Holiday party and program - Birding Argentina

Speaker: Gregg Recer

Argentina is a surprisingly big country, the second-largest by area in South America, stretching nearly 4000 km from the northern border with Bolivia to the tip of Tierra del Fuego. Within that span a huge variety of habitats occur including tropical forest and wetlands, the arid Altiplano, Andean foothills and highlands, Pampas grasslands, flat and windy Patagonia, about 1500 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, and glacier-topped peaks surrounding Southern Beech forest at the tip of continent. With all that variety comes a very big variety of birds -- toucans, hummingbirds, rheas, penguins, flamingoes, tubenoses, parrots, and a tremendous range of furnariids, just to mention a few. Gregg Recer and Cathy Graichen visited the country briefly in 2018, and on two birding tours in 2024 that covered the entire length of the country. This talk will share their experiences throughout the incredibly birdy and scenic country.

Gregg Recer is a former HMBC president. He and his wife, Cathy Graichen, have been HMBC members since 1989 and have been focused on world birding for over 20 years.  

Beagle Channel lighthouse

James' Flamingo

Jujuy Province scenery

Dolphin Gull