Month: March 2023
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El Calafate: in Pursuit of the Austral Rail
We sat quietly by the edge of the rushes, listening intently. The sun had yet to rise above the steppe, and the distant snow-clad peaks to the west were still a deep cobalt. From about 30 feet away, hidden deep in the reed bed was an Austral Rail, revealing itself only by its soft chirping…
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Bariloche
After my time chasing the Pampas Meadowlark in Bahia Blanca, I caught the bus to Bariloche, on the opposite side of the country. It left Bahia Blanca at 2 am, and got into Bariloche at about 5pm the next day (15 hours). This brings the total bus time to about 27 hours so far! I…
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Bahia Blanca – Pampas Meadowlark
The sun beat down on the brim of my hat as I stared out at the endless flat pasture, broken only by a few cottonwood trees on the horizon. It was almost noon. Another group of Long-tailed Meadowlarks was foraging along a barbed-wire fence by the roadside, so I watched as they flew back and…
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Bahía Blanca: Burrowing Parakeets
Bahia Blanca is the biggest town in the south of Buenos Aires province. A port city with several factories and diverse semi urban neighborhoods, it’s a very different vibe from the tight streets of Buenos Aires. Here’s a street in the neighborhood where I was staying: The owner of my hostel heard that I was…
Backcountry Birding 