El hornero

The hornero is a bird who ows its name to the mud-house he builds every Fall with his mating bird. It has the shape of a mud oven just like people build in South America. They reinforce it by mixing the mud with grass, small sticks and herbs. It can be built on the branch of a tree or on a wooden post or even under a house roof. 

The hornero builds a new home every year after the Winter. The empty nests are occupied by insects or other birds after they move on.

 Its diet consists of terrestrial insects, worms and their eggs or larvas.

This nest provides warmth and

protection to their young offspring, three to five baby birds. They feed them for 18 days & keep them with them for three months.

Cats

Cats are carnivores that have short faces, big pointed teeth, and sharp, curved nails to capture prey. All cats are expert hunters and they are very quiet while pursuing their prey. Most can pull their claws back into their paws when they do not need them so that they stay protected and sharp. Cats have hairy, not bushy, tails, and rough tongues that they use to clean their fur.

The American Oak Tree

The American Oak tree, as you step into the Primary School Yard at St. George's College North, will meet and delight your eye. This tree was planted by pupils of St. Georges College Quilmes on March 30th, 1990 as a Symbol of Vitality and Strength and as a reminder of the Root from which our two Schools have grown. 

The Brown Bear

The Brown Bear is one of the most omnivorous animals in the world and has been recorded as consuming the greatest variety of foods of any bear. They often feed on a variety of plant life, including berries, grasses, flowers, acorns and pine cones as well as fungi such as mushrooms. Among all bears, brown bears are uniquely equipped to dig for tough foods such as roots and shoots. They use their long, strong claws to dig out earth to reach the roots and their powerful jaws to bite through them. They will also commonly consume meat, which may regularly be in the form of insects, larvae and grubs, including beehives. The diet may be supplemented by rodents or similar smallish mammals, including marmots, squirrels, mice, rats, lemmings and voles.

Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes.

A vole is a small rodent resembling a mouse but with a stouter body, a shorter, hairy tail, a slightly rounder head, smaller ears and eyes.

The Guanaco

The Guanaco peered round the edge of the cliff

slowly but surely, its ears attentive to our movements.

He used to walk about freely with his herd

but now he is mostly seen alone.

He eats grasses and schrubs.