Hello people,
I'm an expat Canadian living in Punta del Este, Uruguay. I mainly joined this site as I want to post a message in the Conservation forum as I am trying to (as discreetly as possible) help a gentleman here who wishes to sell his nature reserve of some 750 acres here in Uruguay. (Please don't boot me off|
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But since I don't like crashing parties without bringing something, here's what I see outside my window:
Horneros - no idea what they are in English but they are called horneros because they build a nest out of clay which looks like an oven which in spanish is 'horno', hence hornero. Kind of plain looking birds that squawk at each other like no tomorrow and are everywhere.
'Beecho feo' (spanish slang) or 'bem te vi' (brazil). Don't know what it's called in English. So named as their call is a very loud three syllables. Yellow breast, black and white head. I found a link here: http://www.fotolog.com/gallery/tag/passaro/juemery/219000000000032749/
We had a small white owl that used to live in one of our trees but haven't heard him in a while. Lechuza campanario.
This time of year lots of hummingbirds - black and white mixture.
Carpinteros (woodpeckers) - http://avesdeuruguay.com/fotos/medium/0002.jpg
Very tame little guys that look like sparrows but with a black head-band. Make a long one-syllable rising whistle. Chingolo común they're called here.
Small, white parrots that squawk at each other constantly.
Doves, doves, doves. They're everywhere. Big and small.
That's about the limit of my knowledge (pretty sad, I know). There are lots more but wouldn't have a clue about what they are called.
Anyway, nice to meet you! Hope I still get to tell you about the nature reserve
I'm an expat Canadian living in Punta del Este, Uruguay. I mainly joined this site as I want to post a message in the Conservation forum as I am trying to (as discreetly as possible) help a gentleman here who wishes to sell his nature reserve of some 750 acres here in Uruguay. (Please don't boot me off|
|)But since I don't like crashing parties without bringing something, here's what I see outside my window:
Horneros - no idea what they are in English but they are called horneros because they build a nest out of clay which looks like an oven which in spanish is 'horno', hence hornero. Kind of plain looking birds that squawk at each other like no tomorrow and are everywhere.
'Beecho feo' (spanish slang) or 'bem te vi' (brazil). Don't know what it's called in English. So named as their call is a very loud three syllables. Yellow breast, black and white head. I found a link here: http://www.fotolog.com/gallery/tag/passaro/juemery/219000000000032749/
We had a small white owl that used to live in one of our trees but haven't heard him in a while. Lechuza campanario.
This time of year lots of hummingbirds - black and white mixture.
Carpinteros (woodpeckers) - http://avesdeuruguay.com/fotos/medium/0002.jpg
Very tame little guys that look like sparrows but with a black head-band. Make a long one-syllable rising whistle. Chingolo común they're called here.
Small, white parrots that squawk at each other constantly.
Doves, doves, doves. They're everywhere. Big and small.
That's about the limit of my knowledge (pretty sad, I know). There are lots more but wouldn't have a clue about what they are called.
Anyway, nice to meet you! Hope I still get to tell you about the nature reserve
