30/09
The storm was not
due to arrive until Sunday but they weather had other ideas! I got up at even
stupider o clock so that I could get into the Cerrado before daylight and it
turned out this was a good move. The birds were very vocal which made the
survey a lot easier. But a phone call from Becca at just past seven had me in a
state of flux!
A Macaw had been
heard over the Atlantic Forest and I was a million miles away in the middle of
no-where (or it seemed that way). The Macaw was not heard again but it could
still be tucked away in the Forest!
After completion of
the survey I made my way in that direction and stomped into the area of the
seasonal pond like a small herd of elephants flushing a Spotted Sandpiper which
promptly exited stage left!
I wandered around
the North forest for a while and then decided to return to the base. As I was
making my way I heard the Pavonine Cuckoo calling. This was the first time in a
long while therefore I seized the moment and with the assistance of some
playback had good views of this fantastic bird.
The storm was now
well and truly upon Laguna Blanca and it was not long before the heavens opened
and the thunder roared overhead. Thank goodness for an early start and
hopefully the Macaw will stick around!!
29/09
The Lagoon was the
subject of the day’s survey. A group of nine Fork-tailed Flycatcher and a
couple of Tropical Kingbird got things off to a good start at stupid o clock.
There was a trickle of Hirundines the best of which a Barn Swallow turned up
later on in the morning.
A Streaked
Flycatcher snuck onto the edge of the lagoon thinking it had gone unnoticed,
This was the first record of my trip I think I must have just missed them
earlier on in the year.
The fourth Osprey of
the year appeared over the lagoon but did not make it into the frame. A couple
of Swallow tailed Kite sailed over taking a brief drink from the surface of the
lagoon as they passed through. A third bird passed through the lagoon later on
in the day.
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