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Birding Argentina – Salto Encantado and Yaguarundy Reserve

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As it is all across the world, the human pressure has destroyed most of the pristine habitat in this region and this 400 hectares reserve still hold a tiny portion of the Atlantic Forest and is a good place to see some of these exotic birds and mamals. Trips Argentina birding misiones salto encantado yaguarundy reserve'

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The Andean Gull

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This gull inhabits the high Andean plateau of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina at elevations ranging from 3300 to 4400 m (10827 to 14436 feet). It eats just about everything and tolerates the presence of human and human disturbances rather well. The Andean Gull could not be further from this general association.

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Birdwatching Laguna de los Pozuelos – Trip Report

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Continued from: Birding Humauca and Abra Pampa – Northern Argentina Trip Report. After a goodnight sleep in a simple and clean hostal in Abra Pampa, we got up early so we could reach Laguna de Los Pozuelos at sunrise for a full day birding at one of the iconic places in Northern Argentina.

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Nightingale-Thrushes

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There are Nightingale-Thrushes all the way from central Mexico to Argentina, although the range maps for all these species show only narrow strips following mountain ranges. Our other two local Nightingale-Thrushes prefer to live much farther from human presence, and at higher altitudes. As is this one. Little Brown Job!

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What Flies Over Costa Rica in the Night?

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Several likely winter in the southern Amazon (where the forest and all of its incredible biodiversity is being steadily decimated and replaced with massive cattle farms) but according to migration data, even more may depend on the forests of the Gran Chaco in Paraguay and northern Argentina as well as related dry forest habitats in Bolivia.

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Casa Santos Lima: Valcatrina – Vinho Regional Alentejano (2015)

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One of the world’s most handsome and successfully introduced gamebirds, the Common Pheasant has been well-established for centuries — thanks to human trade — far outside of its original range in the Balkans and the foothills of the Caucasus, first in Roman times across most of Europe, and later in North America (beginning in 1773).

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What is a Phoebe?

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This phoebe of phoebes is considered a loner as far as its own kind is concerned, but doesn’t appear to mind human presence. This phoebe is a fixture in the American Southwest and Central America and can be spotted all the way down to Argentina. In fact, this is one species that seems to thrive in the face of rampant development.

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