News - July 2015

July 04, 2015 00:32

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

28-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominicus

29-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

28-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

The birds and the windows The first good news arrived. The Golden-billed Saltator was only stunned and was released immediately

Southern Screamer

Chauna torquata

27-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant

Anairetes flavirostris

27-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

White-banded Mockingbird

Mimus triurus

27-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

25-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominicus

25-07-15 © Dolores Fernández

25-07-15 © Cora Rimoldi

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

25-07-15 © Dolores Fernández

In non-breeding plumage

Coypu

Myocastor coypus

25-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

The Coypu Pond in winter

Sooty-fronted Spinetail

Synallaxis frontalis

25-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Blue-and-yellow Tanager

Pipraeidea bonariensis

25-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Coscoroba Swan

Coscoroba coscoroba

25-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Misty Friday morning during the walk

Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Amblyramphus holosericeus

Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba

Effects of the mist

Buff-winged Cinclodes

Cinclodes fuscus

23-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Hepatic Tanager

Piranga flava

23-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

White-tipped Plantcutter

Phytotoma rutila

23-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Unicolored Blackbird

Agelasticus cyanopus

23-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Coypu

Myocastor coypus

23-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

The birds and the windows

Bird colliding against a window

Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominicus

21-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant

Anairetes flavirostris

21-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

20-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Roadside Hawk

Rupornis magnirostris

21-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Syma sister

Adelpha syma

08-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Banded longwing

Heliconius erato phyllis

09-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Malina hairstreak

Rekoa malina

17-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Ghost yellow

Eurema albula sinoe

09-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Laurentia Emperor

Doxocopa laurentia laurentia

04-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Red peacock

Anartia amathea roeselia

04-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

08-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Julia

Dryas iulia alcionea

08-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

04-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Dichrous skipper

Theagenes dichrous

08-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Chilean lady

Vanessa carye

17-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Bella mapwing

Hypanartia bella

04-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Mexican silverspot

Dione moneta

04-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

18-07-15 © Daniel Zelener

Sooty Tyrannulet

Serpophaga nigricans

18-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Yellow-winged Blackbird

Agelasticus thilius

18-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Green-winged Saltator

Saltator similis

17-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

18-07-15 © Daniel Zelener

Hooded Siskin

Spinus magellanicus

17-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Brotogeris chiriri

17-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Snowy-crowned Tern

Sterna trudeaui

17-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant

Anairetes flavirostris

18-07-15 © Daniel Zelener

Mauri Secchi heard it and Danny registered it this way. There were two individuals. Every winter we search this bird, but we do not always find it.

18-07-15 © Daniel Zelener

White-tipped Plantcutter

Phytotoma rutila

17-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Straneck's Tyrannulet

Serpophaga griseicapilla

17-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Green-barred Woodpecker

Colaptes melanochloros

17-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

The wall woodpecker eating in the rock crevices

17-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

The wall woodpecker eating in the rock crevices

17-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

The wall woodpecker eating in the rock crevices

17-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

The wall woodpecker eating in the rock crevices

Sighting of White-throated Hummingbird
Leucochloris albicollis by Diego Bastías

Whistling Heron

Syrigma sibilatrix

16-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

White-tipped Plantcutter

Phytotoma rutila

15-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Ultramarine Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia brissonii

16-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

14-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Chestnut-capped Blackbird

Chrysomus ruficapillus

14-07-15 © Alec Earnshaw

Hooded Siskin

Spinus magellanicus

14-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Rufous-bellied Thrush

Turdus rufiventris

14-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

The puddle gathered these thrushes. Several individuals can be watched during a walk, but isolated.

Great Egret

Ardea alba

14-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Dog

Lupus canis familiaris

14-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

A never ending problem

Fawn-breasted Tanager

Pipraeidea melanonota

13-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Great Grebe

Podiceps major

14-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Brown-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus maculipennis

13-07-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Long-winged Harrier

Circus buffoni

11-07-15 © Daniel Zelener

Light morph

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

12-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Sulphur-throated Spinetail

Cranioleuca sulphurifera

04-07-15 © Dolores Fernández

Brown-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus maculipennis

09-07-15 © Eduardo Carreyra

Interesting to see how it stands on water as if being supported by the tail and with the feet underwater, catches an Oligosarcus jenynsii and takes off. After all the effort it loses the prey.

Great Grebe

Podiceps major

09-07-15 © Eduardo Carreyra

With an Oligosarcus jenynsii in the bill

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

11-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Coast of the river at the Meeting Point

Saturday 11th cloudy and the river tide very high
© Sergio Cusano

Scarlet-headed Blackbird

Amblyramphus holosericeus

11-07-15 © Eduardo Carreyra

Saffron Finch

Sicalis flaveola

07-07-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Spectacled Tyrant

Hymenops perspicillatus

11-07-15 © Daniel Zelener

Variable Oriole

Icterus pyrrhopterus

09-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Yellow-billed Cardinal

Paroaria capitata

11-07-15 © Daniel Zelener

Tropical Parula

Setophaga pitiayumi

09-07-15 © Sergio Cusano

Rusty-collared Seedeater

Sporophila collaris

12-07-15 © Alec Earnshaw

Hepatic Tanager

Piranga flava

09-07-15 © Ignacio Agudelo

Brazilian Teal

Amazonetta brasiliensis

09-07-15 © Ignacio Agudelo

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

09-07-15 © Ignacio Agudelo

The grebe tried to eat the fish which did not pass through the mouth and a coot which chased it to steal it?

Coypu

Myocastor coypus

09-07-15 © Ignacio Agudelo

Recovering a video and a photo

Campo Troupial

Icterus jamacaii

13-08-11 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Warbling Doradito

Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris

21-11-13 © José Alberto Lell

New bird species

Chilean Skua

Stercorarius chilensis

09-07-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

09-07-15 © Silvia Vitale

Carlos Ferrari, Silvia Vitale, Simón Tagtachian and Diego Monteleone among others managed to identify three individuals using a telescope. As Silvia says what pretends to be a photo of the skua was taken at a distance of 700 mts.
Carlos says: "There is no doubt of what we saw. In the photo we can see a posture typical of a skua in flight and also a buff glimpse which could be seen at times depending on the angle. The skua is bigger in size and more robust than the Grey-hooded Gull. The white spots on the primaries could also be appreciated.

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

Sergio discovered the juvenile rufescent tiger-heron when it was vigorously beating the white-tufted grebe against the vegetation. The grebe flapped, so it was alive. Unluckily we do not know how the situation ended. Certainly bad for the grebe. The rufescent tiger-heron left carrying the grebe.

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Sooty Tyrannulet

Serpophaga nigricans

Chestnut-capped Blackbird

Chrysomus ruficapillus

Grayish Saltator

Saltator coerulescens

Blue-and-white Swallow

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Gilded Hummingbird

Hylocharis chrysura

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Brotogeris chiriri

Coscoroba Swan

Coscoroba coscoroba

Nenday Parakeet

Aratinga nenday

Green-winged Saltator

Saltator similis

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

Mimus saturninus

Nicolás told us "They fought fiercely. It is remarkable to see how they use their bills and legs (nails) to attack, mainly the eyes. It seems the fight was not over food but territory. They attacked each other, stayed lifeless and then again resumed. Always in the same place. Finally they left. They did not look hurt, but I think they were exhausted.<br />It is to be noted the attitude of a rufous hornero which observed the fight but it did not take sides. Well, it is our national bird "...

Photos in video format

Harris's Hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus