Gallito, White-tipped Plantcutter, Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant, Bran-colored Flycatcher, White Monjita, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Many-colored Chaco-Finch, Ringed Warbling-Finch, Saffron Finch, Great Pampa-Finch, Golden-billed Saltator and Bay-winged Cowbird.
· Camping in Villa Quilino
Birds: Brushland Tinamou, Limpkin, Picazuro Pigeon, White-tipped Dove, Monk Parakeet, Guira Cuckoo, Short-billed Canastero, Lark-like Brushrunner, Brown Cacholote, Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper, Great Antshrike, Variable Antshrike, White-crested Elaenia, Swainson's Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Creamy-bellied Thrush and Masked Gnatcatcher.
· River near Cruz del Eje
Birds: Tataupa Tinamou, Black Vulture, Guira Cuckoo, Striped Cuckoo, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Checkered Woodpecker, Green-barred Woodpecker, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Brown Cacholote, Great Antshrike, Great Kiskadee, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Hooded Siskin, Hepatic Tanager, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Saffron Finch, Stripe-capped Sparrow and Bay-winged Cowbird.
· Chancani Nacional Park
To reach this park from the nearest village, Salsacate, you have to drive 80 km on a dirt track. It is worth spending some time birdwatching along this road, especially where the road goes through a mountain range. The national park is a large plain area lower down this mountain range, so you will find some species in the mountains that do not occur in the reserve. The habitat in this reserve is Chaco woodland. There is accommodation in the park. We brought our own tents. Camping is possible near the headquarters.
Birds in the park: Tataupa Tinamou, Brushland Tinamou, Black Vulture, Spot-winged Falconet, American Kestrel, Black-legged Seriema, Picazuro Pigeon, Spot-winged Pigeon, Picui Ground-Dove, White-tipped Dove, Blue-crowned Parakeet, Monk Parakeet, Ash-colored Cuckoo, Dark-billed Cuckoo, Guira Cuckoo, Tropical Screech-Owl, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Scissor-tailed Nightjar, Ashy-tailed Swift, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Spot-backed Puffbird (HO), White-fronted Woodpecker, Checkered Woodpecker, Green-barred Woodpecker, Campo Flicker, Cream-backed Woodpecker (HO), Rufous Hornero, Crested Hornero, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Short-billed Canastero, Lark-like Brushrunner, Brown Cacholote, Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Great Antshrike, Variable Antshrike, Crested Gallito, Small-billed Elaenia, Southern Scrub-Flycatcher, Suiriri Flycatcher, Greater Wagtail-Tyrant, Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant, Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant, Cinereous Tyrant, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Streaked Flycatcher, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, White-winged Becard, Brown-chested Martin, Masked Gnatcatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Masked Yellowthroat, Hepatic Tanager, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Red-crested Finch, Double-collared Seedeater, Saffron Finch, Grassland Yellow-Finch, Stripe-capped Sparrow, Golden-billed Saltator, Ultramarine Grosbeak, Bay-winged Cowbird, Screaming Cowbird and Shiny Cowbird.
Birds along the entrance road: Andean Condor, Spot-winged Falconet, American Kestrel, Spot-winged Pigeon, Picui Ground-Dove, Red-tailed Comet, Campo Flicker, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper, Cliff Flycatcher, White Monjita, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Chiguanco Thrush, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Saffron Finch, Grassland Yellow-Finch and Black-backed Grosbeak.
· Pampas de Achala – Nacional Park Quebrada del Condorito
This national park is southwest of Cordoba. One afternoon is more than enough for this site.
Birds: Andean Tinamou (HO), Darwin's Nothura (HO), Black Vulture, Andean Condor, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Red-backed Hawk, Common Miner, Olrog's Cinclodes, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Comechingones Cinclodes, White-winged Cinclodes, Puna Canastero, Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant, Spectacled Tyrant, Blue-and-white Swallow, Short-billed Pipit, Sedge Wren, Hooded Siskin, Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Plain-colored Seedeater and Long-tailed Meadowlark.
Ø Tierra del Fuego
· Ushuaia – harbour
Birds: Great Grebe, Antarctic Giant Petrel, Imperial Shag, Upland Goose, Kelp Goose, Ashy-headed Goose, Flightless Steamerduck, Flying Steamerduck, Crested Duck, Yellow-billed Pintail, Red Shoveler, White-throated Caracara, Magellanic Oystercatcher, Chilean Skua, Brown Skua, Dolphin Gull, Brown-hooded Gull, South American Tern, Dark-bellied Cinclodes, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Austral Negrito and Chilean Swallow.
· Boattrip on the Beagle Channel
A few companies offer boat trips on the Beagle Channel. We booked our boat trip at Tolkeyen Patagonia http://www.tolkeyenpatagonia.com/. All the companies have an office in the harbour where you can buy tickets on the day itself. The companies are offering several boattrips. To see Gentoo Penguin, you need to take the longest trip that goes as far as Penguin Island. Boats are leaving early afternoon and they return around 21.00h.
Birds: King Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Magellanic Penguin, Black-browed Albatross, Antarctic Giant Petrel, Magellanic Diving-Petrel, Rock Shag, Imperial Shag, Upland Goose, Flightless Steamerduck, Flying Steamerduck, Magellanic Oystercatcher, Blackish Oystercatcher, Snowy Sheathbill, Chilean Skua, Brown Skua, Dolphin Gull, Sandwich Tern, South American Tern and Dark-bellied Cinclodes.
· Tierra del Fuego NP
Birds: Great Grebe, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Upland Goose, Chiloe Wigeon, Spectacled Duck, Crested Duck, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Austral Parakeet, Austral Pygmy-Owl, Thorn-tailed Rayadito, White-throated Treerunner, White-crested Elaenia, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Fire-eyed Diucon, Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant, Austral Negrito, Chilean Swallow, Austral Thrush, Black-chinned Siskin, Patagonian Sierra-Finch and Austral Blackbird.
· Martial Glaciar
Birds: Black-faced Ibis, Grey-flanked Cinclodes, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Thorn-tailed Rayadito, White-crested Elaenia, Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant, Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant, Chilean Swallow, Austral Thrush, Black-chinned Siskin and Yellow-bridled Finch.
· Rio Grande
Near Rio Grande, we visited several places. We have been to the areas near the bridge over Rio Chico (this is 15-20 km north-west of the city along road 3), near the airport (several pools and bushy slopes) and along the coast. Also on smaller pools just near the city, we found many species of waders.
Birds: White-tufted Grebe, Silvery Grebe, Imperial Shag, Snowy Egret, Black-faced Ibis, Chilean Flamingo, Black-necked Swan, Coscoroba Swan, Upland Goose, Ashy-headed Goose, Chiloe Wigeon, Speckled Teal, Crested Duck, Yellow-billed Pintail, Red Shoveler, Peregrine Falcon, White-winged Coot, Red-gartered Coot, Magellanic Oystercatcher, Two-banded Plover, Rufous-chested Dotterel, South American Snipe, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Sanderling, White-rumped Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Least Seedsnipe, Brown Skua, Brown-hooded Gull, Short-billed Miner, Chocolate-vented Tyrant, Austral Negrito, Chilean Swallow, Correndera Pipit and Austral Blackbird.
· Garibaldi Pass
This pass is along the road to Rio Grande, some 50 km north of Ushuaia. Park the car along the road where the road is going over the highest point. Take the track on the left side of the road. There are no trails going to the alpine meadows on the top, so you need to find your way up to the top through the forest just near the track, which is far from easy!
Birds: Black-faced Ibis, Grey-flanked Cinclodes, Bar-winged Cinclodes, White-crested Elaenia, Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant, Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant, Austral Thrush, Patagonian Sierra-Finch and Yellow-bridled Finch.
Ø Rio Gallegos
· Cabo Virgenes
Take route 3 in Rio Gallegos to the south. Not far out of town, take route 1 to Cabo Virgenes. This dirt road goes to the cape via El Condor.
A: Great Grebe, Black-browed Albatros, Antarctic Giant Petrel, Greater, Sooty and Manx Shearwater and Imperial Shag.
B: Black-faced Ibis, Band-winged Nightjar, Scale-throated Earthcreeper and Austral Canastero.
C: Ruddy-headed Goose.
D: Canary-winged Finch.
E: Red-backed Hawk, Short-billed Miner, Chocolate-vented Tyrant, Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant, Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch and Patagonian Yellow-Finch.
F: Rufous-chested Dotterel.
Ø From Rio Gallegos to Cdte. Luis Piedra Buena
Along route 3, north of Rio Gallegos, there are many pools with a lot of waders and waterfowl. We spend an afternoon birdwatching along this road. There are fences everywhere along this road and there are no sideroads, except for some larger tracks. We stayed along the main road all the time.
Birds: Lesser Rhea, Elegant Crested Tinamou, White-tufted Grebe, Silvery Grebe, Chilean Flamingo, Black-necked Swan, Coscoroba Swan, Upland Goose, Chiloe Wigeon, Speckled Teal, Crested Duck, Yellow-billed Pintail, Cinnamon Teal, Red Shoveler, Cinereous Harrier, American Kestrel, Red-gartered Coot, Two-banded Plover, Magellanic Plover, South American Snipe, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-rumped Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Least Seedsnipe, Brown Skua, Chocolate-vented Tyrant, Austral Negrito, Blue-and-white Swallow and Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch.
· Large pool for Magellanic Plover
Drive from Rio Gallegos to Cdte. Luis Piedra Buena by route 3. At the height of Coy Aika, you will cross a river. More or less 5 à 6 km north of this river on your left hand side, there is a large pool with muddy shores. Here we found the Magellanic Plover thanks to Umberto Santiago, which we met just before.
· Plains west of Cdte. Luis Piedra Buena
The area along route 9, 17 and 288, west of Cdte. Luis Piedra Buena, is one of the better places to look for Patagonian Tinamou. We searched along the dirt route 17 and soon we found 2 Patagonian Tinamous. They were crossing the road and we had great views. They were hanging around for a while and we were even able to take a few photographs.
Birds: Patagonian Tinamou, Common Miner, Scale-throated Earthcreeper, Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant and Austral Negrito.
Ø Puerto San Julián
In the harbour and the bay, just north of the city, it is good birdwatching. When you take a dirt track out of the city to the north, along the beach, you will reach the ruines of a factory. Here we saw Red-legged Cormorant and Commerson Dolphins. The bushes here were good for Lesser Canastero, Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant and Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch.
There is a tourist office in the city, along the main boulevard. Here they had information about boattrips in the harbour. They also know about the Red-legged Cormorants and it is possible to go by boat to the breeding colony. This colony is not visible from the main land but when you are lucky, you can see Red-legged Cormorant without taking a boat.
Birds: Great Grebe, Antarctic Giant Petrel, Imperial Shag, Red-legged Cormorant, Coscoroba Swan, Upland Goose, Blackish Oystercatcher, Whimbrel, Brown Skua, South American Tern, Scale-throated Earthcreeper, Lesser Canastero, Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant and Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch.
Ø Estancia La Angostura and Strobel Plateau
A: Rosy-billed Pochard, Andean Duck and Lake Duck.
B: Tawny-throated Dotterel.
C: Two-banded Plover, Magellanic Plover.
D: Tawny-throated Dotterel, Chocolate-vented Tyrant, Cinnamon-vented Tyrant,
E: Gray-breasted Seedsnipe, Greater Yellow-Finch.F: Hooded Grebe, Cordilleran Canastero, Chocolate-vented Tyrant, Scale-throated Earthcreeper.
G: Lesser Rhea.
H: seen in most or a few of the lakes: Silvery Grebe, Black-necked Swan, Flying Steamerduck.
I: seen along the road: Common Miner, Short-billed Miner.
Ø Los Glaciares National Parc
· El Chalten
A: Rufous-legged Owl.
B: Great Shrike-Tyrant.
C: Austral Parakeet, Austral Pygmy-Owl, Magellanic Woodpecker, White-throated Treecreeper, Black-throated Huet-huet, Magellanic Tapaculo.
D: Spectacled Duck.
E: Austral Parakeet, Chilean Flicker, Rufous-tailed Plantcutter, White-browed Ground-Tyrant.
· Perito Moreno Glaciar
Entrance fee: 30 pesos/pp, to pay each time you drive into the park again.
Camping near the viewpoint is no longer possible. The only camping area that is still available is near Lago Rocca. This is still in the National Park but it is more than 50 km from the Martial Glacier viewpoint. Second minus point, you need to pay the entrance fee each day you are going to the viewpoint, as you have to pass the checkpoints again from and to the camping near Lago Rocca.
Ø Trelew
· Punta Tombo and the road to Punta Tombo
We did not take the main road from Trelew to Punta Tombo. We took the dirt road from Rawson to Punta Tombo. Rawson is a small village east of Trelew. Not that far out of Rawson, we found White-throated Cacholote and Rusty-backed Monjita.To go back from Punta Tombo we took the main road.
Birds: Lesser Rhea, Magellanic Penguin, Antarctic Giant Petrel, Rock Shag, White-headed Steamerduck, Cinereous Harrier, Red-backed Hawk, American Kestrel, American Oystercatcher, Brown Skua, Dolphin Gull, Brown-hooded Gull, Royal Tern, South American Tern, White-throated Cacholote, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Rusty-backed Monjita, Southern Martin, Patagonian Mockingbird and Common Diuca-Finch.
Ø Valdez Peninsula
· Pampas near turnoff to Punta Norte
Birds: Lesser Rhea, Darwin's Nothura, Elegant Crested Tinamou, Red-backed Hawk, Burrowing Owl, Band-tailed Earthcreeper, Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail, Patagonian Canastero, Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant, Lesser Shrike-Tyrant, Correndera Pipit and Patagonian Mockingbird.
· Punta Norte
Birds: Black-browed Albatross, Manx Shearwater, Crested Duck, American Oystercatcher, Brown Skua, Brown-hooded Gull, South American Tern, Mourning Sierra-Finch and Patagonian Yellow-Finch.
· Punta Delgado
Birds: Black-browed Albatross, Antarctic Giant Petrel, Rock Shag, American Oystercatcher, Brown Skua and Brown-hooded Gull.
Ø San Antonio Oeste
· Dry Lagoon near road 2 to Lamarque
The lagoon is at the left side of road 2, just a few kilometres from the crossroad in San Antonio Oeste to Lamarque. There is a fence around the lagoon and the nearby land but we got in there.
Birds: Short-eared Owl, Patagonian Canastero, Firewood-gatherer, White-throated Cacholote, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Southern Martin, White-banded Mockingbird, Common Diuca-Finch and Patagonian Yellow-Finch
· Las Grutas
This former small village near the sea is now a popular beach resort. Take the road out of Las Grutas into southern direction. Here you find the track going in the dunes. There are a few small gullies through the dunes. The dunes are overgrown over with scrub and bushes. Good birdwatching here.
Birds: Spotted Nothura, Elegant Crested Tinamou, American Oystercatcher, Brown-hooded Gull, Royal Tern, South American Tern, Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail, Stripe-crowned Spinetail, Lesser Canastero, Patagonian Canastero, Sandy Gallito, White-tipped Plantcutter, Grey-crowned Tyrannulet, Greater Wagtail-Tyrant, Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Vermilion Flycatcher, Black-crowned Monjita, Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant, Austral Negrito, White-winged Black-Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Brown-chested Martin, Southern Martin, Blue-and-white Swallow, Patagonian Mockingbird, White-banded Mockingbird, Mourning Sierra-Finch, Carbonated Sierra-Finch, Common Diuca-Finch, Cinnamon Warbling-Finch, Ringed Warbling-Finch and Golden-billed Saltator.
· Road 3 to Viedma
Just outside San Antonio Oeste along the road 3 to Viedma, there is a good place for Yellow Cardinal at km 1110. It is at the right side of the road, at a cattle-drinking place. There are many bushes around the drinking place. There was a fence and a gate but we climbed over it. We got good views of 5 Cardinals. When we were on the grassland, a cowboy arrived. It was no problem for him that we were on the land. Neverthless, he advised us to ask for permission next time in the tankstation at road 3, near the crossroad to San Antonio Oeste.
Birds: American Kestrel, Aplomado Falcon, Spot-winged Pigeon, Checkered Woodpecker, White Monjita, Yellow Cardinal, Long-tailed Meadowlark and Shiny Cowbird.
Ø Near Bahia Blanca
· Chasico
· Mudflats near Bahia Blanca
Just south of Bahia Blanca, you will find the mudflats. We drove through the local rubbish dump to reach the mudflats. There are probably also other tracks to find that goes to the mudflats but the one we followed was OK, so we did not search for another one.
Birds: White-tufted Grebe, Great Grebe, Yellow-billed Pintail, Cinereous Harrier, Aplomado Falcon, American Oystercatcher, White-backed Stilt, Two-banded Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-rumped Sandpiper, Olrog's Gull, Brown-hooded Gull, Gull-billed Tern and Black Skimmer.
Ø San Clemente
· Between Mar del Plata and San Clemente
Birds: Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Maguari Stork, White-faced Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Chilean Flamingo, Southern Screamer, White-faced Whistling-Duck, Chiloe Wigeon, White-cheeked Pintail, Silver Teal, Red Shoveler, Rosy-billed Pochard, White-tailed Kite, Long-winged Harrier, American Kestrel, White-winged Coot, American Golden-Plover, Hudsonian Godwit, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-rumped Sandpiper, Brown-hooded Gull, Guira Cuckoo, Burrowing Owl, Campo Flicker, Rufous Hornero, Freckle-breasted Thornbird, Sooty Tyrannulet, Spectacled Tyrant, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Southern Martin, Blue-and-white Swallow, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Grassland Yellow-Finch, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Long-tailed Meadowlark and Brown-and-yellow Marshbird.
· Punta Rasa
This coastal area is just north of San Clemente. Despite the large amount of rainfall, it was easy to reach the area along the dirt road out of San Clemente.
Birds: Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Silver Teal, Red Shoveler, Osprey, American Oystercatcher, White-backed Stilt, American Golden-Plover, Two-banded Plover, Hudsonian Godwit, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pomarine Jaeger, Olrog's Gull, Grey-headed Gull, Brown-hooded Gull, Royal Tern, South American Tern, Snowy-crowned Tern, Black Skimmer, Rufous Hornero, Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail, Sulphur-bearded Spinetail, Freckle-breasted Thornbird, White-crested Tyrannulet, Warbling Doradito, Vermilion Flycatcher, Austral Negrito, Spectacled Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Grey-breasted Martin, White-rumped Swallow, Tawny-headed Swallow, Barn Swallow, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Long-tailed Reed-Finch, Grassland Yellow-Finch, Great Pampa-Finch and Yellow-winged Blackbird.
· Between San Clemente and General Conesa
The pampas in this area holds many birds. There are large wetlands and meadows just along the road. We spend most of the time near Canal 2, along road 11.
Birds: Greater Rhea, Spotted Nothura, White-tufted Grebe, Great Grebe, Whistling Heron, Cocoi Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Striated Heron, Wood Stork, White-faced Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Chilean Flamingo, Southern Screamer, Chiloe Wigeon, Speckled Teal, Silver Teal, Red Shoveler, Rosy-billed Pochard, Snail Kite, Long-winged Harrier, Plumbeous Rail, Common Moorhen, White-winged Coot, Red-gartered Coot, Red-fronted Coot, White-backed Stilt, American Golden-Plover, Two-banded Plover, Hudsonian Godwit, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Brown-hooded Gull, South American Tern, Burrowing Owl, Campo Flicker, Wren-like Rushbird, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Austral Negrito, Spectacled Tyrant, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, White-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Correndera Pipit, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Hooded Siskin, Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch, Grassland Yellow-Finch, Great Pampa-Finch, Yellow-winged Blackbird,
White-browed Blackbird, Long-tailed Meadowlark and Brown-and-yellow Marshbird.
Ø Entre Rios Province
· Ceibas – Perdices
A: Little Nightjar, Scissor-tailed Nightjar, Tufted Tit-Spinetail, Chotoy Spinetail, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Stripe-crowned Spinetail, Short-billed Canastero, Little Thornbird, White-naped Xenopsaris.
B: Fulvous and White-faced Whistling-Duck, Ringed Teal, Brazilian Teal, Long-winged Harrier, Spot-flanked Gallinule, Wattled Jacana, Greyish Saltator.
C: Marsh Seedeater.
D: Wood Stork, Maguari Stork, Roseate Spoonbill, Rosy-billed Pochard, Lake Duck, Savanna Hawk, Red-fronted Coot, American Golden Plover, Collared Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, Dark-billed Cuckoo, Nacunda Nighthawk, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Freckled-breasted Thornbird, White-tipped Plantcutter, Suiriri Flycatcher, White Monjita, Yellowish Pipit, Black-capped Warbling-Finch.
E: Red-winged Tinamou, Spotted Nothura, Maguari Stork, White-faced Whistling-Duck, Brazilian Teal, Long-winged Harrier, Rufous-thighted Hawk, Giant Wood-Rail, Wattled Jacana, South American Snipe, Upland Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Dark-billed Cuckoo, Nacunda Nighthawk, Chotoy Spinetail, Firewood-gatherer, Grey Monjita, White Monjita, Cliff Swallow, Black-capped Warbling-Finch, Brown-and-yellow Marshbird.
Daily log
December 25th
At Christmas day, Tom, Erwin and I left for Argentina. Iwan left already yesterday. He was flying with American Airlines via Washington.
After Christmas celebrations, Tom picked us up at 16.00h. We drove to Houthalen, Belgium, where a taxi was waiting to drive us to Frankfurt, Germany. At 19.30h, we were at the airport in Frankfurt. Our flight to Buenos Aires left at 22.45h.
December 26th
We made a stopover in Sao Paulo early morning and at 10.00h, we arrived in Buenos Aires. We had a good flight and after checking out, it was time to go for our first birds in Argentina. We had a few hours before our domestic flight to Cordoba was leaving. We took a taxi to Costanera Sur. It was midday when we arrived here. It was very hot and most of the birds were already having siesta. We arranged with the gardeners that we could leave our luggage in their office.We spend a few hours walking in the park. The water level in the ponds was very low and they were nearly dried out. This had a great impact on the amount of especially, waterbirds. But it was still good birdwatching. Especially for Iwan as it were his first hour’s birdwatching in South America.
At 16.00h, it was time to take a taxi to the national airport. The taxidriver did not take us straight to the airport. He took us to a busstation. Shuttle busses were leaving from here to the airport. When we were leaving the taxi, something went wrong. The taxidriver left before we had time to take out all our stuff of the car. He left with Tom’s telescope still on the back seat. Before we know what happened, it was too late. He was gone and disappeared in the crowded traffic. We wait for more than half an hour at the busstation in the hope that he would return, but without success. We could not wait any longer, otherwise we would have missed our flight. Bad start of the trip, we left already a telescope after a few hours in Argentina.
In the airport, we met Iwan. He arrived in BA yesterday. Today he spends the whole day in the city and in Costanera Sur. He was already getting nervous, as we were later than we had agreed. But we had time enough to get our flight to Cordoba as it had a delay of more than 1.5 hours.
In Cordoba Airport, Guillermo Sferco was waiting for us. He brought his wife, his son and his friend Walter with him. The people of the car rental company were also still waiting for us, despite our delay.
It was already late and we left for Dean Funes, a 130 km long drive to the north. Along the way, we stopped to pick up Guillermo’s brother, Claudio. Near Dean Funes, we said goodbye to Guillermo’s wife and son. They were visiting her sister in a village nearby. It was already 1.00h when we arrived in Dean Funes. Guillermo arranged accommodation on the local camping area. We slept in a dormitory.
December 27th
At 4.30h, it was already time to get up. We drove to Salinas Grande, the large salt lake north of Dean Funes. It is 80 km north of Dean Funes. We went to a place a few kilometres north of San José de las Salinas. We parked the car at a track near the lake. Bird activity was very high in the morning. Many species were singing and we managed to see a lot of them. We started to search for our main target, the Salinas Monjita. We walked along the border of the lake. Here, in the low vegetation, Guillermo saw already Salinas Monjita several times. We walked a few kilometres, parallel of the main road. It was getting hotter and hotter and on the white salt soil, temperature was raising very fast. Temperature was soon above 40°C.At 11.00h, we were overheated and we decided to stop our search for the Monjita. We got back to the car and drove back in the direction of San José. We made a few extra stops along the tracks heading to the lake. Once again, we found no Salinas Monjita. At noon, temperature was getting too high and we left Salinas Grande. We seeked out to the shadow of the trees at a camping in Villa Quilino, just near San José. Near and at the camping, we searched for birds in the bushes and trees. Here we spent a few hours and we had time to take a break to recover from our jet lag. Early afternoon, we left for Chancani National Park. Along the way, we stopped at a small river near Cruz del Eje. It was just near a barrage but I did not notice the exact spot. It was good birdwatching here. We spent an hour and a half at the place. Then it was time to drive further on. Today, our goal was to drive to the last village before Chancani NP, Salsacate. When we arrived there, we searched a place to sleep. We soon found a very small kind of hotel. We went shopping and soon Guillermo, Walter and Claudio prepared a delicious barbecue. After this very hot and exhausting day, I got a very strong headache and went to bed very soon. I felt so bad that I just ate a little bit of the nice meal. The sleeping room was full of mosquitos, so we did not sleep very well.
December 28th
At 6.30h, we left the small village and took the track to Chancani NP. The first kilometres, we drove on a paved road but soon we were on a dusty track. It was still +/- 80 kilometres from the village to the headquarters of the park. It was good birding along the track. After a while, it goes uphill into the small mountain range. Also at the higher elevations of the mountains, birdwatching was very good. When you arrive at the other side of the mountain range, there is a large plain, savannah-like area at the bottom of the mountains. This is Chancani NP. From the mountains, we had a very impressive sight. The road is going steep down to the entrance road of the park. It was already 10.00h when we arrived there. We met the parkrangers and then we were ready to walk along one of the trails near the HQ. Guillermo and Walter knew the park very well as they studied and surveyed the birds of Chancani. Temperature was already very high and bird activity was very low. We took advantage of the hot weather to pitch up our tents and to take a few hours of siesta. Late afternoon we started birdwatching again. We made a tour on the trails again. Also in the evening, we kept on searching for owls and other nightbirds. Tropical Screech-Owl was the only one we got. We did not see Chaco Owl, despite the fact the Guillermo knew 2 good places. He saw Chaco Owl on these places a few weeks ago. It was already near midnight when we went to sleep. Guillermo decided to keep on searching.
December 29th
At 2.00h, Guillermo woke us up. He found a Scissor-tailed Nightjar. This was only a new species for Iwan. I decided to look for the bird too. Erwin and Tom did not go with us. When we arrived at the spot, the nightjar was already gone. We searched for more then half an hour, but without any result. I went back to the tent, Iwan and Guillermo searched for birds the rest of the night. Finally, Iwan found one. So stay awake the whole night paid off well for him. However, a Chaco Owl did not appear.
At first light, we were on the trails again. Target bird for our last hours in Chancani was the Black-legged Seriema. A couple of these birds are frequently fouraging along the trails and on the open area just near the headquarters. Today, it was very busy near the HQ. There was a fire in the mountains in the distance and the firefighters took the tower near the HQ as a watchtower. Finally, we found a pair of the seriemas.
At 10.00h, it was time to go. We had to drive more then 150 km to the next place, Pampas de Anchala. We drove back to the village where we started yesterday. Along the way, we passed the fire in the mountains. The firefighters were waiting for a fire-fighting airplane. We did not stop many times along the way because we wanted to be in the next park as soon as possible.
From the village, it was another 2 hours drive to Pampas de Anchala. At this plateau, there is the Park Nacional Quebrada Del Condorito. This park exists of meadows and rocks. When we were driving up the plateau, we saw a car that just crashed on the rocks near the road. We were the first who arrived at the accident. The car was total loss and the driver was sitting next to his car. He was enormously lucky. He was injured and in shock, but it was a miracle that he could leave the car on his own. Guillermo, Walter and Claudio took care of him. We stayed there until an ambulance arrived. When we were waiting here, we saw our only Plain-colored Seedeaters for the trip.
The accident was just a few kilometres from the entrance of Quebrada Del Condorito, so we were soon there. We did not stopped here but drove further to a café a few kilometres further. The café is downhill for the entrance, in the direction of Cordoba. We parked the car near the café and asked the owner to bring us to the entrance. We left the car near the café because there are too many carthefts at the entrance. Also near the café, it was good birdwatching as we saw White-winged Cinclodes only here. We stayed in the park from 14.00h until 18.00h. This was time enough to see nearly all of our target species. From here, we drove back to Cordoba. We stayed in Guillermo’s house for the night. We said goodbye to Walter and Claudio. We slept in the livingroom on the floor.
December 30th
In the morning, we had just an hour for birdwatching in Guillermo’s garden and the nearby bushes. We found a Spot-backed Puffbird, a species we failed to see in Chancani. At 7.30h, it was time say goodbye to Guillermo. We had a nice time in the Cordoba area but a few days more would have been very useful to see more of the target species.
Due to bad weather in Buenos Aires, our plane from Cordoba to BA had a long delay. Instead of leaving at 9.10h, we were leaving at 11.40h. Also our flight from BA to Ushuaia had a long delay. We just left BA at 14.30h. After a stop in Trelew, we arrived in Ushuaia at 20.00h. Our bad luck for the day was not over yet. One of our large backpacks was missing. In this backpack were Erwin’s sleeping bag, matras, pullovers and raincoat. The people of the airline company guaranteed us that the backpack would be in Ushuaia within a few days. So we had to skip our plan to camp in Tierra del Fuego NP from the first night. After we arranged the papers of the carhire, we spend an hour birdwatching along the road from the airport to the city. There were birds everywere and we saw nearly 10 new species in this short periode.
It was very busy in Ushuaia. Many people stayed here to celebrate New Year. We had to check a few hostels and smaller hotels before we found one with 2 double rooms available. We stayed in Hotel Los Calafates (120 pesos/double room). This is a small hotel with just a few rooms. They did not serve dinner but you could eat in the living room of the family.
December 31st
Before noon, we went to Tierra del Fuego NP. We were birdwatching at the trail in the forest near Lago Roco. At noon, we drove back to the town. In the harbour, we bought a ticket for a boat trip on the Beagle Channel. There are a few companies giving services for eco-tourism on the Beagle Channel. We booked at Tolkeyen (150 pesos/person). We took the long journey of 6 hours. There are also shorter journeys but these boats are not going to the island with the Gentoo Penguins. After we bought the tickets, we still had some time to do birdwatching in the harbour as the boat was just leaving at 14.30h. The boattrip was fantastic. We saw our first species of Penguin ever, a Magellanic Penguin. Thousands of them would follow during the trip. Also the sea lions were great. There were not so many birds in the Channel. We saw a few Black-browed Albatrosses and Magellanic Diving-Petrels. It was near 21 o’clock when we were back in the harbour. We ended the day with some birdwatching in the harbour and at the rubbish dump near Ushuaia. It was Newyear’s evening and the owners of the hotel had their family on visit. They treated us a glass of champagne and a piece of cake. So also, we had a little Newyear’s party. Two thousand and seven was just 20 minutes old and we were already in bed. Tomorrow would be a long birdwatching day again.
January 1st
Today, we drove the 200 km to Rio Grande. We left Ushuaia very early in the morning. It was raining and a strong wind was blowing. We did not stop very often along the road because we had a long journey. We only stopped for a few minutes on the Garribaldi Pass. The wind was even blowing harder here and it was very unpleasant to go out of the car. Once we were over the pass, the weather was better. North of the pass, the sun was shining and it was ideal weather for birdwatching. Near Rio Grande, we searched for waders on the many pools. The furthest point we drove was the bridge over Rio Chico. This is +/- 20 km north of the city. It seems to be a good place for Ruddy-headed Geese but we failed to find one between the thousand Upland Geese. In the afternoon, we searched for birds along the road to the airport. Near here, there is a larger pool. In the meadows near the lake, we searched for Austral Canastero. Soon an angry farmer arrived. He was not glad that we were on his land. He tought we were cattle thiefs. After we explaned what we were doing here, it was ok for him. But he told us that we were lucky guys as we did not meet his guard as he first shoots and talks afterwards. We searched here until 21.00h. We saw many birds today. Especially for waders, the surroundings of Rio Grande are great. We saw many species today. But we failed to find our two targetbirds for today, Ruddy-headed Goose and Austral Canastero. However, we saw both of them later in Cabo Virgeness.
It took a while before we found something to eat in Rio Grande. All the restaurants and supermarkets were closed on the New Years day. Finally, we found a local market where they made giant Argentinian sandwiches with bacon, eggs, salads and so on.
After this giant meal, we had to do the long drive back to Ushuaia. It was already after midnight when we arrived back in the hotel.
January 2nd
Our lost backpack was back. They brought it from the airport to the hotel. Erwin got his warm clothes back and his camping equipment so this should be our last night in the hotel.
In the morning, we went to Martial Glacier. We stayed here until 15.00h. Then we went back to the hotel to check out. We drove to Tierra del Fuego NP. After a few hours of birdwatching near Lago Roco, we went to the small camping in the park. After putting up our tents, we drove back to the town to go to a restaurant.
January 3rd
We slept until 8.00h and then we drove to the Garibaldi Pass. When we arrived here, the weather was not so good. We climbed up to the alpine meadows to search for White-bellied Seedsnipe. The wind was very hard and we had to endure a few intense showers. Tom was giving up very soon and he went back down. Iwan, Erwin and I stayed on the flanks of the pass. Just after Tom went down, the clouds disappeared and the sun was shining for the rest of the day. We kept on searching for the seedsnipe until 17.45h. The whole day we climb up and down the alpine meadows. We found many droppings of the seedsnipes in the grass, out of the wind. Only Erwin saw most probably a White-bellied Seedsnipe flying over the ridge, but the time he saw the bird was to short to be sure for 100%. This was the only glimpse we saw.
Tom, who looked for birds along the road lower down the pass, did also not see birds of great interest. When we arrived in Ushuaia, we spend an hour birdwatching in the harbour. On the camping, we had an unpleasant night with heavy rain and very hard wind, but our tents survived these forces of nature.
January 4th
It was cold and still raining in the morning. On the higher mountaintops, there was even a new thin cover of snow. At 9.50h, we had our flight to Rio Gallegos.
At 11.00h, we arrived in Rio Gallegos. As soon as we left the airport, we went to the supermarket to get our food supplies for the next days. Then we drove along road 1 to Cabo Virgenes. As soon as we were on the road to the cape, we slowed down and took our time for birdwatching along the road. We stopped at the place described by Roger Ahlman for Canary-winged Finch. The fields where they saw the birds were ploughed now. We walked around here for a few hours but with no success for the finches. We saw a few Rufous-chested Dotterel here. We stopped also at Estancia Condor. We soon found Ruddy-headed Geese, on the meadows just in front of the estancia, near the entrance gate. In the evening, we arrived at Cabo Virgenes. We drove to the penguin colony and walked around for a while. Then we drove to the lighthouse for seawatch. We sat at the highest point of the cape, but soon one of the military gardeners asked us to leave. We continued seawatching at the foot of the cape. Also from here, many seabirds were seen. The only minus point was the hard blowing wind. This strong wind made it also difficult to find a good camping place out of the wind. The only good place to put a tent was at the small camping area near the junction to the lighthouse but also here the wind was blowing hard. We had no other way then put the tents here. We used the car as a windshelter. In the evening, we searched for the local Magellanic Horned Owl but we found an unexpected Band-winged Nightjar.
January 5th
It was an unpleasant night with our tents sweeping hard in the wind. At first light, we were walking in the dunes near the camping and parallel with the coast. Despite the hard wind, we soon found an Austral Canastero. This species is quite numerous here and we found at least 10 birds. Some of them were very easy to see. A Scale-throated Earthcreeper was also fouraging in the dunes. After observing the canastero, we packed up our tents and we took the road back to Rio Gallegos. It was not the intention to drive straight to the city. We planned to search for Canary-winged Finch until we found one. We started searching in the pampas between the cape and El Condor. Here, there did not seem to be many good habitats. There are too many areas with high grass. We searched for a few hours but without success. Then, we drove back to the direction of Estancia Condor. The 4 Ruddy-headed Geese were still sitting on the meadow at the gate. We drove to an area near the red-and-white antenne. Here the habitat looks better. More open with low vegetation. We walked kilometres and kilometres over the plain but with no success in the beginning. The others went already back to the car as I saw good vegetation a few hundred metres further on. Finally, there was a female Canary-winged Finch overthere. It was very shy and before I had the chance to warn the others, it was already gone. When they arrived with the car, we drove slowly along the track and we found the bird again. Soon, we found a male also.
After we saw the finches very well, we drove to Rio Gallegos. We went to the supermarket and then we drove to the north along road 3 to Puerto San Julián. There are many small and bigger pools with plenty of waterfowl along the road. We took our time to stop along the road to check the birds at all of the pools. We were at one of the pools a 4wheel drive was stopping. It was Santiago Umberti, the very known Argentinian birdwatcher. He was guiding a group of Canadian birdwatchers. He was very surprised to find birdwatchers over here, which were travelling on their own. He gave us very usefull information about Magellanic Plover and Patagonian Tinamou. They just saw a Magellanic Plover a few kilometres more to the north. Therefore, we drove straight to the place. Moreover, indeed, it did not take a long time before we found the plover on the gravel banks near the pool. We observed the bird very well and it was another highlight of the trip.
Santiago told us that the area west of Cdte. Luis Piedra Buena, is the best place to search for Patagonian Tinamou. With his Canadian group, he saw a female with chicks here today. We started to search along road 17 untill sunset. We found no tinamou today but we arrived here late in the evening and time was short to search for it. We would come here back again tomorrow morning. We found a camping in Cdte. Luis Piedra Buena, just near the river, and spend a night here.
January 6th
At first light, we were on route 17 to search for Patagonian Tinamou. It did not take a long time before we found two birds. We had great views of them. Other good birds in this area were Common Miner, Scale-throated Earthcreeper and Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant.
It was just before 10.00h when we drove further to the north, to San Juán. Just out of the city, it is very good for birdwatching along the coast. There are mudflats just along the boulevard. Many waders were fouraging here; seven Blackish Oystercatchers were the best species. A few kilometres more to the north along the coast, you will find the ruines of a factory. Here we saw our only Red-legged Cormorant, a Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant and Lesser Canastero. Two Commerson Dolphins were also a highlight. They were just swimming out of the coast.
Today, we still had to do a long drive to Estancia La Angostura, near the Strobel Plateau. At 15.00h, we left San Juán. We took route 25 to Gobernador Gregores. Along the road, we stopped a few times for Lesser Rheas. Driving on the gravelroad does not allow you to drive fast so it took a long time before we arrived in Gobernador Gregores. When you drive through the town and pass a river, you will find signs to Estancia Las Tunas and Estancia La Angostura. I do not know the number of this road. However, this road was so small that maybe, it even has no number. Driving on this road, we first arrived in Estancia Las Tunas. I contacted the owner a few weeks ago. First answer of the owner was that they were no longer in tourist business. I send him an e-mail back and asked him for the second time if it was not possible for him to show us Hooded Grebe. Now he sended an email to tell that we were welcome and he would show us the Hooded Grebes that were on his land. When we arrived at the estancia, there was only a Spanish-speaking labourer. The owner was not at home and the labourer could not help us. He also did not know when the owner would be at home again. We had to leave without seeing the grebe. We drove further to Estancia La Angostura. This estancia is not that far from Estancia Las Tunas. We arrived here a day earlier then we expected. This was not a problem at all for the owners of the estancia. We put our tents in the garden, near the ones of a group of German tourists. There were also a couple of American birdwatchers. It was already late when we arrived here and they were just starting a barbecue with a sheep on the gridiron. After a delicious meal, we went to the marshes near the entrance gate of the estancia. This is more or less 100 metres walking from the house. This is the habitat of the most famous bird of the estancia, Austral Rail. A few birds responded to our tape playback but we failed to see one in the dense reed vegetation.
January 7th
At sunrise, we were at the marshes at the estancia again. The Austral Rails were responding again very well to the tape. In the reed, there was a passage and after some time, Erwin, Tom and Iwan saw an Austral Rail passing here. I failed to see it. They were still calling but no rail was showing up again. For me, it was OK to try for the rail again in the evening.
Now we went to a lake just near the estancia, opposite the road (route 40). On this lake, two Hooded Grebes were observed a few days ago. However, they were gone now. Nevertheless, there were still some good birds to see. Andean and Lake Duck were the most remarkable ones.
We made an deal with the wife of the owner of Estancia La Angostura to meet her at 11.00h at the estancia. She would guide us to the road up the Strobel Plateau. We arrived at the plateau just after noon. Birdwatching was fantastic here. We had one of our best days of the trip with as absolutely highlight several Hooded Grebes. It took a while and we had to check several pools, but finally we found them. They prefer pools with some kind of short red vegetation. These red plants were just growing on a few pools, and it was only on these pools that we found the grebes. Other good birds we saw were Silvery Grebe, Tawny-throated Dotterel, Two-banded and Magellanic Plover, Gray-breasted Seedsnipe, Chocolate-vented Tyrant, Cinnamon-vented Ground-Tyrant, Cordilleran Canastero, Common and Short-billed Miner, Greater Yellow-Finch. In the evening, we returned to the estancia. We tried again for the rail and now I saw one bird sneaking through the vegetation.
January 8th
Before noon, we walked around the estancia. The owner told us that a pair of Magellanic Horned Owls was frequently present in a small gully. This gully is a few hundreds metres further then the estancia, in the hillside that is passing just behind the estancia. We found no owls during the day. It was a little regrettable that we did not know it on the first day we arrived in the estancia. Then we would have had two evenings to search for the Horned Owls. This would have improved our chances to see them.
At 11.00h, we started the long drive to El Chalten, in Los Glaciares National Park. It was already late afternoon when we arrived in the village. The campings near the centre were full or to busy for us. We camped at camping Bonanza, 12 km out of the village, upstream the river.
We did not have very good information on where to look for birds near El Chalten. So we hoped for the best. On our way to the camping, we saw some small patches of good forest. We decided to go birding here and that was a good choice. Erwin found soon a couple Black-throated Huet-huets. These birds were remarkably tame. They were fouraging in the understory, just in front of us. One was even sitting on my shoulder for a second. They were very curious and when we were rustle with our hand in the dead leafs on the ground, they came to look for what we were doing. They even checked if there was nothing under our hand. Other good birds we found here were Magellanic Woodpecker, Spectacled Ducks, White-browed Ground-Tyrant and Austral Parakeet. We stayed here for just more then an hour and in this short periode, we managed to see many good birds. This was birdwatching at his best and the huet-huets were another highlight of the trip.
January 9th
In the morning, we were awakened by the call of Austral Parakeets. They were fouraging in the trees on the camping.
We went to the same area as yesterday. One of the huet-huets was still present and the pair of Spectacled Ducks. Near a small stream in a gully, we heard a Magellanic Tapaculo. Soon we saw the bird. A Great Shrike-Tyrant was hunting near the cliffs, a family of Chilean Woodpeckers was also there. It started to rain after we were there for a few hours. We stopped birdwatching and drove to El Chalten to go for a pizza in one of the many restaurants. It did not rain for a long time and we were out for birding again. Now we decided to follow the river that flows left of the village, into the mountains. At the beginning, the trail near the river was just a very small path on a ridge. For Tom this was too risky to go there. He decided to go birdwatching downstream the river (before El Chalten). Erwin, Iwan and I took the small patch upstream the river. We followed the path for a few hours. Birds of most interest were a few Andean Condors. Torrent Duck is sometimes on this wild river, but not this time. Late in the evening, we went back to the camping. We planned to have dinner soon and then go for owls. We ordered French fries with steak but it took nearly two hours before our dinner was ready. For Erwin, it was too late to go for owls. He was too tired and went to bed. The wind was also blowing very hard and Erwin thought it made no sense to go for owls in these circumstances. We, the three others had still courage to try for Rufous-legged Owl. We drove to the Chorillo del Solto waterfall. Left of it, there is a small patch of big trees. We were just playing tape for a few seconds and a Rufous-legged Owl was already flying over our heads. He sat down low, in tree just in front of us. The owl was just sitting for half a minute but long enough for us to have good views.
January 10th
In the morning, we left the camping for the last time. We drove to El Calafate. Here we changed money and we went to the supermarket. Then we drove back into Los Glaciares National Park but this time in the section with the famous glaciar, Perito Moreno. As soon as we got out of the car at the parking lot near the Glaciar, 3 Magellanic Woodpeckers were flying over our heads. We did not expect to see these birds so fast. However, it seemed that they did not stop in the trees at the border of the forest, as we did not found them back again.
There are a few good viewpoints for the Perito Moreno, at save distances. Many people are coming here to see this fantastic huge mass of ice and snow. We also spend a few hours near the glaciar. Everybody is waiting here for large pieces of ice that are falling into the water. This gives big tidal waves. We were lucky and saw it a few times.
Our first plan was to sleep at the camping near the viewpoint, but this camping area does no longer exist. The only camping in the park is near Lago Rocca, more than 50 km away from the glaciar. As we planned to stay 2 more days, we had no other option than going to the Lago Rocca camping. On our way to the camping, we passed a small lake with many ducks. To our own surprise, we found a male and two females Black-headed Ducks on this lake. It was much unexpected to find this species so far to the south. On the distribution maps in our books, the area they normally occur is more than 500 km more to the north.
The Lago Rocca camping is situated at the southern bank of Lago Rocca. It was busy at the camping and we only found two free places that were not out of the wind. Only the first night, there was heavy wind, but this did not give any problems at all.
January 11th
There was no reason today to get up very early. Therefore, we woke up at 8.30h. On our drive to Perito Moreno, we stopped many times for birdwatching along the road. This did not produce any new birds, but it still was good birdwatching.
When we arrived at the parking near the viewpoint, we entered the small patch of forest near the former camping area. Soon, we saw a Chilean Hawk very well, as it was sitting for a few minutes on a lower branch. I was already further in the forest at that moment. So I did not see the bird so well, as it was just flying into dense cover when I arrived at the place. A Magellanic Tapaculo was feeding his fledglings. This gave us the opportunity to observe them very well.
In the forest near the junction to the parking, we found a family of Magellanic Woodpeckers. These birds were very tame and stayed around for hours. We could observe them very well and many photographs were taking. Especially the female was very cooperative.
We stayed at the peninsula for the rest of the day. We enjoyed the glaciar and the birds around. Austral Blackbird was also present near the parking.
It was already 18.00h when we drove back in the direction of the camping. We got information from one of the rangers, that Estancia Chorillo Malo, just 12 km before the camping, is a good spot for Magellanic Horned Owl. We arrived near the estancia after sunset. Playback the horned owl did not pay off well. No owl appeared.
January 12th
Our plane to Trelew was just late afternoon so we were not in a hurry at all today. We stayed at the camping before noon. It was drizzling all the time but we could birdwatching all of the time. We observed the more common birds on the camping ground and near the lake but Erwin spent the time by making good photographs of many species. Even a family of Grey Foxes was very photogenic.
At 14.00h, we left for El Calafate. We spend a few hours here for shopping. We searched and finally found a football T-shirt of River Plate for our cousin. At 16.30h, we drove to the airport where we had our flight to Trelew at 19.20h.
As expected, the people of Avis, the car rental company, were not waiting for us at the airport. It was only possible to get a car during office hours, so we had to wait until tomorrow morning.
We took a taxi to the city. We heard it was one of the most busy periods of the year. We needed to check many hotels before we found one with 2 double rooms available. It was one of the better hotels in town, so this was our most expensive night in Argentina.
January 13th
The calm days were over. During this last part of the trip, we still had to visit many places, see many birds and had long distances to drive up to Buenos Aires.
At 8.00h, Tom and Iwan were already at the Avis office in Trelew. However, the car was not there. There was a misunderstanding about the place of appointment. One of the people of Avis was waiting for us at the airport with the car. Of course, this was no problem at all and soon Tom and Iwan were back at the hotel with the car. After shopping, we left for Punta Tombo at 10.00 o’clock. We drove via Rawson. A dirt track is going from this town to Punta Tombo, parallel with the main road (road n° 1). Along this track, we saw among other species Lesser Rhea, Cinerous Harrier, White-throated Cachalote, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Rusty-backed Monjita and Patagonian Mockingbird. At Punta Tombo, there is the biggest colony of Magellanic Pinguin on the main land. Thousands of birds are breeding there. This large colony is not only attracting penguins but also many tourists. We were not alone at the place. Busses full of people were coming and going. Nevertheless, the birds are used to it, also our main target here, White-headed Steamerduck. We saw one pair of this endemic species.
At 14.00h, we had our time here and we started the drive to Valdez Peninsula. Just west of Trelew, there is a small town, Gaiman. This is a good place to see Burrowing Parrot. We drove to this city and on the northern side of the town, we found two parrots sitting on a wire. From here we drove to the Peninsula.
It was already past 19.00h when we arrived there. In the pampas near the crossroads to Puerto Piramides and Punta Norte, we walked around for one and a half hour. Interesting birds we found here were Darwin’s Nothura, Elegant Crested Tinamou, Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail, Patagonian Canastero, Grey-belled Shrike-Tyrant and Patagonian Mockingbird.
In the evening, we searched for a place to sleep in Puerto Piramides. The local camping area was the only option but it was very crowded here. We found two places at an open area at the edge of the camping. Minus point was that we were again not sitting in the shelter of trees. This was not the only minus point. People were making a lot of noise during the whole night, so we did not sleep very well.
January 14th
At 5.20h, we woke up. We drove straight to the road to Punta Norte. We spend some time at the same place, at the right side of the road, where we were yesterday evening also. We did not expect it, but it was very calm here. It seemed that the birds were still asleep. We did not lose too much time here and drove further to Punta Norte. This cape is the best place to see Orkas from land, but January is not the best month to see them. March is much better. We stayed at Punta Norte until noon. Good birds we saw were Black-browed Albatross, Manx Shearwater, American Oystercatcher, Mourning Sierra-Finch and Patagonian Yellow-Finch. In addition, the mammals with the colony of Sea Lions and a few Sea Elephants were great to see.
At noon, we drove back to Puerto Piramides. Here we informed in the sealife centre for a pelagic for Southern Wright Whale. Also for this sea mammal, it was not the best time of the year. December is the best month to see this whale in the bays near Valdez Peninsula. Now it was already a few days ago that the last female Southern Wright Whale was observed at the end of the bay. It was hard, but we decided to skip the pelagic as our chances to see whales were very small. We went back to the road to Punta Norte. Now we checked the pampas left of the road. We searched here for the last bird we hoped to see here, Band-tailed Earthcreeper. Despite it was the hottest moment of the day, we found one in small scrub. After spending some time, we all managed to get good views.
Now we drove to the cape at the southeastern side of the peninsula, Punta Delgado. More Sea Eleplants were on the beach here but we did not observe so many bird species. Most notable were Black-browed Albatross, Antarctic Giant Petrel and American Oystercatcher.
We stayed here until 15.30h, and then we drove to San Antonio Oeste. This was a long drive again. Along the road, we saw many Burrowing Parrots. In total, we counted 39 birds. At 20.00h, we arrived in San Antonio Oeste. We spend an hour at the dry lagoon near the road 2 to Lamarque. The lagoon is at the left side of the road, just a few kilometres from the crossroad to San Antonio Oeste. Here we saw Tufted Tit-Tyrant and White-banded Mockingbird. In San Antonio Oeste, all the hotels seemed to be closed. Finally, we found a camping near the big lagoon. We had the last two places available at the camping ground.
January 15th
In the morning, we drove to Las Grutas, the beach resort just near SAO. We did not find the dirt track that goes out of the village into the dunes very easy. This track passes a few small gullies. At the third gully from the town, we parked the car and started to birdwatch in the dunes where the scrub held many birds. We saw Spotted Nothura, Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail, Stripe-crowned Spinetail, Lesser Canastero, White-tipped Plantcutter, Grey-crowned Tyrannulet, Greater Wagtail-Tyrant, Yellow-billed and Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Black-crowned Monjita and Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant. One of the main targets here was Sandy Gallito. These birds were not singing anymore at this time of year. It became a long and difficult search to find one. At least, only Iwan succeeded. At noon, it was to hot, more than 35°C. Bird activity in the dunes totally stopped. We went to the beach for a while. Birdwise American Oystercatcher and Royal Tern were the only species of interest.
At the warmest moment of the day, we drove back to the camping in San Antonio Oeste. A large group of nearly 40 Burrowing Parrots was flying over here. We had siesta until 17.00h. Then we took road 3 in the direction of Viedma. Along this road, there are a few good places for Yellow Cardinal. First, we stopped at km 1110. Nowadays, there is a gate at the place and the gate was closed. There is a waterreservoir and a drinking place for the cattles on this parcel that you can see from the road. Around here, many birds were present. However, the distance was too far to have good views. The heat vibration made it not so easy to identify the birds. We drove further to Laguna del Monte. Here the gate was closed too. In the distance, we saw somebody walking near the house but he did not see us. The gate remained closed voor us. We drove back to km 1110. Now, we jumped over gate. A big group of cattle was very interested in us. Luckily, there was no bull amongst them. The birds were still around. From a closer distance, we could check them all. In a tree near the waterreservoir, we found 5 Yellow Cardinals. We wanted to see them from a shorter distance, but they soon disappeared and they did not come back again. When we went back to the car, a cowboy arrived. We thought that we would get some troubles. Luckily, it was no problem at all for him that we were on the land. However, he advised us to get permission in the tank station at the crossroad to SAO in the future.
It was already late but we decided to drive back to Las Grutas. We wanted to search again for Sandy Gallito. It was already nearly dark when we arrived in the dunes. Too late for the gallito but we hoped to see Band-winged Nightjar. This fellow also did not appear.
January 16th
In the morning, we went back to Las Grutas. We searched for the gallito in the same area as yesterday. Also now, we had no luck to find one. Around noon, it was to hot again. We drove to an even warmer place, the dry lagoon near road 2, the place we went the first evening in SAO. Iwan and Erwin decided to stay in the car because it was to warm. Tom and I jumped over the gate. We soon found Short-eared Owl, Patagonian Canastero and Firewood-gatherer. This last bird made Erwin and Iwan to come out of the car very quickly. We did not stay at the dry lagoon for a long time. Sweat was streaming out of our body and we were happy to be in the air-conditioned car again.
Via Viedma, we drove to Bahia Blanca. Near Villalonga, we went of the main road. Near this small village, there are large agriculture areas. Here, we found many ponds and lagoons with many birds. I did not make any note of the areas we visited here but I think that everywhere you left the main road in this area, it is good to search for birds. A selection of the birds we saw is Spotted Nothura, White-tufted Grebe, White-faced Ibis, 9 species of ducks, White-tailed Kite, Long-winged Harrier, Aplomado Falcon, Plumbeous Rail, Red-fronted Coot, Campo Flicker, Sooty Tyrannulet, Great Pampa-Finch, Grassland Sparrow and Long-tailed Meadowlark.
Along the main road, Burrowing Parrots were present. We counted more than fifty birds.
At 20.00h, we arrived in Bahia Blanca. It was not dark yet, but we were too tired to go birdwatching again. We searched a hotel in the city. For dinner, we went to a restaurant with a buffet for just a few pesos. Tom was very exhausted, he went to bed without eating.
January 17th
In the morning, we took the road n°. 35, that goes out of town in the northwestern direction. In the pampas +/- 50 km from Bahia Blanca, there is a good chance to see Pampas Meadowlark. We took the junction to Chasico. In the meadows just past the town, we soon found a large feeding flock of this threatened Meadowlark just near the road. We counted at least 55 birds. We could compare them with Long-tailed Meadowlarks, which were also around. When you see both species in the book, it looks difficult to identify them, but in the field, it was very easy. We also managed to make some photographs.
Before noon, we were in Bahia Blanca again. We had time over to go birdwatching for an hour or more on the mudflats just south of the city. To reach the mudflats, we had to drive through the local rubbish dump. This was not the most idyllic place of our trip. But on the mudflats behind the dump, we saw some good birds like Olrog’s Gull and Black Skimmers. On the rubbish dump, there was a very tame Aplomado Falcon.
At 11.00h, we left for San Clemente. It was another long drive. We drove to Mar del Plata without spending time for birdwatching. Just north of Mar del Plata, it was already late afternoon, we stopped along the road to check some large pools. These were good for Maguari Stork, White-faced Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Southern Screamer, White-cheeked Pintail, Rosy-billed Pochard, White-tailed Kite, American Golden-Plover, Hudsonian Godwit, Freckle-breasted Thornbird and Brown-and-yellow Marshbird. It was already dark when we continued to San Clemente. When we were +/- 80 kilometres from San Clemente, a huge thunderstorm with heavy rains started. It was dangerous to drive on the unlighted flooded streets. We drove very slowly further to San Clemente. It was late when we arrived there. In the streaming rain, we searched a hotel, which we found fast. It was totally out of the question to go to a camping in these circumstances.
January 18th
In the morning, we drove to Punta Rasa. In spite of the heavy rain of yesterday evening, the sky was blue now. To reach Punta Rasa from San Clemente, you need to drive by a sandy road. Even this road was very well driveable. We feared a little for this. In the reserve and on the beach, it was good birdwatching. Many good birds were seen, not at least Hudsonian Godwit, Pomarine Jaeger, Olrog’s Gull, Grey-headed Gull, Royal and White-crowned Tern, Black Skimmer, Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail, Sulphur-bearded Spinetail, Freckle-breasted Thornbird, White-crested Tyrannulet, Warbling Doradito, Grey-breasted Martin, Tawny-headed Swallow and Long-tailed Reed-Finch.
At noon, we drove back to the city. Our plan was to eat something and to change money very quickly. It took more time then we expected. Especially changing money was not so easy. Finally, we succeeded but it took more then an hour. We changed money in a bank but it was not in the official way. One of employees changed our money, but we did not have to show our passport and we did not have to sign papers. This made also that we had the lowest exchange rate during the trip here.
We lost more time then we hoped and it was already afternoon when we left San Clemente. Our plan was to stop at Campo del Tuyu, +/- 10 km west of the city, but we missed the entrance gate. We returned and even then, we could not find it. Target birds here were Hudson’s Canastero and American Painted-Snipe. As we lost already a lot of time today, we decided to search no longer. These 2 species were also on the list of Alec Earnshaw, our guide for the next days, so we expected to see these birds then.
We drove further in the direction of Buenos Aires. Between San Clemente and La Plata, we spend a few hours to search birds in the meadows and on the large pools. Canal n° 2, +/- 20 km from San Clemente, was also a good place. We saw Greater Rhea, Whistling Heron, Wood Stork, Roseate Spoonbill, Snail Kite, Long-winged Harrier, Plumbeous Rail, the 3 species of coot, Hudsonian Godwit, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Wilson’s Phalarope, Wren-like Rushbird, White-browed Blackbird and Brown-and-yellow Marshbird.
We drove further to Buenos Aires by road 11. In a petrol station, we telephoned to Alec Earnshaw. Alec booked a hotel for us in Buenos Aires and he explained us how to get there.
We still had to drive a long way, so we also skipped Atalaya, a good place for Giant Wood-Rail.
Finally, the drive to Buenos Aires took less time then we expected. Due to Erwin’s driving and ours navigation in BA, we were earlier at the Apart-hotel Bosch Hotel then expected. I contacted Alec again and we made an appointment to meet him at the hotel the next morning. I also asked more information on where we had a chance to see some of the birds on the list he sends to me. His answer scared me. Some of the birds on the, for example Hudson’s Canastero, were only seen once by Alec. For other species, it was a long time ago since he saw them. When I told this to the others, they were also surprised by this unpleasant news. We were very curious about what was going to happen the next 2 days and which birds we were going to see.
January 19th
At 4.00h, Alec was waiting for us at the reception of the hotel. As we were five persons in total, it was necessary to go with two cars. Erwin and Tom drove in our hired car, Iwan and I joined Alec. Alec had walkie-talkies with him. Those were very usefull during the following days.
Otamendi was the first place on our itinerary. We arrived there at first light. We did not enter the park by the headquarters but we drove further to the railway. The road is going over the railway and through the reserve. From the road, it is good birdwatching. Only from time to time, a car is passing here. It was very dry so this produced a cloud of dust each time.
There was no wind at all and haze was hanging over Otamendi. Alec did know the good places for Straight-billed Reedhaunter and other goodies along the road. We started with searching for the Reedhaunter. We played the tape at the first site but no reaction. Also on the second, there was no reaction of a Straight-billed Reedhaunter. At the end, only Tom saw one but the bird disappeared before the others could see it too.
From the road, we saw a flock of Bare-faced Ibisses flying over, White-faced Ibis, Brazilian Teal, Rufous-sided Crake, Giant Wood-Rail, Gilded Sapphire, Wren-like Rushbird, Curve-billed Reedhaunter, Chicli Spinetail, Freckle-breasted Thornbird, Rufous-capped Antshrike, Small-billed Elaenia, White-crested Tyrannulet, Warbling Doradito, Yellow-browed Tyrant, Sayaca and Diademed Tanager, Long-tailed Reed-Finch and Scarlet-headed Blackbird. A roosting Striped Owl was the most unexpected but good find.
At noon, we left Otamendi. We drove to the Entre Rios province. In the afternoon, we planned to go birding in the Perdices area all the time. Via e-mail, Alec told us he knows good places for Black-and-White Monjita, Saffron-cowled Blackbird and Marsh Seedeater near Perdices and Ceibas. We took road 12 and 14.
In Perdices, we took one of the dirt tracks that go east into the fields and grasslands. I did not make notes of where we went exactly all the time today. The first place we stopped was the one for Black-and-white Monjita. A Grey Monjita was the only Monjita we found here. We observed a Red-winged Tinamou here too.
Next were two places for Saffron-cowled Blackbird. It was a long time ago since Alec visited the places. When we arrived there, one was destroyed and also on the other, no Saffron-cowled Blackbird was present. This was a great disappointment. Then Alec told us that he had no longer permission to go to the area where Marsh Seedeater occurs. He saw them a few times on private land and the owners of this estancia did no longer allow birdwatchers to go there.
It was already late afternoon and we did not see one of our target birds yet. We were getting more and more nervous. We did not hire a local guide to have all these problems.
Alec thought he probably knew an alternative. We drove to Estancia Las Cruces. This estancia is next to the estancia where Alec saw Marsh Seedeater in the past. Maybe we had a good chance of seeing the seedeaters here. We were already on the track that goes to entrance gate of the estancia before, as the first place for Saffron-cowled Blackbird was along this track. We stopped again at this place a finally we found some good birds. A few hundreds metres before the gate, we found Bearded Tachuri, Tawny-bellied and Dark-throated Seedeaters. A little bit further from the road, into the fields, we encoutered two Upland Sandpipers.
The gate of Estancia Las Cruces was not close and we entered. Just behind the gate, we soon found two pairs of Black-and-white Monjitas. Finally, we were getting lucky. When we arrived at the farm, Alec asked permission to go birdwatching on the estancia. This was no problem at all for the owner. He even told us that he knows a good place for “the yellow birds” on his land. As it was getting late already, we hurried to the place and we found +/- 20 Saffron-cowled Blackbirds in a cornfield. There was still some time left to search for Marsh Seedeater but we could not find one.
So finally, we ended the day with a good feeling, despite dipping the seedeater.
We drove back to the main road 12 and went to a small hotel in Ceibas, just near where road 12 becomes road 14.
January 20th
Today, we concentrated ourselves on the areas near Ceibas. We left again very early. We took a dirt track on the other side of the road, opposite our hotel. In the dry scrub, Alec knows a roosting place for Little Nightjar and Scissor-tailed Nightjar. We soon found both birds. Also here were Tufted Tit-Spinetail, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Stripe-crowned Spinetail, Short-billed Canastero, Little Thornbird and White-naped Xenopsaris. A litte bit further along the track, there is a dyke on your right side that goes into a marshy area. Take care that you do not miss the dyke, as fhe beginning is not good visible from the road. From the dyke, you have a good overview of the marshes. It was good birdwatching here. We saw a good selection of waterfowl with most notable Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Ringed Teal, Brazilian Teal and Lake Duck. Other birds we saw were Spot-flanked Gallinule, Red-fronted Coot and Greyish Saltator. After the marshes, we drove around in the area. We visited a few pools and places for Marsh Seedeater. Driving around here for a few hours, we found Wood and Maguari Stork, Roseate Spoonbill, Long-winged Harrier, Savanna Hawk, Plumbeous Rail, Wattled Jacana, American Golden and Collared Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, Nacunda Nighthawk, White Woodpecker, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Suiriri Flycatcher, Yellow-browed Tyrant, Streaked Flycatcher, Black-capped Warbling-Finch, Unicolored and Chestnut-capped Blackbird. Nevertheless, we found no Marsh Seedeater. Alec remembered a place on the other side of road 14, were he saw a probable Marsh Seedeater two years ago. After a break in shadow of a local pub, we drove to the place. Even before we parked the car at the place, Alec heard an unfamiliar song of a seedeater.When I got out of the car, I saw a male Marsh Seedeater sitting in the high grass. It was singing and it was clear it was holding territory. Soon we found a female also. Erwin managed to make some poor photographs of the male. This was the last target bird for us to see in the area, so after we observed the seedeater for a long time, it was time to drive back to the south.
In the evening, we planned to make a walk in Otamendi again. Alec would guide us to the place where he saw a Hudson’s Canastero, his only observation in Otamendi, a few months ago. We parked the car at the headquarters and a local guide joined us. Without a guide of the park, it is not allowed to go on the trails. We walked in the park for 2 hours but we did not find a new bird for the trip. We even did not see very remarkable species.
In the evening at the parking, we said goodbye to Alec. At the end of these two days, we managed to see a good selection of our wanted-to-see birds thanks to the help of Alec. We never thought this after our first half-day in Perdices.
We drove to Zárate, where Alec arranged a hotel for us.
Iwan decided that for this trip, birdwatching was over for him. The other three decided to go to Otamendi again next morning.
January 21st
At first daylight, we were at the road where we had been at our first day in Otamendi. Now we knew the places for Straight-billed Reedhaunter and we would try it again. When we were playing sound, a Straight-billed Reedhaunter was reacting very soon and we managed to get good views. So this last new bird of the trip for my brother and myself, was a very good one. The Striped Owl was still around. He was sitting in the same tree as two days ago.
We drove back to the hotel in Zárate, where Iwan was waiting for us. After dinner, we drove to the airport in Buenos Aires. Our flight was at 15.40h. We said goodbye to Iwan, his flight was a few hours later. When we were back in Belgium, Iwan told us that his flight was cancelled. He had to wait in Buenos Aires another 24 hours.
January 22nd
At 10.30h, we arrived back in Frankfurt. The same taxi-driver that brought us here was waiting for us again. After a few hours, we arrived in Houthalen. We picked up Tom’s car again and half an hour later, we were at home again.
Birds observed
During this trip, we observed 368 species of which 4 were only heard (Red-winged Tinamou, Andean Tinamou, Barn Owl and Cream-backed Woodpecker) and 2 feral species (House Sparrow and Eurasian Starling).
For taxonomy we followed the checklist by J.F. Clements (2007)
NC = not countable (only birds seen are counted in our lifelist)
HO = heard onlyGreater Rhea Rhea americana Near-threatened
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 3Lesser Rhea Rhea pennata Near-threatened
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - +/- 10
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 10+
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 5+
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - 50+
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 10+
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - 10+
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 4Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - HO - 2 à 3
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 + 2 heard
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 + 1 heardRed-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens
19/01/2007 - Perdices - NC - HO - 3Brushland Tinamou Nothoprocta cinerascens Near-endemic
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 1
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 4
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - HO - 1Darwin's Nothura Nothura darwinii Near-endemic
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - NC - 1
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 2
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 2Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 3
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 2
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 1
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 5+Elegant Crested Tinamou Eudromia elegans Near-endemic
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 2
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 10+
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 30+
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - +/- 5Patagonian Tinamou Tinamotis ingoufi Near-endemic
6/01/2007 - Pampas west of Cdte Piedrabuena - 2King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 1Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua Near-threatened
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - +/- 15 ad. + 8 pulliMagellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Near-threatened
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 500+
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 600+
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - the largest colony on the mainland. Thousands of birds.White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 1
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 6
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 1
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - 2
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 1Great Grebe Podiceps major
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 1
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 3
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - 1
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 1
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - +/- 25
6/01/2007 - San Julian - +/- 10
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - 1
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 2
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 2Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - +/- 30
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 10+
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 20+Hooded Grebe Podiceps gallardoi Near-threatened Near-endemic
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 3 pairs on one lagoon, all 3 pairs had a nest.Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Vulnerable
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 4
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 50+
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - 1
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Delgado - 3Antarctic Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Vulnerable
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - +/- 10
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 30+
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - 40+
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - 10+
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - +/- 5
6/01/2007 - San Julian - 2
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - 2
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Delgado - 10+Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 25+Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Near-threatened
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - +/- 100Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 10+
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - 4Magellanic Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides magellani
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 4Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1
6/01/2007 - San Julian - a few
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - 2
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Delgado - 2
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - +/- 5
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 3Rock Shag Phalacrocorax magellanicus
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - +/- 70
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - 2
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Delgado - +/- 5Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 5+
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - common
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - very common
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - common
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 2
2/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - 2
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - common
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 10+
6/01/2007 - San Julian - 50+Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi Near-threatened Near-endemic
6/01/2007 - San Julian - 1Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 2
19/01/2007 - Perdices - +/- 10
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - +/- 5
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 1Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 4
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 3
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Great Egret Ardea alba
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 2Snowy Egret Egretta thula
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 20+
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 1
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 2
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewCattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 20+
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - fairly commonStriated Heron Butorides striata
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 5
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 2
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 1
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 3
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 1Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 5
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 4Wood Stork Mycteria americana
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - +/- 20Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 10+
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 2
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 3Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis Near-endemic
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 100+
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - 2 flying over
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia to Garibaldi Pass - 2
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 2
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 5
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 10+
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 6
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - +/- 7
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 5+
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 5+
13/01/2007 - Gaiman - 3Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - +/- 50White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 50+
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewRoseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 1
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewChilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis Near-threatened
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - +/- 30
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 2
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - +/- 20
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 100+
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - +/- 10
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 10
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 9
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 9
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - +/- 10
12/01/2007 - Lagoon near El Calafate - common
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - camping - +/- 100
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 2
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a fewSouthern Screamer Chauna torquata
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - +/- 10
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - fairly common
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewFulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 3
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 2
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 1
19/01/2007 - Perdices - +/- 10
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewBlack-necked Swan Cygnus melanocorypha
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 2
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 12
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 300+
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2 with pulli
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 2Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 2
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 4
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 20+
6/01/2007 - San Julian - +/- 20
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 1
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 6Upland Goose Chloephaga picta Near-endemic
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 2
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - a few
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - a few
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - very common
2/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 2 with pulli
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - common
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - common
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - common
6/01/2007 - San Julian - common
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - very common
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura to El Chalten - common
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - common
12/01/2007 - Lagoon near El Calafate - commonKelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida Near-endemic
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - +/- 10
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - fairly common
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - 3Ashy-headed Goose Chloephaga poliocephala Near-endemic
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 3
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - +/- 100
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 1 pair with 7 pulli.
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 10+Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps Near-endemic
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 4
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 4, the same as yesterdayFlightless Steamerduck Tachyeres pteneres Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - 50+
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 50+
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - a fewWhite-headed Steamerduck Tachyeres leucocephalus Near-threatened Country endemic
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - 1 pairFlying Steamerduck Tachyeres patachonicus Near-endemic
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 2
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - a few
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 10Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 4 pairsBrazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 2
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 10+
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - 2Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 30+
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 4
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - +/- 50
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - very common
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a fewSpeckled Teal Anas flavirostris
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - +/- 10
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - common
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - common
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few7/01/2007 – Strobel Plateau – 10+
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - fairly common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewSpectacled Duck Anas specularis Near-threatened Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 1
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 2
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 2, the same as yesterday.
10/01/2007 - El Chalten - 2, the same as previous 2 days.Crested Duck Anas specularioides
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 50+
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - 2
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - fairly common
2/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 4
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - 2
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - +/- 10
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - common
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - +/- 20Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 10+
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - 2
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - common
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - common
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - common
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - fairly common
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewWhite-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 6Silver Teal Anas versicolor
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - +/- 10
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - +/- 5
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 2
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - 2Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 1 male
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 1 female with pulliRed Shoveler Anas platalea
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1 pair
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 3
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 10+
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - common
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - fairly common
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - common
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - common
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - common
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - common
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1 pair
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1 male
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 10+
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 20+
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1 male + 2 females. It was very unexpected to find this species this far south. Due to the draught more north? Were in a group of Red Shovelers and Yellow-billed Pintails.Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1 pairLake Duck Oxyura vittata
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1 female
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 3 males + 1 female
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - a few
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 2Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 5
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - a few
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - a few
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 1
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - 5 à 6
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - 1
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - 1
14/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - 10+
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - fairly commonAndean Condor Vultur gryphus Near-threatened
28/12/2006 – road to Chancani NP - 1 adult
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 1 ad. + 1 juv.
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 3
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 5
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - +/- 10Osprey Pandion haliaetus
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 1White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 2
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 3Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 2
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewLong-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 1 male
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 3
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - +/- 6
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - +/- 3
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 2Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
4/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos airport - 1 female
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 2 males + 1 female
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1 male
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 1 female
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - 2
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 3
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2 males + 1 female. Breeding in the reedbeds just near the entrance of the estancia.
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2 males + 1 female
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura to El Chalten - 1
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - +/- 5
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - 2
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - 1 maleRufous-thighed Hawk Accipiter erythronemius
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1Chilean Hawk Accipiter chilensis Near-endemic
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1 near Perito Moreno GlaciarSavanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 3Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 1
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 1
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - 2
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 1
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 1
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 3
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 1
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - 2
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - 2
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - +/- 5White-throated Caracara Phalcoboenus albogularis Near-endemic
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - 2 ad. + 1 1°y
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - 1Southern Caracara Caracara plancus
Very common bird. Observed all over Argentiana.Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 2
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - a few
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - 3
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - fairly common
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - common
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - common
2/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - fairly common
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 30+
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - fairly common
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - a few
6/01/2007 - San Julian - a few
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - a few
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - a few
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - a few
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - common
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - common
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - common
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - fairly common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a few
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewSpot-winged Falconet Spiziapteryx circumcinctus
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 1
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1American Kestrel Falco sparverius
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - 2
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani to Pampas de Achala - a few
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 1
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - 5+
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura to El Chalten - a few
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 4
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - a few
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 2Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - 1
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - 1
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - +/- 3
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - 1Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 1Limpkin Aramus guarauna
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 1
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 2Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1 seen briefly and a few heard
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - HO - a fewAustral Rail Rallus antarcticus Vulnerable Near-endemic
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - HO - 3 à 4
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - One bird seen in the morning and in the same patch probably the same bird seen again in the evening. Also 2 more heard.Grey-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 1Giant Wood-Rail Aramides ypecaha
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 7
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - HO - 2Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 1 juvenile
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 1 + 1 heard
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - HO - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 1
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 3Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 4+
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - common
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewRed-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 10+
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 5+
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - common
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - common
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - +/- 5
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewRed-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 3
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 4
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 1 pair with juvenilesBlack-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri Near-endemic
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 4
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewMagellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus Near-endemic
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 2
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - 1
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 7
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - +/- 400Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 2
6/01/2007 - San Julian - 7American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - 1
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - +/- 15
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Delgado - a few
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 5+
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - +/- 7White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 7
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 20+
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a fewSouthern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 10+
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - a few
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia to Garibaldi Pass - a few
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - a few
6/01/2007 - San Julian - a few
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - fairly common
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - fairly common
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - fairly common
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - fairly commonAmerican Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 2
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 10+
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 3 à 5Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 25+
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - +/- 10
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 2
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - 30+
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - +/- 20
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - +/- 10Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 1
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - +/- 10
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 5Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 20 à 25 + another group of 15 birds.
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura to El Chalten - 2Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis Near-threatened Near-endemic
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 1
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 1South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 3
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 2
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 20+Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - +/- 100
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 50+
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly commonWhimbrel Numenius phaeopus
6/01/2007 - San Julian - ssp hudsonicus - +/- 100Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 3+2Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 1
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 2
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 3Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 2
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 8
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 1
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - camping - +/- 10
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 10+
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewSolitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Sanderling Calidris alba
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 1White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 3
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - +/- 50
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 1
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - common
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - commonBaird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 500+
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - fairly common
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 20+Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 1
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 5
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 18
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - +/- 100Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Near-threatened
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 3Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 5 à 6
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 6Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 5Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - +/- 10
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - fairly common
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - fairly common
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - fairly common
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - fairly common
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - fairly common
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura to El Chalten - fairly commonSnowy Sheathbill Chionis alba
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - +/- 15Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 10+Brown Skua Stercorarius antarctica
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 10+
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 2
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 1
6/01/2007 - San Julian - a few
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - 1
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - a few
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Delgado - a fewPomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 1 adultDolphin Gull Larus scoresbii Near-endemic
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - +/- 10
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - 15+
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - a few
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - 2Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus Vulnerable Near-endemic
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - +/- 20
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - +/- 15Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 20+
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - common
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - common
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia rubbish dump - common
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - common
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - common
2/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - common
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - common
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - common
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - common
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - a few
6/01/2007 - San Julian - common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura to El Chalten - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - a few
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - a few
13/01/2007 - Gaiman - a few
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - a few
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - common
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Delgado - a few
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - common
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - common
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - a few
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - common
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - fairly common
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - very common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a fewGrey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 1 ad. moulting to winter plumageBrown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - +/- 20
2/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - +/- 15
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - 2
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - a few
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Delgado - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - a few
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - common
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - commonGull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - 5Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 1Royal Tern Sterna maxima
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - 2
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 1
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - +/- 50South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - common
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - common
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - fairly common
6/01/2007 - San Julian - 200+
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - a few
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly commonSnowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - +/- 60Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - 10+
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - +/- 200Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - common
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - a few
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - a few
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - fairly common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewSpot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - 3
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani to Pampas de Achala - a few
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - +/- 30
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - +/- 10Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - common
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - very common
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - very common
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - common
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - fairly common
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - common
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - common
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - common
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - common
29/12/2006 - Chancani to Pampas de Achala - common
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 5
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - +/- 5
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura to El Chalten - a few
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 3
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - a few
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - fairly common
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - common
17/01/2007 - Chasica (NW of Bahia Blanca) - common
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - common
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - common
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - commonPicui Ground-Dove Columbina picui
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - a few
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - a few
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - common
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - common
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani to Pampas de Achala - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - commonWhite-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 2
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - HO - 1
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - fairly commonBlue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 10+
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 4Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus Near-endemic
13/01/2007 - Gaiman - 2
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula to San Antonio Oeste - 24+6+7+2
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - camping - +/- 40
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 50+Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 4
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 2
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 16
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 4
10/01/2007 - El Chalten - 2
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 5Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - common
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - fairly common
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - fairly common
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - fairly common
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - very common
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - very common
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - very common
29/12/2006 - Chancani to Pampas de Achala - very common
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - very common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - very common
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - common
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - commonAsh-colored Cuckoo Coccyzus cinereus
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 - probably the same as yesterday. At the same spot near the headquarters.Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - a few
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - a few
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 5+
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - 3
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 1
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 4
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewStriped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - 1Barn Owl Tyto alba
29/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - NC - HO - 1Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 + 4 heardRufous-legged Owl Strix rufipes Near-endemic
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 1 e taped at night.Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 + a few heard during daytime
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 + 2 heard
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - 1Austral Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nanum Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 1
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 1Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 2
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 5
17/01/2007 - Chasica (NW of Bahia Blanca) - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a fewStriped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1 bird puching in an open tree
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1, in the same trees as two days ago.Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
16/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - 1Nacunda Nighthawk Podager nacunda
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - +/- 100Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1 flying of the road in the evening.Little Nightjar Caprimulgus parvulus
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1 on a daytime roostScissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 male
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1 female at a daytime roostAshy-tailed Swift Chaetura andrei
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 5
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 3
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - a few
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 3
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - +/- 10
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewGilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1Red-tailed Comet Sappho sparganura
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 2
29/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 2Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 3
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - 1 maleGreen Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Spot-backed Puffbird Nystalus maculatus
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - HO - 1
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - 2White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 4
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 4White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 2
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 5+
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - +/- 4Checkered Woodpecker Picoides mixtus
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 1
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - 1
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - 1Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 3
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - 1
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewChilean Flicker Colaptes pitius Near-endemic
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 7
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 6
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 5Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - +/- 10
29/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 3
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - +/- 8
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewCream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - HO - 1Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus Near-endemic
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 1
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2 males + 1 female
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1 male + 2 females near Perito Moreno Glaciar.Common Miner Geositta cunicularia
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 4
6/01/2007 - Pampas west of Cdte Piedrabuena - +/- 5
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 1Short-billed Miner Geositta antarctica Near-endemic
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 2
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 2
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - +/- 5Scale-throated Earthcreeper Upucerthia dumetaria
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1
6/01/2007 - Pampas west of Cdte Piedrabuena - 1
6/01/2007 - San Julian - 2
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 2
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1Chaco Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus certhioides Near-endemic
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 1 + a few heardBand-tailed Earthcreeper Eremobius phoenicurus Near-endemic
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 1Dark-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus Near-endemic
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 2
31/12/2006 - Beagle Channel - 2 à 3
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 3Grey-flanked Cinclodes Cinclodes oustaleti Near-endemic
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - 3
3/01/2007 - Garibaldi Pass - 2Olrog's Cinclodes Cinclodes olrogi Country endemic
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 3Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 1
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - 1
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - +/- 10
3/01/2007 - Garibaldi Pass - 20+Comechingones Cinclodes Cinclodes comechingonus Country endemic
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 5 à 6White-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes atacamensis
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 2Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - fairly common
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - camping - 1
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - fairly common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - common
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewCrested Hornero Furnarius cristatus Near-endemic
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - 3
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a fewThorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - fairly common
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - a few
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - common
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - fairly common
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a fewPlain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 3
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 1
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 2Tufted Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura platensis
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - +/- 5Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - +/- 5
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - fairly common
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - fairly commonCurve-billed Reedhaunter Limnornis curvirostris Near-endemic
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 2
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - +/- 5Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnornis rectirostris Near-threatened Near-endemic
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail Spartonoica maluroides Near-threatened Near-endemic
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 2Chotoy Spinetail Schoeniophylax phryganophila
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 3Sooty-fronted Spinetail Synallaxis frontalis
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - HO - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - a few
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - HO - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewChicli Spinetail Synallaxis spixi
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 3
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Sulphur-bearded Spinetail Cranioleuca sulphurifera Near-endemic
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 6Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomea
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - fairly commonLesser Canastero Asthenes pyrrholeuca
6/01/2007 - San Julian - 2
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - +/- 10Short-billed Canastero Asthenes baeri
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1 + 1 heardPatagonian Canastero Asthenes patagonica Country endemic
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 2
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 3 à 4
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - +/- 5Cordilleran Canastero Asthenes modesta
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 4Puna Canastero Asthenes sclateri Near-endemic
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 3Austral Canastero Asthenes anthoides Near-endemic
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 10+Little Thornbird Phacellodomus sibilatrix
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis Near-endemic
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 2
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 5+
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - +/- 4
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewFirewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi
16/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - 1
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 2Lark-like Brushrunner Coryphistera alaudina
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 3
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 1
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 5 à 6Brown Cacholote Pseudoseisura lophotes
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 2
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - HO - 1White-throated Cacholote Pseudoseisura gutturalis Country endemic
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - 5
16/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - 4White-throated Treerunner Pygarrhichas albogularis Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 4
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 3
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 1
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 3
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 5+
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 5+
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Great Antshrike Taraba major
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 1
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - 2
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - HO - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 3
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - HO - 1Black-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarnii Near-endemic
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 2
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 1Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata Near-endemic
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 1 + a few heard
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - HO - 2Sandy Gallito Teledromas fuscus Country endemic
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 1Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus Near-endemic
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 1
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2 with just fledged juveniles.White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 5
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 5
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Rufous-tailed Plantcutter Phytotoma rara Near-endemic
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 5
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 6
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 2
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - +/- 5
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - 2
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 1
3/01/2007 - Garibaldi Pass - a few
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - fairly common
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewSmall-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewSooty Tyrannulet Serpophaga nigricans
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 1
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 3
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewWhite-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 1
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1Grey-crowned Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseiceps
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 8
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a fewThis species is not yet on the Clements checklist. It is even not a subspecies for Clements of another Tyrannulet but a completely new species.
Southern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus modestus
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1Suiriri Flycatcher Suiriri affinis
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Greater Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura budytoides
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 5+
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 3
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 6
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 2Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant Anairetes flavirostris
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 4Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 2
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 2
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - 4
14/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - 2
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - +/- 10
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 2Many-colored Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 2Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis Near-threatened
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1 femaleWarbling Doradito Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 8
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 4
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 1Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 1
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - HO - 1Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - HO - 2Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 2
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - +/- 10Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 2
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 1
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 1
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 2
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Fire-eyed Diucon Xolmis pyrope Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 4
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 2
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 4
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 5Grey Monjita Xolmis cinerea
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1Black-crowned Monjita Xolmis coronata
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 2 males + 1 femaleWhite Monjita Xolmis irupero
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 2
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - 10+
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 2
29/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 1
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - 1
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewRusty-backed Monjita Xolmis rubetra Near-endemic
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - 2Black-and-white Monjita Xolmis dominicanus Vulnerable Near-endemic
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 2 pairsChocolate-vented Tyrant Neoxolmis rufiventris
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - 1
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 4
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 2
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - a few
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - +/- 5
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura to El Chalten - 3Great Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis livida Near-endemic
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 2Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis microptera
6/01/2007 - San Julian - 2
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 3
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 2
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 1Lesser Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis murina Near-endemic
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 2Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
6/01/2007 - Pampas west of Cdte Piedrabuena - 3Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - +/- 5
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - +/- 5
3/01/2007 - Garibaldi Pass - 10+
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 4Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola capistratus
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 4
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 2
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 4Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 3White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 1
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 4
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - +/- 5
3/01/2007 - Garibaldi Pass - 10+Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 5+
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 15+
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - fairly common
1/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - 10+
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - common
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 5+
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - fairly common
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - fairly common
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - fairly common
6/01/2007 - Pampas west of Cdte Piedrabuena - fairly common
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - fairly common
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - common
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - fairly common
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 7
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a fewCinereous Tyrant Knipolegus striaticeps
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1White-winged Black-Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - +/- 10
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 2Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 3
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - fairly common
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 5+
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 1
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - common
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewYellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 3 à 4Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosus
29/12/2006 - Chancani to Pampas de Achala - 2
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewSwainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 1Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - fairly common
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - a few
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - fairly common
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - camping - a few
16/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - camping - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - fairly common
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewStreaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristat
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - common
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - fairly common
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - fairly common
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - common
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - common
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 1Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - a few
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - a few
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - a few
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 3 à 4
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewFork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 3
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - 5+
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 3
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - fairly common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - fairly common
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a few
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewWhite-naped Xenopsaris Xenopsaris albinucha
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 maleBrown-chested Martin Progne tapera
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewGrey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a fewSouthern Martin Progne elegans
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - 10+
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani to Pampas de Achala - a few
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - 2
14/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - a few
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a fewWhite-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - very common
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - fairly common
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - common
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a fewChilean Swallow Tachycineta meyeni
30/12/2006 - Ushuaia between the airport and the city - 4 à 5
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 10+
31/12/2006 - Ushuaia harbour - fairly common
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - a few
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - a few
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - a few
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia harbour - a few
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly commonBlue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 1
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 3
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - a few
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - a few
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a fewTawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - +/- 5Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 3
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - +/- 10Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewCorrendera Pipit Anthus correndera
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande - +/- 10
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - fairly common
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - fairly common
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2+
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 1
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 3
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - +/- 5Short-billed Pipit Anthus furcatus
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 5+Hellmayr's Pipit Anthus hellmayri
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 2Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2House Wren Troglodytes aedon
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - fairly common
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - 1
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - a few
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - a few
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - a few
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a few
17/01/2007 - Mudflats just near Bahia Blanca - 2
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewSedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 4
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - common
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - fairly common
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - fairly common
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - a few
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - common
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewPatagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus Near-endemic
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - +/- 5
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - 2
13/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - turnoff to Punta Norte - 2
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - fairly common
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 15+White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus
14/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - 4
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - fairly common
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 10+Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - 1
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - fairly common
29/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - a few
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - 1Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - a few
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 3
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 1Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - common
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - fairly common
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 10+
3/01/2007 - Garibaldi Pass - a few
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - a few
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 1
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - a few
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a fewCreamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 1 à 2
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 5+
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - 1
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 5
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 5
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 1
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewEuropean Starling Sturnus vulgaris
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - NC - 30+House Sparrow Passer domesticus
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - NC - a few
27/12/2006 - camping near Villa Quilino - NC - a few
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - NC - Feral - a few
13/01/2007 - Punta Tombo - NC - Feral - a few
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - camping - NC - Feral - a fewRed-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - 1Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - HO - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 + 1 heard
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - 1Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - fairly common
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 4
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 2
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 2
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewBlack-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - fairly common
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - fairly common
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - fairly common
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - +/- 10
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - fairly common
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - fairly common
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - fairly common
12/01/2007 - Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a fewMasked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 1
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewHepatic Tanager Piranga flava
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - 1
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 3Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 3Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - +/- 10
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - a fewDiademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 1Many-colored Chaco-Finch Saltatricula multicolor
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - a fewRed-crested Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
30/12/2006 - Guillermo's house near Cordoba - 1Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch Phrygilus gayi Near-endemic
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 3
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 2
5/01/2007 - Rio Gallegos to Cdte Piedrabuena - 1
6/01/2007 - San Julian - 2Patagonian Sierra-Finch Phrygilus patagonicus Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - +/- 10
2/01/2007 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 10+
3/01/2007 - Ushuaia to Garibaldi Pass - +/- 5
8/01/2007 - El Chalten - 1 male
9/01/2007 - El Chalten - 4
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 3
11/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - 2Mourning Sierra-Finch Phrygilus fruticeti
6/01/2007 - San Julian to Est. La Angostura - 10+
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - +/- 5
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - +/- 30
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - a fewPlumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - 2 à 3Carbonated Sierra-Finch Phrygilus carbonarius Country endemic
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 2 males + 3 females
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 1 maleCanary-winged Finch Melanodera melanodera Near-endemic
5/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 1 male + 1 femaleYellow-bridled Finch Melanodera xanthogramma Near-endemic
2/01/2007 - Martial Glaciar - +/- 10
3/01/2007 - Garibaldi Pass - +/- 5Long-tailed Reed-Finch Donacospiza albifrons
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - 4
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - 1
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - 2Common Diuca-Finch Diuca diuca
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2+
7/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 2
10/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) - a few
13/01/2007 - Trelew to Punta Tombo via Rawson - a few
14/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - a few
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - common
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - commonCinnamon Warbling-Finch Poospiza ornata Country endemic
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 10+Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch Poospiza nigrorufa
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - fairly common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 4
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewRinged Warbling-Finch Poospiza torquata Near-endemic
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 2 à 3
15/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 6Black-capped Warbling-Finch Poospiza melanoleuca
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 2
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 4
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 3Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - fairly common
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a fewTawny-bellied Seedeater Sporophila hypoxantha
19/01/2007 - Perdices - +/- 10Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis Near-threatened
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 2 males + 1 femaleMarsh Seedeater Sporophila palustris Endangered (EN)
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1 pairPlain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - 3 à 4Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 2
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - a few
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - a few
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewGrassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - a few
29/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 4
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - fairly common
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a fewGreater Yellow-Finch Sicalis auriventris Near-endemic
7/01/2007 - Strobel Plateau - 2 males + 1 femalePatagonian Yellow-Finch Sicalis lebruni Near-endemic
4/01/2007 - Cabo Virgenes - 4
14/01/2007 - Valdez Peninsula - Punta Norte - 20+
14/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - dry lagoon - a fewGreat Pampa-Finch Embernagra platensis
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - 2
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 2
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - fairly common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a fewYellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata Endangered (EN) Near-endemic
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - 5Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 4
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 3Yellow-billed Cardinal Paroaria capitata
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1Stripe-capped Sparrow Aimophila strigiceps Near-endemic
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - 3
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - 1Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
Bird the most observed during this trip. From Ushuaia to Cordoba observed in all kind of habitats.Greyish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 1
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - fairly common
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - a few
16/01/2007 - Las Grutas - 3Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
28/12/2006 - road to Chancani NP - 1 maleUltramarine Grosbeak Cyanocompsa brissonii
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 1 femaleSaffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus Vulnerable
19/01/2007 - Perdices - a group of 20 birdsYellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - 2
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - +/- 6
8/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 1 male
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - a few
18/01/2007 - Punta Rasa - a few
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - a few
20/01/2007 - Otamendi - trail to the lagoon - a few
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - a fewUnicolored Blackbird Agelasticus cyanopus
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 1 maleWhite-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - 1 male
19/01/2007 - Perdices - fairly common
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - fairly commonPampas Meadowlark Sturnella defilippii Vulnerable Near-endemic
17/01/2007 - Chasica (NW of Bahia Blanca) - +/- 55 in one group. Fouraging in meadows just near the road.Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca Near-endemic
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - 1
29/12/2006 - Pampas de Achala - Quebrada del Condorito - a few
6/01/2007 - Est. La Angostura - 5+
13/01/2007 - Gaiman - a few
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - 15+
16/01/2007 - San Antonio to Bahia Blanca with marshes north of Villalonga - common
17/01/2007 - Chasica (NW of Bahia Blanca) - fairly common
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - fairly common
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - a few
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - 2+Bay-winged Cowbird Molothrus badius
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - a few
27/12/2006 - Salinas Grandes - fairly common
27/12/2006 - small river near Cruz del Eje - a few
27/12/2006 - village just before Chancani NP - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - fairly common
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - fairly common
16/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste - camping - 1Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - a few
28/12/2006 - Chancani NP - fairly common
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - fairly commonShiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
26/12/2006 - Costanera Sur - fairly common
27/12/2006 - between Dean Funes and village near Chancani - 2
29/12/2006 - Chancani NP - 2
15/01/2007 - San Antonio Oeste to Viedma - km 1110 - 50+
20/01/2007 - Ceibas - fairly commonBrown-and-yellow Marshbird Pseudoleistes virescens Near-endemic
17/01/2007 - Mar del Plata to San Clemente del Tuyu - 6
18/01/2007 - San Clemente del Tuyu to La Plata - fairly common
19/01/2007 - Perdices - 10+
21/01/2007 - Otamendi - 5+Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
19/01/2007 - Otamendi - 4Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus Near-endemic
31/12/2006 - Tierra del Fuego NP - 2
1/01/2007 - Rio Grande – 211/01/2007 - Los Glaciares NP and Lago Roca (El Calafate) – 3
Mammals
Commerson's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Pheale Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis
Southern Sealion Otaria byronia
Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina
Guanaca Lama guanicoe
Mara Bolicholis patagonum
Cavy Cavia tschudii
Brown Hare Lepus europeus - introduced
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus – introduced
Argentine Grey Fox Dusicyon griseus
Coypa Myocastor coypus
Larger Hairy Armadillo Chaetophractus villosus
Capybara Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
Nests of American Beaver Castor canadensis– introduced
Dipped Species
Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris
American Painted-Snipe Rostratula semicollaris
Fuegian Snipe Gallinago stricklandii
White-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis malouinus
Magellanic Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus
Chaco Owl Strix chacoensis
Black-bodied Woodpecker Dryocopus schulzi
Rufous-banded Miner Geositta rufipennis
Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus
Hudson’s Canastero Asthenes hudsoni
Crested Doradito Pseudolopteryx sclateri
Salinas Monjita Xolmis salinarum
Hudson’s Black-Tyrant Knipolegus hudsoni
Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica
Black-crested Finch Lophospingus pusillus
Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
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