A labor of love. Anna Whitaker, undergraduate assistant from Penn State, on right, helps to catalogue some of the 1200+ specimens from Río Picheleufú.
After more than four weeks of investigating the Museo Paleontológico Bariloche Río Pichileufú collection at the Museo Paleontológico Egido Feruglio in Trelew Argentina, my husband and I explored the Iberá Wetlands in Corrientes Province, Argentina.
One of the many traditional roadside shrines to Gauchito Gil, a beloved Argentine folk saint who took from the rich to give to the poor.
A raptor’s welcome to the wetlands
Jorge, our guide to the wetlands, is the son of the first park ranger at Lagunas Ibera surrounding Colonia Carlos Pellegrini. It was an honor to learn from him in his family tradition.
During the day, the caiman are pretty relaxed and we were safe in the large rowboat. Things got much more interesting at dusk when we took out a small canoe to observe their evening activities.
life in Argentina’s wetlands…
Making sure to get back and check in with the Park Rangers as the sun sets.
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