{"id":2064,"date":"2016-01-23T06:06:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T09:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2016-01-23T06:06:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T09:06:37","slug":"recs-buenos-aires-13-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/2064","title":{"rendered":"RECS, Buenos Aires – 13 January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent a day in Buenos Aires on my way back to Manchester and, as has now become my custom, I stuck my head into the Reserva Ecologica Costanera Sur (aka RECS). I was there for a very short time as I also had shopping to do, but I did have time to take a few photos.<\/p>\n

First up, this rather splendid photo of downtown Buenos Aires, taken from within the reserve. This shows how close the reserve is to the city centre, but is an angle I had never seen a photo taken from – really quite unusual.<\/p>\n

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First up, I was witness to a battle (presumably territorial) between a couple of coots and a couple of moorhens. I guess these conflicts go on all over the world; this one at least seemed quite intense.<\/p>\n

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I only seem to have taken photos of three other birds. I remember I was very low on battery and was intending to go to the zoo in the afternoon, so was preserving power. I am also quite familiar with the birds I tend to see here (it must have been my tenth visit) and didn’t register any lifers on this visit.<\/p>\n

The ones I did take are below:<\/p>\n

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pepitero de collar (Golden-billed Saltator) Saltator aurantiirostris<\/p><\/div>\n

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pepitero gris (Grayish Saltator) Saltator coerulescens<\/p><\/div>\n

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garcita azulada (Striated Heron) Butorides striata<\/p><\/div>\n

The Striated Heron was displaying most splendidly – and they are lovely birds to see.<\/p>\n

I also saw\u00a0quite a few lizards enjoying the morning sun; here is one example, what the locals often refer to as an iguana but not really an iguana at all.<\/p>\n

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Lagarto Overo (known locally by many as “Iguana”) Tupinambis merianae. Eng. the White-and-black Tegu Lizard.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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