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| A male Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) uses a pole to scan his hunting waters. |
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Typical scenery along the coast line: old trees covered with moss and lichens.
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| This female Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta) is feeding on grass seeds. |
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Upland Geese keep in touch using low peeping and whistling sounds. This is a recording of a goose that is foraging in a wet spot of the grassland.
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An Austral Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium nanum) is disturbed by the loud calls of a nearby White-crested Elaenia (not shown on this photograph).
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The impressive Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) regularly hovers over the National Park, and also occurs elsewhere in the region.
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Another bird of prey is this Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor). This individual is a juvenile that does not yet have the reddish breast colours.
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A pair of Spectacled Ducks (Anas specularis) swimming in the Lapataia river.
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On the same Lapataia river two Chiloe Wigeons (Anas sibilatrix) are spotted.
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These bright yellow bills belong to the Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica); on the right side a couple of Red Shovelers (Anas platalea, with greyish bill) can be seen.
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Possibly the most common bird around is the Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis); nevertheless it is a beauty to look at.
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A young Sierra-Finch; this is either the Patagonian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus patagonicus) or the Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch (P. gayi), both species live in the park and look very similar.
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Up in a bush a Fire-eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope) is on the lookout, somewhere at the very end of the "No 3 National Road" where a plateau has been constructed for tourists to enjoy a view of the Lapataia Bay.
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The Austral Thrush (Turdus falcklandi) is also a common species living in the park.
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A juvenile Night Heron (Nycticorax Nycticorax) carefully creeps along the side of a lake.
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A pair of Great Grebes (Podiceps major) busy constructing their nest. Grebes occur all over South America, this one being the largest species.
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A final Autumn impression from the park.
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