{"id":11404,"date":"2011-01-16T23:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T07:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/11404"},"modified":"2011-01-16T23:30:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T07:30:32","slug":"reserva-ecologica-costanera-sur-buenos-aires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/11404","title":{"rendered":"Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur, Buenos Aires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur (South Waterfront Ecological Reserve) in the Puerto Madero neighborhood of Buenos Aires is something of a miracle .\u00a0 Between 1976 and 1983, public access to the Buenos Aires waterfront was restricted .\u00a0 Construction debris and sediments dredged\u00c2\u00a0from the Rio de la Plata accumulated in the south waterfront and, while construction in the area was stalled, native flora and fauna took advantage of the situation .\u00a0 This marshy area developed naturally into what became Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur in 1986 .\u00a0 Today, the area is a wonderful park, full of life, with native plants and animals including over 200 species of birds .\u00a0 An effort is made to remove non-native species of plants\u00c2\u00a0where possible .\u00a0 Entering the reserve, one can see the stark contrast between the natural landscape and new high-rise construction in Buenos Aires .\u00a0 Native flowering trees include Erythrina crista-galli<\/em> (cockspur coral tree, also known as Ceibo or Se\u00ed\u00adbo in Spanish, Corticeira in Portuguese) and Jacaranda mimosifolia<\/em> (Jacaranda) .\u00a0 The\u00c2\u00a0Ceibo flower\u00c2\u00a0is the national flower of Argentina .\u00a0 Jacarada trees\u00c2\u00a0are common throughout Buenos Aires, but I was lucky in catching a shot of a few flowers because the flowering season for Jacaranda was pretty much over at the time I was there.<\/p>\n

\"Entrance<\/a><\/p>\n

Entrance to Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Entrance to Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

\"High-Rise<\/a><\/p>\n

High-Rise Construction\u00c2\u00a0near\u00c2\u00a0Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0High-Rise Construction near\u00c2\u00a0Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011<\/p>\n

\"Erythrina<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Erythrina crista-galli (Cockspur Coral Tree, Ceibo, or Se\u00ed\u00adbo)<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Erythrina crista-galli (Cockspur Coral Tree, Ceibo, or Se\u00ed\u00adbo) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Jacaranda<\/a><\/p>\n

Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda)<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur (South Waterfront Ecological Reserve) in the Puerto Madero neighborhood of Buenos Aires is something of a miracle. Between 1976 and 1983, public access to the Buenos Aires waterfront was restricted. Construction debris and sediments dredged from the Rio de la Plata accumulated in the south waterfront and, while construction in the area was stalled, native flora and fauna took advantage of the situation. This marshy area developed naturally into what became Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur in 1986. Today, the area is a wonderful park, full of life, with native plants and animals including over 200 species of birds. An effort is made to remove non-native species of plants where possible. Entering the reserve, one can see the stark contrast between the natural landscape and new high-rise construction in Buenos Aires. Native flowering trees include Erythrina crista-galli (cockspur coral tree, also known as Ceibo or Se\u00ed\u00adbo in Spanish, Corticeira in Portuguese) and Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda). The Ceibo flower is the national flower of Argentina. The Jacarada are common throughout Buenos Aires, but I was lucky in catching a shot of a few flowers because the flowering season for Jacaranda was pretty much over. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-11404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","tag-buenos-aires"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-2XW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}