After a cold night
locked up in my sleeping bag I ventured out in the fog / mist to carry out my
last survey in the Atlantic Forest. The temperature was 9C rising to around 12C
during the course of the morning.
Birding in the
forest was slow with very few birds showing themselves early on. An adult
Barred Forest Falcon was the first bird of note sitting in a dark recess of the
forest watching my every move.
In the south
Atlantic Forest I bumped into Carter and Anna two of the monkey interns. Both
had seen the Capuchins nearby earlier in the morning. Just as they were
departing I spotted a male Band tailed Manakin on an exposed branch by the
road. The bird posed for a few pictures before disappearing back into the
forest! This was my first sighting of a male of this species!
A Chestnut-eared
Aracari was the next species of note to put in an appearance before hopping out
of view into the forest. The remainder of the mornings walk was pretty
uneventful until I returned to the base.
A Cliff Swallow had
been found on the sand by Jorge and was looking exhausted having most likely been
brought down to earth in the storm. The bird did not have enough energy to fly
off and was duly taken into care and monitored for signs of improvement in a wool laden box which sadly did not come about!
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