Tag: Conservation
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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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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…
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Nicoya Peninsula (Pacific Coast)
After exploring some areas around the Turrialba area, I headed down to Montezuma on the Pacific Coast. The Nicoya Peninsula is the large body of land in the westernmost part of the coast, and it’s faster to take a ferry across than to drive all the way around the gulf. I was headed there to…
Backcountry Birding 