THE HOUSE BUNTING

Chile’s capital city offers some great birding opportunities at short driving distances in the wetland of Batuco and the highlands of Farellones: many-colored rush tyrants, condors, ground tyrants, moustached turca and more.

I connected with several targets while exploring the Patagonian rainforest, Salinas and Sierras surrounded by Chaco, Monte desert by the ocean in Argentina plus drier Andes and pelagic waters in Central Chile.

My research work brought me to the Patagonian coastline, where sea lions, Magellanic penguins, oystercatchers and melanistic herons meet monte specialties such as yellow cardinal, sandy gallito or Hudson’s black tyrant.