FEBRUARY 24th
A visit to the Atlantic forest this morning produced a
Squirrel Cuckoo found by Becca who strongly denies having any interest in
birds..I’m not so sure myself!!
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| (Squirrel Cuckoo) |
After a walk along the Urukurea trail a mighty crash
from the canopy and the shouts from a very disgruntled Capuchin were heard. The
primate was not seen again but had me wondering if the monkeys were just as curious
about our presence but didn’t like being spotted taking a sly interest in their
cousins!
The beach area is busy today with tourists which results in
an increase of feathered visitors to the base. These included a pair of Scaled
Dove.
Later that afternoon Becca had a call from Jo “There’s a
tonne of Kites over the lagoon”. The message was relayed to me. After a bit of
scurrying around SLR shots were fired off and the birds identified as
Mississippi Kite. Jo had also seen a Swallow-tailed Kite but I did not connect
with this species on this occasion.
I also noted some hirundines over the lagoon!
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| (Mississippi Kite) |
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