What’s your favourite chicken species?
I take pleasure in all of the birds actually, from a feral pigeon within the practice station to probably the most endangered and restrictive birds in my nation, however I believe the seedeater group is my favourite! They want good grass to dwell, very colourful, with superb colours and sophisticated evolutionary inquiries to resolve about taxonomy! Wonderful group for me.
What’s your title, and the place do you reside?
My title is Diego Emmanuel Oscar, I dwell in Buenos Aires – Argentina, within the south of South America.
Barred Antshrike
What are the principle areas or areas you cowl as a chicken information?
I information in nations together with Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil however my favourite area is the littoral from Buenos Aires to Misiones province the place we are able to see round 350 species and cross superb locations just like the Ibera Wetlands or the well-known Iguazu Falls.
Crested Caracara
How lengthy have you ever been a chicken information?
I’ve been a birdwatcher all my life, however have working and guiding for the final 10 years.
How did you get into chicken guiding?
I’m an IT engineer actually and completed college looking for work within the IT world, was actually nice and I labored for giant IT corporations, however…. I used to be not pleased, and looking for a change I created Sandpiper Birding & Excursions, first solely to information round Buenos Aires however the firm happily grew actually quick and now we’re a crew of 20 guides working all through the nation.
Chaco Owl
What are the features of being a chicken information that you just like greatest? Which features do you dislike most?
I believe the contact with folks from different nations is certainly one of my favourite components of engaged on it! This world is simply too large and we’ve loads of issues to find, so, contact with the folks is my favourite half, speaking about birds, locations, music, implausible!
I take pleasure in so much the time on the subject guiding, however however the time on the workplace reserving inns, flights is basically boring haha (however essential)
Rufous-throated Dipper
What are the highest 5-10 birds in your area that you just suppose are probably the most attention-grabbing for visiting birders?
Argentina is a big nation! With loads of totally different environments however TOP 5 could possibly be the Scarlet-headed Blackbird, Yellow Cardinal, Dot-Winged Crake, Olrog’s Gull, and the largest chicken in South America, the Better Rhea ?
Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Are you able to define not less than one typical birdwatching journey in your space? Please briefly describe the areas, the important thing birds, and the approximate period of such a visit
I like to recommend visiting our web site www.sandpipertours.com and checking the journeys part the place yow will discover all of the proposals with description and images. I like to recommend spending nearly 3 days at Buenos Aires and afterward to journey to a different place in Argentina.
Test the video on our web site, is superb and describes our nation very well.
Naked-faced Ibis
What different options are you able to give to birders occupied with your space? (for instance, what to carry, which season to decide on, and so forth.)
October and November are the most effective months actually! Begins the breeding season and we obtain loads of migratory birds, the climate situations are good in these months! Attempt to skip our winter when you go to the Patagonia area.
Ringed Kingfisher
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is occupied with birding with you, how can they greatest contact you?
The easiest way is by way of our electronic mail data@sandpipertours.com or by way of our web site www.sandpipertours.com
My profile on eBird is public when you prefer to test the newest journeys >> https://ebird.org/profile/NDMzNDU5/world
