Big Sky

'Big Sky' and 'Out of Africa', were two excellent descriptions I heard from visitors today at the  Pukorokoro (Miranda) shorebird Centre when visiting the hides and observing the birds.

Those wonderful descriptions came from a chance meeting with fellow Auckland Botanical members, Geoff and Helen. Geoff and his wife Bev had been hosting an upcoming speaker Marcela Sanchez from Argentina.

 Marcela was to be the Inaugural Alistair MacArthur speaker to our meeting the following Wednesday.  Marcela also had an interest in birds and that's why she was at the Shorebird Centre with Geoff and Helen at the weekend.

Talk: Flora of Argentina (and neighbouring countries-Southern Cone) and the relationships with NZ through Gondwana species, with an emphasis on Orchids.

Presented by: Marcela I. Sanchez, President (Board of Directors) Argentine Network of Botanical Gardens: Hurlingham, Buenos Aires. 

Marcela gave an excellent presentation with many images of the wonderful flora throughout Argentina.