News - January 2013

January 06, 2013 01:11

February, 2nd - World Wetlands Day This year's theme "Wetlands and water management"

More juveniles

Plumbeous Rail

Pardirallus sanguinolentus

29-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Brown-chested Martin

Progne tapera

01-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Harris's Hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus

29-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus

29-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Blue-and-yellow Tanager

Pipraeidea bonariensis

26-01-13 © Dolores Fernández

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus savana

30-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Masked Gnatcatcher

Polioptila dumicola

26-01-13 © Dolores Fernández

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

30-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Checkered Woodpecker

Veniliornis mixtus

29-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus

29-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

We saw more than 500 individuals during half an hour approximately. They were flying north along the coast of the river. Both adults and juveniles formed the flocks. Awesome!

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

29-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Two other juveniles

Freckle-breasted Thornbird

Phacellodomus striaticollis

26-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus

18-01-13 © Amelia Besana

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus

18-01-13 © Amelia Besana

Juvenile begging for food in the usual food petition display

Potter wasp

Monobia angulosa

06-03-16 © Eduardo Nicolás Cusano

12-01-13 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

I take these two photos of dragonflies by Claudia and Tito to tell you that this Saturday (26) along Viamonte Canal to the coast there was a strikingly odd number of dragonflies flying low. Dragonflies feed on mosquitoes and other small insects. They must have eaten them all because mosquitoes were conspicuous by their absence.

Double-collared Seedeater

Sporophila caerulescens

12-01-13 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

06-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Guira Cuckoo

Guira guira

04-01-13 © Amelia Besana

Gray-necked Wood-Rail

Aramides cajaneus

06-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Nueva fecha para el relevamiento de aves: Domingo 3 de febrero Punto de reunión: Centro de Visitantes a las 8 horas

Going on with the youthful line

Double-collared Seedeater

Sporophila caerulescens

01-01-13 © Amelia Besana

Masked Yellowthroat

Geothlypis aequinoctialis

11-01-13 © Amelia Besana

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

15-12-12 © Marcelo Castro

Juan Klavins provided this valuable piece of information: "It must have been born 4-5 weeks before the photo's date. This plumage lasts a short time. It soon changes into the first basic plumage (preformative), which resembles the one before the breeding period both in one- or two-year olds".

Rufous Hornero

Furnarius rufus

01-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Shiny Cowbird

Molothrus bonariensis

01-01-13 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Rufous-bellied Thrush

Turdus rufiventris

01-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

White-eyed Parakeet

Psittacara leucophtalmus

01-01-13 © Amelia Besana

Brown-chested Martin

Progne tapera

01-01-13 © Daniel Vago

In and out with food but I could not see the chicks

Masked Yellowthroat

Geothlypis aequinoctialis

14-01-13 © Amelia Besana

This juvenile was very quiet. We found it on the grass. It moved into the vegetation, found a butterfly and ate it. It went back into the grasses, found a cricket and ate it too. And a third time in he went and was no longer seen

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

15-01-13 © Amelia Besana

Any place is useful

Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch

Poospiza nigrorufa

15-01-13 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Wattled Jacana

Jacana jacana

01-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Brazilian Teal

Amazonetta brasiliensis

01-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Green-barred Woodpecker

Colaptes melanochloros

01-01-13 © Daniel Vago

Wren-like Rushbird

Phleocryptes melanops

01-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Great Pampa-Finch

Embernagra platensis

01-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

01-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Bran-colored Flycatcher

Myiophobus fasciatus

04-01-13 © Amelia Besana

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes angustirostris

06-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

06-01-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Yellow-browed Tyrant

Satrapa icterophrys

Creamy-bellied Thrush

Turdus amaurochalinus

More historical photos of the reserve
© Marcelo Castro	© Marcelo Castro
© Marcelo Castro	© Marcelo Castro
Marcelo Castro provided these photos of the reserve of 1985 when it had not been still declared reserve. See more photos

Youthful line by Costanera

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

Blue-and-yellow Tanager

Pipraeidea bonariensis

Gray-necked Wood-Rail

Aramides cajaneus

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Solitary Black Cacique

Cacicus solitarius

Dark-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus melacoryphus

No doubt this chick was born in the reserve

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

Mimus saturninus

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

List of birds seen/heard/photographed during 2012

List of birds 2012 It gathers all the photos published on the site plus the list of bird provided by observers during October, the month of the birds, plus other independent observers.

White-crested Tyrannulet

Serpophaga subcristata