Pacific Hornero*
Furnarius cinnamomeus
(L 8")
Often struts in the
open on the ground.
Tandayapa
near Bellavista Lodge
14Jan2011
*some consider it the same species
as the Pale-legged Cornero.
It’s autumn here in Canada, but in Uruguay, it’s
spring. Primavera. The jasmine are in bloom and the
hornero is building her nest -- on tree branches, on
telephone poles, on fence posts. God willing, in four
weeks’ time I’ll be in that lovely country, away
from the ice and snow of the bleak, frigid Canadian
winter.(Catherine Chandler)
Furnarius in Greek means
oven house; cinnamomeus is
Latin for
cinnamon colored
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