With inferior mandible recurved

Nest ready at Canal Viamonte

Nest under construction at Canal viamonte

Nest under construction at the entrance of the new viewpoint

Eating loquat Eriobotrya japonica

Examining potential nests

At hairy Indian mallow Abutilon grandifolium

With Spot-flanked gallinule

The beginning of the nest was recorded on Agust 11th. Shortly the chicks will hatch

Nest under construction at Canal viamonte

The dorsal side of the wing with black and white interspersed

Seven indviduals

Eating fruit of tipu tree Tipuana tipu

Showing the speculum as it preens

First time a pair is seen together. Sergio even saw the pair mate

Today only four swans and there had been almost 40

The hawk landed on the nest carrying a prey in the bill. Another one almost adult and a juvenlie seemed to be protecting the nest

The frigate bird is not welcomed by other birds. It has the habit of stealing the product of the hunt. There were 7 or 8 sterns surrounding it

With white-faced whistling-duck, yellow-bill teal and fulvous whistling-ducks from left to right

At climbing aloe Aloe ciliaris

A joint attack of yellow-billed teals against a conspecific. It was chased from the Duck to the Coypu Pond! Shouts and peckings went on for a long time

We frequently find the hawk in that tree on the other side of the pond. In the water, black-necked swans and lots of black-headed ducks

It seems to have been predated upon by a spider or bug due to its posture

Eating loquat Eriobotryia japonica

This ringed screamer arrived at the reserve with the great flood some years ago. This is the second clutch here

Still incubating

Both known as stiff-tailed ducks for the aspect of the tail. The masked duck (left) with the tail somewhat cocked up and the lake duck (right) with the tail under the water.