Laguna Nimez, El Calafate 18-20 Nov, 2014

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Long-tailed Meadowlark
Black-faced Ibis
Spectacled Tyrant
Female Upland goose with goslings
Flying Black-faced Ibis
Upland Geese
Southern Lapwing
Southern Lapwing
Southern Lapwing
Male Cinereous Harrier
Female Cinereous Harrier -- gobbling down its prey. Cinereous Harrier feeds predominantly on birds but also small reptiles and mammals.
Flying Cinereous Harrier -- Although harriers in Patagonia seldom take avian prey
Flying Steamer Duck and ducklings -- The only Steamer duck of the four types which can fly. Flapping and running along the water's surface when alarmed, kicking up water like steamboats, hence the name.
Patagonian Crested Duck
Crested Duck and Ducklings
Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata), <em>aka</em> Argentine Lake Duck or Argentine Ruddy Duck. Not to be confused with Andean Ruddy Duck (Oxyura ferruginea)
Chiloe Wigeon
Red-gartered Coot
Rufous-backed Negrito
Correendera Pipit
Correendera Pipit
Chimango Caracara
Cinereous Harrier
Chimango Caracara
Patagonian Mockingbird
Long-tailed Meadowlark -- Similar look to the smaller and rarer Pampas Meadowlark.
Scaly-throated Earthcreeper
South American Snipe -- It is very similar to and closely related to the northern Wilson's Snipe
Black-faced Ibis
Southern Lapwing
Black-faced Ibis
South American Snipe -- A race of Common Snipe
Red Shoveler Ducks -- With big spatula bills
Glacier Museum, El Calafate
Birdwatching Blind
Walking through the bird refuge -- despite the strong wind