{"id":1937,"date":"2016-01-22T18:39:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T21:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2016-01-22T19:50:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T22:50:59","slug":"atlantic-coast-part-2c-punta-rasa-back-to-mar-del-plata-20-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/1937","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic coast, Part 2c \u2013 Punta Rasa back to Mar del Plata, 20 October, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the final part of a trip I made north from Mar del Plata to Punta Rasa when my Pelagic trip was cancelled due to bad weather). It covers a little of the area around Punta Rasa and then the coast down to Panama and Mar Chiquita. As I am so far behind with South American bird logs I am again limiting this to photos of some of the species I saw, limiting the captions to bird IDs. I saw one lifer: the Southern Screamer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Firstly I drove west to General Lavalle:<\/p>\n

\"gallineta

gallineta comun (Plumbeous Rail) Pardirallus sanguinolentus<\/p><\/div>\n

\"garza

garza mora (Cocoi or White-necked Heron) Ardea cocoi<\/p><\/div>\n

\"[singing

[singing his heart out] chingolo (Rufous-collared Sparrow) Zonotrichia capensis<\/p><\/div>\u00a0I then drove south to\u00a0Pi\u00f1amar<\/em>,\u00a0where I parked up beside the small aerodrome:<\/i><\/p>\n

\"pecho

pecho amarillo com\u00fan (Brown-and-yellow Marshbird) Pseudoleistes virescens<\/p><\/div>\n

\"pato

pato picazo (Rosy-billed Pochard aka Rosybill) Netta peposaca<\/p><\/div>\n

\"cuervillo

cuervillo de ca\u00f1ada (White-faced Ibis) Plegadis chihi<\/p><\/div>\n

\"chaja

chaja (Crested aka Southern Screamer) Chauna torquata<\/p><\/div>\n

\"carpintero-real

carpintero-real comun (Green-barred Woodpecker) Colaptes melanochloros<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Finally, I\u00a0drove into the holiday village at Mar Chiquita, just to the north of Mar del Plata.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"pitotoy

pitotoy chico (Lesser Yellowlegs) Tringa flavipes<\/p><\/div>\n

\"pititoy

pititoy grande (greater yellowlegs) Tringa melanoleuca<\/p><\/div>\n

\"lechucita

lechucita vizcachera (burrowing owl) Athene cunicularia<\/p><\/div>\n

\"churrinche

churrinche (Vermilion Flycatcher) Pyrocephalus rubinus<\/p><\/div>\n

\"benteveo

benteveo comun (Great Kiskadee) Pitangus sulphuratus<\/p><\/div>\n

\"becasa

becasa de mar (Hudsonian godwit) Limosa haemastica<\/p><\/div>\n

\"martin

martin pescador grande (Ringed Kingfisher) Megaceryle torquata<\/p><\/div>\n

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