News - June 2017
Claudia tells us that "the nenday parakeets were on the Lizard Path between the curtain ivy and the benches. The place was full of them and we moved at the same time. On the right side I see this nenday parakeet looking into the hole and stopped to watch it since it seemed funny, Then it tore some pieces of bark away. Other fellows got near, drove him away and also looked into the hole. I think they had just found it and were investigating."
Let's add these parakeets nest in holes
26th Bird Survey organized by the COARECS The survey was carried out under good climate conditions despite the bad weather forecast. It was even hot at the end of the day. See the results. |
Views of the ponds |
14-6-17 © Eduardo Ibarra Gull Pond 14-6-17 © Eduardo Ibarra Gull Pond 14-6-17 © Eduardo Ibarra 14-6-17 © Eduardo Ibarra |
Flora | |
Cattail Typha sp© J. Simón tagtachian |
Giant sword Echinodorus grandiflorus© J. Simón tagtachian |
American pokeweed Phytolacca americana© Claudia Mon |
Morning glory Ipomoea cairica© Eduardo Ibarra |
View of the lower sidewalk 20-6-17 © Eduardo Ibarra |
I was looking at the Duck Pond, which is really very "busy" and saw how the caracaras worked as a team chasing nenday parakeets on the wing, though the effort was unsuccessful.
But it was much more interesting to observe a caracara on the ground walking very cautiously to get to a place. It was a pool of water inside the pond. In it a coypu moved easily in search for food. The caracara got nearer till the coypu realised how near the bird was, slid out of the water and began to drive the caracara away. I had never seen a coypu run and just as a comment it resembles a rabbit in the way it does, almost hopping. The caracara quickly flaps and flies away. They never came into contact but we can say the coypu threw out the caracara, which flew off.
I photographed the scene when the coypu leaves the water and attacks the caracara. But not the end of the story. Actions precipitated ...
Unlike other birds which have a curious or passive attitude when facing a glass, the golden-billed saltator does battle with a potential rival
Gull Pond 5-6-17 © Eduardo Ibarra 5-6-17 © Eduardo Ibarra |
Duck Pond 5-6-17 © Eduardo Ibarra 5-6-17 © Eduardo Ibarra |
World Environment Day and 31° Anniversary of the RECS |
© Eduardo Ibarra Connect with nature. RECS is the place |
Connect with nature. The reserve is the place© Eduardo Ibarra |
Gull Pond 29-5-17 © Eduardo Ibarra Vista de la Laguna de las Gaviotas 30-5-17 © Eduardo Ibarra 30-5-17 © Eduardo Ibarra 30-5-17 © Eduardo Ibarra |