Comments on: South America Trip – Part 11: To Buenos Aires

By: Adam R. Paul

Adam R. Paul — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:53:31 +0000

Thanks, Bernie! That was the first cardinal I’ve ever seen, as we don’t get any of your pretty red cardinals out west.

By: bernie kasper

bernie kasper — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:48:45 +0000

Very nice shots Adam, the red crested cardinal is amazing, I love cardinals anyway and this is the first of this kind I have ever seen !!

Thanks for sharing these great images !!

By: Adam R. Paul

Adam R. Paul — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:36:41 +0000

Sandpiper: Glad you liked it, as there are several more less-nature’y installments yet to come!

Lori: As far as I could tell, the Neotropic Cormorant replaces the Double-crested Cormorant in this region – they both occupy the same niche (inland bodies of water, quite unlike the strictly-costal cormorants of both here & Patagonia). You’re absolutely right about feeling like a beginning birder all over again – there was very little in the way of familiar birdsounds, although the wild parakeets there do sound similar to the “wild” parakeets that San Francisco was made famous for in “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.” Evocative though that title may be, it’s wrong on at least 3 counts – the “parrots” are parakeets, the flock is comprised of escaped pets, and is not known to nest anywhere, and they’re all over the city, not just Telegraph Hill. Oh well You don’t have snowy egrets there? That’s surprising to me, as they’re very common birds here.

By: aullori

aullori — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:52:58 +0000

I loved your writing in this piece (honestly) some lines are simply fluid. Meanwhile, again I’m really digging on seeing your wild Parakeet, I’m glad you got a close shot that guy is just gorgeous and very worth the visit to your site. The beak on that Neotropic Cormorant is just fascinating. When you told your tale of walking through the park I suddenly got how amazing it must have been to be surrounded by foreign calls of birds – I think in a way (for me anyway) it would have felt a little like what birding feels like when I first started. I also have to toss off a kudos for both the cardinal and the coots. That cardinal is simply a lovely bird – to me there is nothing like the lines on a bird and this guy is just perfect. Beautiful shots! I also got quite a giggle out of the Bush billboard shot! The snowy egret would have still been a lifer for me but I understand the sentiment. Bravo on the writing & shots. Really talented work here! Once again you set the bar on photography and now… it looks like writing as well.

By: Sandpiper

Sandpiper — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:13:41 +0000

A wonderful tour as always, Adam! Buenos Aires looks like quite a city and it’s interesting to see a bit of the non-nature things, too.

By: Adam R. Paul

Adam R. Paul — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:24:22 +0000

Klaus: Thanks! Buenos Aires is a very cosmopolitan city, with a very European feel (that’s a cliche that everyone mentions, but it’s true!), so it’s not surprising if some of it looks like other places.

ScienceGuy: Yes, it was quite the switch-a-roo!

Montucky: We loved the flocks of wild parakets in BsAs – they were plentiful, adorable, and very noisy!

By: montucky

montucky — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:16:50 +0000

Very interesting, Adam! I fell in love with that little parakeet!

By: scienceguy288

scienceguy288 — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:05:47 +0000

A bit of a different view of the world after all that time in the raw nature of Patagonia huh?

By: Klaus

Klaus — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:07:33 +0000

Great entertainment again! Good Photography with a good sense for detail! Interesting that aside from the vegetation some of the images could have been shot anywhere on any continent. World’s getting small.
Cheers, Klaus