Very hard to choose from the excess of photos, here are some.
Guanacos, with a less fortunate cousin.
Mrs Tittlemouse?
Blacknecked swans, behaving in the away you imagine they should, the first on the ones in Puerto Natales.
Cormorant, with wonderful swimming feet.
Black Crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
Southern Lapwing.
Moving on to more hilly areas, White crested Elaenia, with old nest.
Upland Goose, I think.
Grey Hooded Sierra Finch, Phrygilus gayi
Patagonian Sierra Finch Phrygilus patagonica.
Lesser Rhea
The lagoon in El Calafate is a brilliant, and beautiful, birding area. A very lucky shot, possible Cinereous harriers, appropriately Circus cinereous.
I think this is a red shoveller, but happy to be corrected.
Flamingos, no wellies or croquet hoops!
Rufus collared Sparrow,Zonotrichia capensis
Spectacled Tyrant, Hymenops perspicillatus
Back in the woods, I think, a female Magellanic Woodpecker, the male has a totally red head, but on source called this a Giant Patagonian Woodpecker.
Southern Crested Caracara, learnt to scavenge from trekkers.
House (tent) Wren, Troglodytes aedon.
Austral Parakeet.
Chilean Flicker, we watched him cavorting in the freezing water for some time.
White-Throated Tree Runner, Pygarrhicas albogularis.
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