Sebastián showed us this woodpecker taking its head out of a hole and its tail out of another. Two nests which somehow ended up connected internally. In the photo the distance seemed too long te be one woodpecker. He took us to the place and though the woodpecker was no longer there we checked the distance was not such. In fact it was only an effect.

One of the four kingfishers spotted that day

The interesting thing is that there is fish in the pond

Snail going down the neck

When this male was photographed there were three two other males and just in front of us a female. A total of 4 individuals

A flock of 138 individuals

Showing the speculum all silver teals except for the first on the left, a Brazilian teal

At silk floss tree Chorisia speciosa

There are 50 already

Though we have not seen them nesting this is not the first limpkin family we find in the reserve since water and apple snails are back. This chicks are very small and at the end of the video four can be counted. To feed them is a very patient task. Limpkins do not just provide them food to the chicks. They must teach them how to extract the snail out of the shell. And that is quite a technique to learn.

Two ducks which make beginners doubt. Since they are together, let's see the differences in head and neck.
Yellow-billed Teal has all its head dark brown. Short and robust neck. The eye is crossed by a black line which resembles a slanted eye.
Yellow-billed Pintail has reddish cinnamon crown and face and neck whitish. Slimmer and longer neck.

Adult and juvenile wattled jacanas, a limpkin on the right and a pied-billed grebe and a white-tufted grebe

Rosy-billed pochards in the water, wattled jacanas on the vegetation. Also pied-billed grebe and white-tufted grebe

A very rare juvenile. Though it has a swollen neck it moved without difficulties

A South American Painted Snipe eating at the nursery during the bird survey

At least two flocks of 15-20 individuals each were seen

Dark morph

A flock of more than 50 individuals

With white-tufted grebe

More and more waterbirds are found at the Coypu Pond. this is an indication that the food chain is recovering

With yellow-billed teal, rosy-billed pochard and coscoroba swan

And the yellow-billed pintails are back, too. A very common duck at the reserve and almost last to arrive now that the pond is with water. There is another absentee the cinnamon teal. On the left a silver teal

A yellow-billed pintail with a pair of yellow-billed teals, two species that lead to confusion

Feeding on dragonflies

It is missing a leg

Diego saw this individual sitting for two days on a row. It seems to be ok and feeding well.

Another pochard family parasitized by fulvous whistling-duck

Ducklings of rosy-billed pochard and fulvous whistling-duck

The dark colouring is only an individual variation