Got up a bit later than we had planned this morning – but managed to catch a 10:30am bus out to the Tierra del Fuego National Park – only 20km from town. We weren’t sure what the weather would be like – the forecast was for 14 degrees
We started off walking around Lago Roco until we reached the Chile – Argentina border (the trail stopped here). We then walked back and all the way around to Lapataia Bay (about 7 hours all up) where we caught a bus back to town.
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It was a nice day for walking – cool but not cold. It did rain a bit in the afternoon, but not too much. It was really nice to be able to walk through the forest areas with nobody else around. Quite a lot of birds around the bay area and many Chimango Caracara around the campsite. These look like a small bird of prey, but are more like crows in their behaviour – scavengers and noisemakers.
Interestingly there were hundreds of rabbits around – we weren’t sure if they were native or not (someone told us later they are introduced). Didn’t seem to be that much damage from rabbits like we typically see in Australia – but then, there was plenty of lush green grass for them to nibble on – even in the middle of Summer.
I reheated the leftover bolognaise from last night for dinner and spent the evening posting blog entries from the past week.
Tweets from today
- eating leftover bolognaise in Ushuaia, Argentina after spending the day hiking in the Tierra del Fuego National Park
- 26th February, 2008 8:40 PM from txt
The geese shown on this posting appear to be Upland Geese. Very nice shot of them.
The Chimango Caracara are members of the falcon family and are therefore raptors (birds of prey) as you thought. Good sighting and a good shot of a group of them.
Your World List of birds seen is probably much bigger than mine now [sigh]. You DO have a list don’t you? If not – why not? You are your father’s son, after all.