{"id":2532,"date":"2016-12-24T08:49:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T11:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2016-12-25T13:22:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T16:22:57","slug":"trip-to-chile-19-21-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/2532","title":{"rendered":"Trip to Chile, 19-21 December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I took four\u00a0days off to visit Chile, scheduling two nights on the Pacific coast and one in the Parque Nacional Puyehue. On the Pacific coast I stayed at Bah\u00eda Mansa (visiting the uncommercialised villages of Pucatrihue, Maicolpue and Trill Trill). On the third night I stayed on the shores of Lago Puyehue, within striking distance of the entrance to the National Park at Aguas Calientes.<\/p>\n

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The weather was absolutely appalling, with only occasional patches of viable light. Using these I managed to get a few shots, but only two lifers: the choroy (slender-billed parakeet<\/strong>), Enicognathus leptorhynchus<\/em>, and the remolinera araucana (Dark-bellied Cinclodes<\/strong>), Cinclodes patagonicus<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Adult and juvenile Southern Pudu, Puda puda<\/p><\/div>\n

On the first day I had the good luck to see a couple of Pudu, the smallest deer in the world.\u00a0Apologies for cruddy photo: I was so excited when I saw them, and had so little time to grab a shot that I forget that I had been shooting video and didn’t reset the camera to photo – result, very artistic but not very clear. It wasn’t helped by heavy rain either. \u00a0I was very lucky to see these creatures; they are classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List and are not at all easy to find.<\/p>\n

carancho (Southern Caracara) Caracara plancus<\/p><\/div>\n

The first set of photos is from the coast. I’m not too sure why this carancho is\u00a0paddling\u00a0around on the shoreline; perhaps he has aspirations to become a wader.<\/p>\n

garza blanca (Great Egret) Ardea alba<\/p><\/div>\n

ostrero negro (Blackish Oystercatcher) Haematopus ater)<\/p><\/div>\n

Playero Trinador trinador (Whimbrel) Numenius phaeopus<\/p><\/div>\n

cabecita negra austral (Black-chinned Siskin) Spinus barbata<\/p><\/div>\n

golondrina patagonica (Chilean Swallow) Tachycineta meyeni<\/p><\/div>\n

jote cabeza negra (Black Vulture) Coragyps atratus<\/p><\/div>\n

The weather in the Puyehue National Park was pretty much unforgiving. I did drive up to a\u00a0volcanic crater but it was cold, wet and misty, with little to see. A highlight was at the bridge on the way in, where I saw a family of torrent ducks working their way down the river.<\/p>\n

pato de torrente (Torrent duck) Merganetta armata<\/p><\/div>\n

Although I was familiar with the Austral Thrush I had not seen such splendidly coloured juveniles before.<\/p>\n

zorzal patagonico (Austral Thrush) Turdus falcklandii)<\/p><\/div>\n

choroy (slender-billed parakeet) Enicognathus leptorhynchus<\/p><\/div>\n

remolinera araucana (Dark-bellied Cinclodes) Cinclodes patagonicus<\/p><\/div>\n

paloma araucana aka chilena (Chilean Pigeon) Patagioenas araucana<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, as I was leaving, I saw a delicately woven humming birds nest\u00a0– a slim\u00a0canister in a place that was very hard to get a lens into – it’s amazing how these tiny little things already have the long beaks they will need to feed themselves. They are the picaflor rub\u00ed (Green-backed Firecrown<\/strong>), Sephanoides sephanoides<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite the weather, it had been a worthwhile trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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