Whoever goes to Península Valdés to see whales and pigeons up close at this time of year forgets, due to time or because they don't know it, to visit one of the most beautiful natural reserves in Argentine Patagonia.
It is the Island of the Birds, a sacred place with an incredible diversity of birds.
This small island, which has a great biological value since it is used as a repulsive area for a large number of seabirds, is located near the coast of the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus (which links the Valdés Peninsula with the mainland) on the San José Gulf . Just 800 meters.
Some of the seabirds that use this island as a breeding area are: the kelp gull, the rocky cormorants, the biguas, the herons in their two Patagonian species, the white and the witch, the steam duck, the juarjual duck and penguins of Magallane. Many of them unique species of the region.
All that area has a particular marine effect: the tides.
During low tide, the part that connects the Island of the Birds to the mainland is exposed, revealing all the marine life that nests there such as crabs, algae, etc.
This marine phenomenon is repeated along the entire stretch of the Patagonian coast that reaches Chubut and is particularly evident in the beaches and cities such as San Antonio Oeste.
Quien va a Península Valdés para ver las ballenas y piguinos desde cerca en esta época del año se olvida, por tiempo o porque no lo sabe, de visistar una de las reservas naturales más bellas de la Patagonia argentina.
Se trata de la Isla de los Pájaros, un lugar sagrado con una increíble diversidad de aves.
Esta pequeña isla, que tiene un gran valor biológico ya que es utilizada como área repructiva para una gran cantidad de aves marinas, está ubicada cerca de la costa del Istmo Carlos Ameghino (que une la Península Valdés con el continente) sobre el Golfo San José. A tan solo 800 metros.
Algunas de las aves marinas que usan esta isla como érea de reproducción son: la gaviota cocinera, los cormoranes roqueros, los biguas, las garzas en sus dos especies patagónicas, la blanca y la bruja, el pato vapor, el pato juarjual y pingüinos de Magallane. Muchas de ellas especies énicas de la región.
Toda esa área tiene un efecto marina particular: las mareas.
Durante la bajamar la parte que une la Isla de los Pájaros al continente queda al descubierto, dejando al descubierto toda la vida marina que allí se anida como cangrejos, algas,etc.
Este fenómeno marino se repite a lo largo de todo el tramo de la costa patagónica que llega hasta Chubut y se evidencia particularmente en las playas y ciudades como por ejemplo San Antonio Oeste.
How to visit the Island of the Birds.
Due to the aforementioned characteristics (breeding area for seabirds that makes it a true natural sanctuary), entry to the island, considered an intangible area, has been prohibited since 1974.
But in order to give tourists and observers the possibility of seeing all the wildlife that inhabits the island on the coast, there is an interpretation center in the cuúl, powerful long-range viewers have been installed and viewpoints have been built from where you can appreciate the flight of birds and their activity in their natural habitat.
Cómo visitar la Isla de los Pájaros.
Por las características enunciadas precedentemente (érea de reproducción de las aves marinas que lo convierte en un verdadero santuario natural) desde el año 1974 está prohibido el ingreso a la isla considerada zona intangible.
Pero para poder darle a los turistas y observadores la posib ilidad de ver toda la vida silvestre que habita en la isla en la costa hay un centro de interpretación en el cuúl se han instalado potentes largavistas y se han construído miradores desde donde se puede apreciar el vuelo de las aves y su actividad en su hábitat natural.
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