MARCH 20th
After a tropical storm which lasted most of the night all
plans were put on hold at least until the rain subsided. The trickle of a
stream near the beach was now in full flow with around a foot of water which
was rising.
The rain eased for about an hour so I took my chance to
check the Lagoon but could not re-locate the Stilts. However I saw a Streamer
tailed Tyrant which was a life bird for me.
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| (Streamer-tailed Tyrant) |
I made It back to base just before
the heavens opened again thanks to my trusted pocket umbrella. A must if you
are ever birding in tropical climes!
It was clearly going to be an indoor playtime today the rain
just wasn’t going to let up but it was still 20C so not that uncomfortable! Helen
kept the “restless kids” busy by giving a master-class on how to pin and
catalogue moths!
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| (Moth Club) |
I popped out this afternoon to check the Tatapau Tinamou
nest cam and downloaded the clips of the bird on the nest.
This evening Vicky photographed a Paraque near the Urukurea trail
whilst out froging with Helen. I was on moth light duty so took the short trip
to see if I could add the species to my list. No such luck on that score but I
did find a Little Nightjar!
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| (Little Nightjar) |
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