Habits goes beyond identification. It is a space of investigation on different aspects on the life of birds. It encompasses topics which deal with the way of feeding, nest-building, parental care, courtship, territorial fights, defense, etc.

Through images the language of birds is disclosed. Clues and features which are exhibited with the purpose of communication. All the examples have been captured in the reserve and with the limitations which are present when taking photos of birds in the wild. Therefore, the information may be fragmentary.

The aspects presented here are: Feeding Technique, Flight Technique, Behaviour and Reproduction. Feeding and Flight Techniques show they develop and their relationship with specific anatomical adaptations. Behaviour is related to the regulation and resolution of conflicts (agonistic behaviour), with displays and with striking behaviours which cast some light on learning, intelligence and communication.
Reproduction encompasses nest building, courtship, mating and parental care and one or more stages of this process may be present.

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Solitary black cacique
Cacicus solitarius

Southern-crested Caracara
Caracara plancus

Narrow-billed Wood-creeper
Lepidocolaptes angustirostris

Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja

Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor

Striated Heron
Butorides striatus

Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma lineatum

Glittering-bellied Emerald
Chlorostilbon lucidus

Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger

Checkered Woodpecker
Veniliornis mixtus

American Kestrel
Falco sparverius

Hummingbirds

Green-barred Woodpecker
Colaptes melanochloros

Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium brasilianum

Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus savana

Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Mimus saturninus

Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata

Hooded Siskin
Sporagra magellanica

Guira Cuckoo
Guira guira

Birds facing their image

Green-barred Woodpecker
Colaptes melanochloros

More registers of birds facing their image

The birds and the windows

The lost cygnet

Orphan ducklings

Infanticide

Usurpation of a hornero's nest

Brood Parasitism

All the cases of parasitism

Facultative parasitism - Fulvous whistling-duck

Greyish baywing parasitized by shiny cowbird

Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Spring effervescence

Red-gartered Coot
Mating

Wren-like Rushbird
Nest building

White-backed Stilt
Mating courtship 

Vermilion Flycatcher
Feeding courtship

Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Follow-up of a nest

Pied-billed Grebe
Follow-up of a nest

Checkered Woodpecker
Follow-up of a nest

Swainson's Flycatcher
First beeding record

Story of a woodpecker's nest

Mating of mallard duck

Amelia's wattled jacanas

Nesting coscoroba swan