News - December 2019
The mockingbird attacking the caracara till the caracara leaves the place
The plastic bags are some of the litter we find in the Coypu Pond. Since it is the pond seen from the sidewalk is always visited by too many people. The visitors intentionally or not leave behind objects on the wall which a gust of wind sweeps into the pond. This generates too much rubbish though it is removed by the cleaning staff.
But the visual contamination is not the only problem. The plastic material, like this bag, may be swallowed by a bird and carry tragic consequences to it. It is difficult to help these birds and unluckily we lose track of them and do not know whether it managed to get rid of the bag or what happened to it.
Claudia Vázquez found it on 25th and on 26th Liliana photographed two individuals. Above, one of them, the three following photos correspond to the other individual. The videos refer to each of them
26-12-19 © Liliana H. Rodríguez
26-12-19 © Liliana H. Rodríguez
When it showed up it was being chased by the Tropical kingbird
Just a sample of the number of black-necked swans in the ponds
The adult is looking for food for the chick
Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba
21-12-19 © Cora Rimoldi
This coscoroba family with chicks already grown appeared in this pond. It must be one of the families which bred in the other ponds and moved. We can also see a solitary black-necked swan, A contrasting view with the too many in Duck and Gull Ponds
Red-gartered Coot
Fulica armillata
21-12-19 © Cora Rimoldi
A red-gartered coot is feeding a grown chick. A pied-billed grebe also appears in the scene.
Yellow-chinned Spinetail
Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
14-12-19 ©
A pair, though only one is seen, of yellow-chinne spinetails are building the nest.
On the alert with raised wings as the black-necked swan swims by
Al desplegar las alas, se ven las primarias y secundarias amarillas
The group of the gulls is easy to tell from the other water birds. Though we consider them Brown-hooded gulls because many of them in fact are such, there may be grey-hooded gulls or snowy-crowned terns as well.
Una de las dos familias de Coipos. Con 4 y 5 pichones
Arriba un juvenil de la camada que terminó hace poco. Abajo. el nuevo nido de Canal Viamonte