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Birdwatching expeditions and nature photography in Corrientes Province, Argentina

Based at the small town of Mercedes with accommodation in Casa de Piedra
http://stonemadehutmercedes.blogspot.com/

Field trip can be arranged according to the birding expectations and "wanted" list.

La Paz Ranch (half an hour from Merdedes)
A 5,000-acre cattle-raising estancia up-holding the traditions of the province of Corrientes, with Ñandubay savanna and Gallery Forest following creeks.

Yelow Cardinal - Chaco Chachalaca - Black-crowned Monjita - Cream-backed Woodpecker - Upland Sandpiper - Short-billed Canastero
Complete list of the birds of La Paz.

Chavarría (An hour from Mercedes)
Plain grasslands (correntino "campo"), with palm-tree forest and small ponds.

Black-and-white Monjita - Grey Monjita - Aplomado Falcon - Bearded Tachuri - Lesser Grass Finch - Seedeaters

Esteros del Ibera (Ibera Marshes)
Enormous plain of wetlands with lagoons and Subropical Forest patches.

Black-capped Donacobius - Crowned Eagle - Marsh Seedeater - Strange-tailed Tyrant - Chesnut Seedeater

Check with us for other destinations (Mburucuyá National Park, Paraná or Uruguay River or others).

Some other pictures in our zone.