Argentina is a safe country to visit with excellent accommodation and well-signed roads in general. Perhaps because of the season and lack of rain, we found birds to be rather scarce compared to other Neotropical countries.
Finding Snowy Sheathbill
We were on our way to Punta Rasa Park. We worked our way down the road to the beach, arriving at eleven o’clock. A few secretive marsh birds were seen en-route including fairly good views of Plain-breasted Spinetails and two small brown birds with very short tails that were likely Wren-like Rushbirds. The broad sandy beach was hiked south to check out about two hundred Kelp Gulls. We then walked back to the car after we were satisfied that there were no adults of Orlog's present. A stroll north to another sector of beach then took place where we immediately found a Snowy Sheathbill. Several pictures were taken of the out of range species as proof.
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