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Birds in Patagonia: A Quick Post

Posted on April 11, 2015 by No Map Required Posted in Argentina, Chile, Places .
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Birds in Patagonia: A Quick Post – Patagonia, Chile and Argentina

This one is for our birder friends – my mom, my old boss Bill, Aunt Casey and Uncle David…and anyone else who loves our feathered friends. Over the past three weeks in Patagonia we have come across a few handsome little fowl.

In Punta Arenas we saw a huge flock of Imperial Cormorants. We had hoped for penguins but this was still an impressive sight.

Not penguins.

Not penguins.

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Behold…the Imperial Cormorant!

We saw a few of these hawks (we presume) in El Calafate.

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Hey! I’ve got my eyes on you!

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Yep, you!

CONDOR! Not so attractive close-up, as they are related to buzzards, but they sure are pretty on the wing…

Condor!

Condor soaring in flight, afternoon delight!

And then we’ve come across a number more we have nary a name for, but perhaps you will?

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This guy/gal was on the shore of Lake Llanquihue near Puerto Varas.

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Kind of amazing how the plumage fluffed out.

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Such a strange combination of features on these guys. We saw about eight foraging in fields above town.

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Run away!

We nearly stumbled on these next little guys while walking on the beach. We didn’t notice them at all until one let out a big sqwauk right before we would have stepped on him!

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Love the colors on this plumage!

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That eye color is real! Red, red, red – no photoshop here. There were about 6 of these birds and this one definitely had the reddest eyes.

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hmm?

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  1. Bill says
    April 12, 2015 at 8:17 am

    Old boss. Noun and modifier both a little off. I envy the
    chance to see the southern birds. Penguins are probably not far away. Great posts, thanks.

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    • facebook-profile-picture No Map Required says
      April 12, 2015 at 2:53 pm

      Umm…I meant to say “My former boss who changed my life”. 🙂 Yep, the penguins were relatively nearby, but the weather didn’t allow us to see them. Perhaps somewhere else later in our trip!

      Reply

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