MARCH 29th/30th/31st
Easter weekend is very busy with tourists at Laguna Blanca.
The tracks are busy with cars and Quad bikes so birding has to be carefully
planned. The weather was clear and sunny which is very pleasant but will not drop
many migrants onto the site.
FRIDAY 29th
I spent the morning with Becca and Vicky on a monkey hunt. A
lot more trails have been cleared and this gives us more opportunity to follow
the Capuchins from their sleeping site. The monkeys were no-where to be seen
early on but we walked straight into them along one of the new trails. Was I
quick enough to get pictures? No chance!
Sjouke walked the Mboijagua trail which is the only trail I
have not walked so far. This route consists of cerrado and transitional forest habitat with low scrub along the 4.2km route.
SATURDAY 30th
I moved the nets with Sean. No fish this time but the nets
are moving closer to the beach end of the lake which makes the row a short one!
A walk along Arroyito trail with Sean and Sjouke produced
the first decent view of a male Planalto Hermit.
Sjouke and I staked out the lagoon this evening Neotropical
Cormorant and an Aplomaldo Falcon were the best of the movements. Although the
White-tipped Dove flock is getting bigger with c100 birds joining together from
three smaller groups.
SUNDAY 31st
This morning Sjouke and I walked the Mboijagua trail but
before we got there we heard a commotion in a small tree by the lagoon. Two
Pale-breasted Thrush were harassing a Yellow-billed Cuckoo which had stopped
off for a breather by the lagoon. The Thrushes chased the small cuckoo out of
the bush into the denser trees and it was not re-located. The Cuckoo was a
lifer for me.
Whilst walking the trail House Wren and Rusty-backed Antwren
were added to my triplist. The latter was a lifer.
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| (Rusty backed Antwren) |
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