Observer: Sandy Dillard & guide

Number of Species: 82

Comments: Ricardo Matus (rmatusn@entelchile.net) took me around and we even drove up to the Patagonia area. We had to work for all our birds but I did have a good time in this beautiful if windy area. The roads here are quite interesting in that they pave one lane of road and then everyone drives with one tire on and one tire off so at least both ways of traffic have some pavement. Many of the roads are just rocky trails but this just made it all the more interesting. Ricardo has illustrated one bird book for the Magellanic region of Chile and is currently working on another. Most of our time was spent down near Punta Arenas which is quite a nice town.
2nd Trip: I made a second trip to Chile but this time it was near the Santiago region and therefore I got to have several different species of birds than the ones that I saw down in the tip of Chile. I was take around by Gonzalo Gonzalez (rara_avis@entelchile.net) who is a very nice birder and fun to go around with. We went up into the mountains up to the mines (El Yeso region) and also visited some of the swampy areas around Santiago (Central Coast region). All in all a very good time.
 

Rhea, Lesser Grebe, White-tufted Grebe, Great Penguin, Magellanic Cormorant, Neotropic Shag, Imperial Shag, Rock Duck, Lake Swan, Black-necked Swan, Coscoroba Goose, Upland Goose, Kelp Goose, Ashy-headed Goose, Ruddy-headed Steamerduck, Flightless Steamerduck, Flying Duck, Torrent Wigeon, Chiloe Teal, Speckled Duck, Crested Duck, Spectacled Pintail, Yellow-billed Shoveler, Red Night-Heron, Black-crowned Ibis, Buff-necked Condor, Andean Harrier, Cinereous Buzzard-Eagle, Black-chested Caracara, Chimango Kestrel, American Falcon, Peregrine Rail, Plumbeous Coot, White-winged Coot, Red-gartered Whimbrel Sandpiper, White-rumped Oystercatcher, Magellanic Plover, Two-banded Dotterel, Rufous-chested Lapwing, Southern Gull, Dolphin Gull, Kelp Gull, Brown-hooded Tern, South American Skua, Chilean  Dove, Rock Dove, Eared Parakeet, Austral Owl, Great Horned Pygmy-Owl, Austral Kingfisher, Ringed Woodpecker, Striped Flicker, Chilean Woodpecker, Magellanic Miner, Common Earthcreeper, Scale-throated Cinclodes, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Dark-bellied Rayadito, Thorn-tailed Rushbird, Wren-like Treerunner, White-throated Plantcutter, Rufous-tailed Elaenia, White-crested Tit-Tyrant, Tufted Diucon, Fire-eyed Tyrant, Chocolate-vented Ground-Tyrant,Cinnamon-bellied Negrito, Austral Thrush, Austral Mockingbird, Patagonian Wren, House Swallow, Chilean Swallow, Blue-and-white Sparrow, House Pipit, Correndera Siskin, Black-chinned Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sierra-Finch, Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch, Patagonian Yellow-Finch, Patagonian Meadowlark, Long-tailed Blackbird, Austral

Rhea pennata Rollandia rolland Podiceps major Spheniscus magellanicus Phalacrocorax brasilianus Phalacrocorax atriceps Phalacrocorax magellanicus Oxyura vittata Cygnus melanocoryphus Coscoroba coscoroba Chloephaga picta Chloephaga hybrida Chloephaga poliocephala Chloephaga rubidiceps Tachyeres pteneres Tachyeres patachonicus Merganetta armata Anas sibilatrix Anas flavirostris Anas specularioides Anas specularis Anas georgica Anas platalea Nycticorax nycticorax Theristicus caudatus Vultur gryphus Circus cinereus Geranoaetus melanoleucus Milvago chimango Falco sparverius Falco peregrinus Pardirallus sanguinolentus Fulica leucoptera Fulica armillata Numenius phaeopus Calidris fuscicollis Haematopus leucopodus Charadrius falklandicus Charadrius modestus Vanellus chilensis Larus scoresbii Larus dominicanus Larus maculipennis Sterna hirundinacea Catharacta chilensis Columba livia Zenaida auriculata Enicognathus ferrugineus Bubo virginianus Glaucidium nanum Ceryle torquata Picoides lignarius Colaptes pitius Campephilus magellanicus Geositta cunicularia Upucerthia dumetaria Cinclodes fuscus Cinclodes patagonicus Aphrastura spinicauda Phleocryptes melanops Pygarrhichas albogularis Phytotoma rara Elaenia albiceps Anairetes parulus Xolmis pyrope Neoxolmis rufiventris Muscisaxicola capistrata Lessonia rufa Turdus falcklandii Mimus patagonicus Troglodytes aedon Tachycineta meyeni Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Passer domesticus Anthus correndera Carduelis barbata Zonotrichia capensis Phrygilus gayi Phrygilus patagonicus Sicalis lebruni Sturnella loyca Curaeus curaeus

Patagonia Glacial melt lake Really big Iceberg - over 5 miles away and I still couldnt get it all in 1 frame Really cool Blue iceberg (it recently flipped). Both of these berg pics were on the way to Punta Arenas

2nd Trip  * are from El Yeso ** is both

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