South America has more species of birds than any other continent. This alone makes South America very, very important in terms of world biodiversity.

November 21st, TO-DAY ! is being celebrated as Big Birdwatch day in South America.  This great event is organised by Aves Argentinas  and Ebird,  So Paula and I, as part of our  Living Wild in South America quest, spent the day on the rich agricultural lands of La Pampa.

We wild camped by a remote marsh and woke at dawn to a landscape bathed in orange light, as the sun rose so thousands of waterfowl commenced their morning flight in search of feeding grounds.

White-faced Ibis were everywhere, skeins criss-crossed the horizon, most settled in the fields and upset the local Southern Lapwings which were nesting close by.

Here in one of Argentina’s richest agricultural areas wildlife abounds,  but it still needs our protection.