News - June 2015
Laurentia Emperor (Doxocopa laurentia laurentia)
Doxocopa laurentia laurentia
14-06-15 © Victoria Mansilla
Photos in video format. Male and female at loquat flower
Along with the Olrog's Gull the final result of the survey |
New butterfly species
Skua on the coast of the river. Lui and Cecilia saw a skua chasing some Grey-hooded Gulls Chroicocephalus maculipennis. It flew away rapidly and could not identify the species. |
New bird species
Bird Survey organized by the COARECS on Saturday 20th of June On Saturday the survey was carried out. The day was cold, rather sunny but somewhat windy.There is already a preliminary result See the preliminary result |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
22-06-15 © Amelia Besana
Male drilling the trunk searching food
20-06-15 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
Adult feeding
Data to take into account Diego told that a juvenile Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle was seen in Palermo Nora Lago saw the Orange-backed Troupial at RECS |
Food at Coupy Pond
Early in the morning Simón along with Ignacio, Hernán, Eduardo and Pablo detected thirteen masked ducks with the telescope from the sidewalk. Quite unusual for the reserve. Since ponds were filled with water there have been a few sightings including a family which bred in the giant arrow area.
Later we looked for them from the Lizard Path. At that very moment we saw them move nearer de wall and there we went to have a better view. They were beside the embankment on the Brasil's side on an island of water cabbages. Without binoculars they were confused with the vegetation turned upside down by Wattled Jacanas.
We can see in the photo and the video are all individuals with female plumage. We estimate some of them must be males in eclipse plumage
Later we looked for them from the Lizard Path. At that very moment we saw them move nearer de wall and there we went to have a better view. They were beside the embankment on the Brasil's side on an island of water cabbages. Without binoculars they were confused with the vegetation turned upside down by Wattled Jacanas.
We can see in the photo and the video are all individuals with female plumage. We estimate some of them must be males in eclipse plumage
13-06-15 ©
Green Kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana
13-06-15 © Cora Rimoldi
We waited for the male kingfisher to dive, but it was no use
Field list 2014-2015 ![]() |
Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba
07-06-20 © Carlos González Ledo
Photos in video format. The coscoroba swan feeds on vegetal material and invertebrates. The apple snail is not small and it is clearly seen moving down the neck
Easily confused
Finally the female laurentia emperor also showed up. An individual with a damaged rear wing. The dorsal view of this butterfly remembers the syma sister because they both have an orange spot is followed by a white band. The form and the way they are connected are different. Besides the white line of syma sister ends in an orange eye, which is absent in the female laurentia emperor. These two butterflies belong to the same family Nymphalidae, but to different subfamilies (Apaturinae and Limenitidinae respectively).
Fáciles de confundir
New butterfly species
A misty and wet Saturday ![]() ![]() |
Red-and-white Crake
Laterallus leucopyrrhus
06-06-15 © Anahí Vaccaro
|
New butterfly species
Recs's birthday - 5th of June ![]() Happy 29 years! |
Mist ![]() All the city woke up like this and it lasted for most of the day, but this was not an obstacle for the female Masked Duck to be present. |