THE HOUSE BUNTING

Three days watching birds in the Chaco woodlands produced well over 50 lifers including smart endemics: Salinas monjita, crested gallito, Dinelli’s doradito, crescentchest, xenopsaris, warbling finches or chaco sparrow.

The Sierras of central Argentina in Córdoba Province hold a couple of endemic cinclodes mixed among Andean birds and landscapes away from the Andes. Both endemics and other montane specialties obliged.

My first whole month in Argentina was full of challenges but still offered goodies. Magellanic woodpecker, tapaculos, canasteros and owls obliged in Patagonia, but a trip to the coastal pampas was the cherry on top.