News - October 2015

October 03, 2015 01:33

The Month of the Birds has come. Let's gather all the birds possible for the Big Picture of this year
Golden-crowned Warbler	Glaucous-blue Grosbeak M	Ash-coloured Cuckoo	House Sparrow F	Black-capped Warbling-Finch
and a lot more. One week to go and 127 species have been photographed

Chilean Swallow

Tachycineta meyeni

03-10-15 © Luis G. Pagano

Yellow-billed Teal

Anas flavirostris

31-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Picui Ground Dove

Columbina picui

31-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

31-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

31-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Green-winged Saltator

Saltator similis

31-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Eating loquat Eriobotryia japonica

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes angustirostris

31-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Apple snail

Pomacea canaliculata

31-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Apple snails have begun laying eggs

Spittlebug

Cephissus siccifolius

24-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Spittlebugs are forming their foam balls. Watch for birds that predate on them

Coypu

Myocastor coypus

24-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Pampas cavy

Cavia aperea

10-10-15 © Marcelo Leanes

Bunichus Cattleheart

Parides bunichus damocrates

24-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Bunichus Cattleheart

Parides bunichus damocrates

24-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Flowers and a fruit
Passion flower *Passiflora coerulea*© Sergio Cusano	Wand mullein *Verbascum virgatum*© J. Simón Tagtachian
Loquat *Eriobotrya japonica*© Sergio Cusano	Yellow sorrel *Oxalis conorrhiza*© Sergio Cusano

Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

30-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

Mourning Sierra-Finch

Phrygilus fruticeti

30-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

Red-fronted Coot

Fulica rufifrons

30-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

Sayaca Tanager

Thraupis sayaca

30-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

Striated Heron

Butorides striata

30-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

30-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes angustirostris

30-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

24-10-15 © Daniel Zelener

First photographic record of a male white-winged becard of this season

Warbling Doradito

Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris

24-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Silver Teal

Anas versicolor

24-10-15 © Amelia Besana

The 12 ducklings in the photo

24-10-15 © Amelia Besana

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

24-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Brown-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus maculipennis

24-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

White-crested Tyrannulet

Serpophaga subcristata

24-10-15 © Amelia Besana

Mallard Duck

Anas platyrhynchos

24-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Masked Yellowthroat

Geothlypis aequinoctialis

22-10-15 © José Alberto Lell

Variable Oriole

Icterus pyrrhopterus

22-10-15 © José Alberto Lell

Ash-colored Cuckoo

Coccycua cinerea

24-10-15 © Eduardo Nicolás Cusano

Glaucous-blue Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea

24-10-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Eared Dove

Zenaida auriculata

24-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Green-barred Woodpecker

Colaptes melanochloros

24-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Male

Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominicus

24-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Glittering-bellied Emerald

Chlorostilbon lucidus

24-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Rufous Hornero

Furnarius rufus

24-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

With golden-billed saltator on the edge of the wall, eared dove examining what is lying on the wall, chalk-browed mockingbird and the hornero bottom right.

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

24-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch

Poospiza nigrorufa

24-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Striated Heron

Butorides striata

23-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

Flowers
Blue anise sage *Salvia guaranitica*© Sergio Cusano	Tree tobacco *Nicotiana glauca*© Sergio Cusano
Chinese wisteria *Wisteria sinensis*© Sergio Cusano	Black locust *Robinia pseudoacacia*© Sergio Cusano
*Solanum granulosum leprosum* © Sergio Cusano	White clover *Trifolium repens*© Sergio Cusano
Japanese Pittosporum *Pittosporum tobira*© Sergio Cusano	Nasturtium *Tropaeolum majus*© Sergio Cusano
Pink sorrel *Oxalis articulata*© Sergio Cusano	*Sambucus australis* © Sergio Cusano
Indian shot *Canna indica*© Sergio Cusano	White brush *Alyssia gratissima*© Sergio Cusano
Poison hemlock *Conium maculatum*© Sergio Cusano	Morning glory *Ipomoea cairica*© Sergio Cusano
Lantana *Lantana camara*© Sergio Cusano	Cock spur tree *Erythrina crista-galli*© Sergio Cusano
Whiteflower fumitory *Fumaria capreolata*© Sergio Cusano	Water yellow flag *Iris pseudacorus*© Sergio Cusano
Wild mallow *Abutilon pauciflorum*© Sergio Cusano	Balloon vine *Cardiospermum grandiflorum*© Sergio Cusano
Common Dandelion *Taraxacum officinale*© Sergio Cusano	Clivia *Clivia miniata*© Cora Rimoldi

Bunichus Cattleheart

Parides bunichus damocrates

04-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Laurentia Emperor

Doxocopa laurentia laurentia

03-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

Polydamas swallowtail

Battus polydamas polydamas

03-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

04-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Lyssipoides metalmark

Riodina lyssipoides

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Poltys satyr

Parypthimoides poltys

01-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Claudina crescent

Tegosa claudina

01-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Southamerican lady

Vanessa braziliensis

04-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Chilean lady

Vanessa carye

04-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

New mammal species

Peter's mastiff bat

Eumops bonariensis

10-10-15 © Marcelo Leanes

10-10-15 © Eduardo Soriano Grandes

10-10-15 © Judith Erica Sandberg

10-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Euler's Flycatcher

Lathrotriccus euleri

17-10-15 © Fernando Mollo

Harris's Hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus

18-10-15 © Mario Elí

Golden-billed Saltator

Saltator aurantiirostris

18-10-15 © Mario Elí

Juvenile eating loquat Eriobotrya japonica

Black-capped Warbling-Finch

Poospiza melanoleuca

14-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

Bearded Tachuri

Polystictus pectoralis

17-10-15 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Freckle-breasted Thornbird

Phacellodomus striaticollis

18-10-15 © Judith Erica Sandberg

Lake Duck

Oxyura vittata

17-10-15 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Male preening

Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominicus

17-10-15 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Female playing with a bottle and male preening and diving.

Silver Teal

Spatula versicolor

17-10-20 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Family moving with great difficulty in a densely vegetated area. Then feeding.

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

17-10-15 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Two little herons taken from the distance

Ladybug

Eriopis connexa

10-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Coccinellids, except for a few species, are friendly to man. Friendly, not because they do not bite but because they are pest controllers. They predate on aphids, psyllids, mites, etc reducing drastically the damage these insects cause to crop plants. This ladybug Eriopis connexa serves this purpose. It is native and has shown to be very effective to control aphids which attack maize, soya, wheat and sorghum crops. That is why it has been studied quite thouroughly to know its potentialities to be applied accordingly.

Suiriri Flycatcher

Suiriri suiriri

03-10-15 © Luis G. Pagano

White-eyed Parakeet

Psittacara leucophtalmus

17-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Wattled Jacana

Jacana jacana

17-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

37 jacanas only at the Viamonte end where giant arrowheads grew some time ago

Grassland Sparrow

Ammodramus humeralis

17-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

17-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Swainson's Flycatcher

Myiarchus swainsoni

17-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

17-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Bearded Tachuri

Polystictus pectoralis

14-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

White-browed Blackbird

Sturnella superciliaris

14-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

Black-headed Duck

Heteronetta atricapilla

12-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

17-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Silver Teal

Anas versicolor

15-10-15 © Judith Erica Sandberg

With 8 ducklings

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

17-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Listen how this grebe communicates with another in the surroundings

17 10 15 © Dolores Fernández

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

17-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Hooded Siskin

Spinus magellanicus

17-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Female gathering spider webs

Scarlet-headed Blackbird

Amblyramphus holosericeus

14-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

Harris's Hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus

17-10-15 © Judith Erica Sandberg

Adult with red and black rings

17-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Adult with red and black rings

Blue-and-yellow Tanager

Pipraeidea bonariensis

17-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

16-10-15 © José Alberto Lell

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

16-10-15 © José Alberto Lell

Scrub Blackbird

Dives warszewiczi

16-10-15 © Silvia Ana González

Yellow-winged Blackbird

Agelasticus thilius

17-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

17-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

17-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail

Spartonoica maluroides

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

12-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

12-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

12-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Wren-like Rushbird

Phleocryptes melanops

12-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

Spectacled Tyrant

Hymenops perspicillatus

12-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Roadside Hawk

Rupornis magnirostris

12-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Sooty-fronted Spinetail

Synallaxis frontalis

12-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Chotoy Spinetail

Schoeniophylax phryganophilus

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

12-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

12-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Scrub Blackbird

Dives warszewiczi

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

12-10-15 © Hugo Aguilar

Spot-winged Pigeon

Patagioenas maculosa

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Warbling Doradito

Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Yellow-chinned Spinetail

Certhiaxis cinnamomeus

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Campo Flicker

Colaptes campestris

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Variable Oriole

Icterus pyrrhopterus

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Checkered Woodpecker

Veniliornis mixtus

12-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Male

Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

10-10-15 © Amelia Besana

Coscoroba Swan

Coscoroba coscoroba

10-10-15 © Judith Erica Sandberg

Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

10-10-15 © Amelia Besana

10-10-15 © Marcelo Leanes

12-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Green-barred Woodpecker

Colaptes melanochloros

10-10-15 © Marcelo Leanes

Male

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

10-10-15 © Judith Erica Sandberg

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

10-10-15 © Amelia Besana

Lake Duck

Oxyura vittata

10-10-15 © Amelia Besana

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

10-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

10-10-15 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Grassland Sparrow

Ammodramus humeralis

10-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

Snowy-crowned Tern

Sterna trudeaui

10-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

Sooty Tyrannulet

Serpophaga nigricans

10-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

Whistling Heron

Syrigma sibilatrix

10-10-15 © María Cecilia Chiale

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Brotogeris chiriri

10-10-15 © Sergio Cusano

Yellow-billed Teal

Anas flavirostris

10-10-15 © Amelia Besana

Family with three ducklings

Ducklings resting at dusk

Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominicus

Maguari Stork

Ciconia maguari

Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Plumbeous Rail

Pardirallus sanguinolentus

Yellow-billed Cardinal

Paroaria capitata

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet

Phylloscartes ventralis

Small-billed Elaenia

Elaenia parvirostris

White-banded Mockingbird

Mimus triurus

White-tipped Plantcutter

Phytotoma rutila

Many-colored Rush Tyrant

Tachuris rubrigastra

Warbling Doradito

Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris

Green-winged Saltator

Saltator similis

Grayish Saltator

Saltator coerulescens

Sayaca Tanager

Thraupis sayaca

New bird species

Grassland Sparrow

Ammodramus humeralis

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet

Phylloscartes ventralis

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

Masked Gnatcatcher

Polioptila dumicola

Green-barred Woodpecker

Colaptes melanochloros

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Double-collared Seedeater

Sporophila caerulescens

The phyllostomyd turned out a molossid - Eumops sp.

From phyllostomyd to molossid - correction in the identification

Some voices

Photos are for illustrative purposes

Suiriri Flycatcher

Suiriri suiriri

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Rufous-sided Crake

Laterallus melanophaius

Grayish Saltator

Saltator coerulescens

Scarlet-headed Blackbird

Amblyramphus holosericeus

Spix's Spinetail

Synallaxis spixi

Giant Wood-Rail

Aramides ypecaha

Limpkin

Aramus guarauna

Euler's Flycatcher

Lathrotriccus euleri

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Maguari Stork

Ciconia maguari

Buff-winged Cinclodes

Cinclodes fuscus

Rufous-sided Crake

Laterallus melanophaius

Mating of Rosy-billed Pochard

Mating

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Glaucidium brasilianum

Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

Gray-necked Wood-Rail

Aramides cajaneus

Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Coscoroba Swan

Coscoroba coscoroba

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

Mimus saturninus

Lame

Great Grebe

Podiceps major

Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominicus

Eclipse plumage

Lake Duck

Oxyura vittata

Giant Wood-Rail

Aramides ypecaha

Swimming across the Coypu Pond

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

Red-crested Cardinal

Paroaria coronata