Flora and fauna of the Rio Plate

[fivemack]

As always, in the big city the bird that thrives best is the pigeon; in more rural areas large groups of sparrows dust-bathe fluffily.

These ones are ubiquitous (I'm assuming they're the female and the male): starling-sized though looking as if they ought to be tit-sized

In a park by the river in Colonia we had these attractive, but loud, parrots

This handsome white-bandannaed fellow who gave a regular alarm call

And this pair of pigeon-sized perchers

As for flowers:

And this, the least huggable tree in all Creation

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Comments

[ellarien]

The pink flower looks like chorisia (or ceiba), or floss silk tree. We had one of those on the campus in Tucson, though it wasn't native there -- and if I remember right, that thorny trunk might belong to the same species.

[pavanne.livejournal.com]

Lovely bird photos!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

The first bird looks like thrush, close to the American robin. I'm doubting that the second is a female of the first, since it has that bold eye-line. Seems too distinctive for it not to be a second species. Third are monk parakeets (or quaker parrots, or whatever common name is going around). The white bandana'd fellow is cute, no idea on it's ID, and the pigeon sized guys look a lot like mockingbirds.

This is a really fun post, thanks for sharing!