Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) in Argentine Patagonia.
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Kelp Gull, in Patagonia
The Kelp Gull is the dominant large gull species in much of the southern hemisphere. I mostly remember it for how it stood up to fiece winds as our boat crossed Lago Nahuel Huapi.
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Laughing Gull, in Emerald Isle
If you’ve ever strolled along an Atlantic coast beach, chances are you’ve encountered this gull, the most common black-hooded gull on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America.
Continue readingChilean Flamingo, in Patagonia
A few shots of a Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) at the Laguna Nimez Reserve in Calafate, Argentina.
Continue readingGreat Thrush, in Quito
Here is a Great Thrush who (kinda) cooperated just long enough for a quick photo shoot in a small municipal park in Quito, where he shared a feeding ground with a Red-crested Cardinal and an Eared Dove, among others. It’s the largest of the South American thrushes. What a great eye ring! Great Thrush (Turdus… Continue reading
Dolphin Gull, in Ushuaia
Upland Goose
Austral Negrito, on the Beagle Channel
Another shot from my Beagle Channel trip, this is a male Austral Negrito (Lessonia rufa), who I spotted watching several hundred Magellanic Penguins on Martillo Island.
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