28th
The team had spent
time preparing equipment for a trip to the Chaco which was leaving the next
morning but I had time to complete a survey of the Transitional Forest before
departure. This would add a new bird for my Laguna Blanca year list in the form
of a very shy Rufous capped Motmot. This bird was noted along the Arroyito
trail behind the stream. This species is present in this and the Atlantic
Forest but is seldom seen.
The remainder of the
survey was pretty uneventful apart from the presence of mystery bird along the
route named voice 4. I had managed to creep into the undergrowth and get within
a few metres of one bird but my birding friend Lobo appeared from nowhere
obviously excited at finally getting a chance at seeing this species and
flushed it from the area! After a few seconds I had to chuckle at his oblivious
happy face at finding me in the scrub!
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