Hornero Nest

Hornero Nest Construction

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January 6th 2011
Dear reader It takes two to tango I’m still learning how to blog, in preparation for our trip to Uruguay later in the year, and today thought I’d try to upload a video clip. But I couldn't work out how to do it! Guapo has just told me about the hornero (oven bird), Uruguay’s national bird. I’ve just watched a couple build their nest. This web link takes you to a fantastic YouTube ... read more

South America » Uruguay

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A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand i... ... read more