To compensate for yesterdays early start we headed out a little later to open the nets. It was a much slower mornings ringing, with just one Helmeted Manakin compared to the nine we caught the previous day. The Bicoloured Hawk also made an appearance but otherwise it was a fairly slow morning.
The afternoon began with torrential rain, and I was beginning to get the impression that today may be the first day with no new species. When the rain passed, at around 15.00, I decided to head out around the farm to see what the rain had brought out, sensing it could be good when I had a Grey-necked Wood Rail on the grass outside my room window. It was not crawling with birds but I enjoyed a very good hours birding in the cerrado adjacent to the farm. Without doubt the highlight was a stunning male Red-crested Finch that was happily singing from an exposed perch, and I did manage to find a new species; Grey Monjita, a common species that I had somehow missed throughout my stay so far. Otherwise the species I saw were generally common, but it was still a really enjoyable walk.
-Double-collared Seedeater
-Guira Cuckoo
-Chalk-browed Mockingbird
-Red-crested Finch
-Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
-Grey Monjita
Our afternoons planned feildwork, and any alternative birding, was cut out as a consequence of a tropical that came through late afternoon and persisted for the remaining daylight hours. It was some storm, and it's exciting to be sat here typing while lightening flashes around me.
Species List:
Brasilia: Buff-necked Ibis, Bicoloured Hawk, Roadside Hawk, Southern Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Grey-necked Wood Rail, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Lapwing, Ruddy-Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, Picazuro Pigeon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot, Smooth-billed Ani, Guira Cuckoo, Sick's Swift, Fork-tailed Palm Swift, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Toco Toucan, Campo Flicker, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Gray-hooded Flycatcher, Southern Beardless-tyrannulet, Grey Monjita, White-rumped Monjita, Great Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird, Pale-bellied Tyrant Manakin, Helmeted Manakin, Blue-and-white Swallow, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, White-lined Tanager, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Saffron Finch, Grassland Yellowfinch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Double-collared Seedeater, Red-crested Finch, Buff-throated Saltator, Shiny Cowbird, House Sparrow,
Brazil Day 17 27.01.2019
Since it has been over ten days since we last checked areas for active nests, today we resumed our search, revisiting areas that we had been to previously. Todays destination was the stream that we visited on my first full day. That, of course, meant Sharp-tailed Streamcreepers in abundance. Otherwise the number of birds was pretty low but towards the end we encountered quite a large flock with a number of species; Streaked Xenops, Yellow-olive Flycatcher and Little Woodpecker the highlights.
In the afternoon, between putting up some nets at a new location, I headed out to explore the farm, and then the Cerrado later in the evening. Lia and Lucas joined me, and we had a very enjoyable few hours birding. The farm was enjoying the previous nights rainfall, with good numbers of herons and flycatchers. During the morning I missed out a lifer when a green ibis species fly off from a field before I was able to determine which of the two possibilities it was. But we made up for it in the afternoon. As soon as we set off we picked up a large roaming flock which had goodies like Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Tropical Parula and a new bird for me in Hooded Tanager, with both male and female in the flock. Further into the farm and we had many of the birds I had enjoyed the previous day; Grey Monjita, Red-crested Finch and only my second White-throated Kingbird of the trip.
-Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
-Great Kiskadee
-Red-crested Finch
-White-rumped Monjita
In the Cerrado I finally got my first Tinamou, when a ruslting in the leaflitter alerted us to its presence, it then scuttled out into the middle of the road where it sat for a few seconds before flying off into the scrub; Small-billed Tinamou. We also got a cracking young male Barred Antshrike, which really was a stunning bird.
-Barred Antshrike
Species List:
Brasilia: Small-billed Tinamou, Cattle Egret, Whistling Heron, Black Vulture, Pearl Kite, Southern Caracara, American Kestrel, Gray-necked Wood Rail, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Lapwing, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, Picazuro Pigeon, White-eyed Parakeet, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot, Smooth-billed Ani, Guira Cuckoo, Sick's Swift, Fork-tailed Palm Swift, Glittering-throated Emerald, Toco Toucan, Little Woodpecker, Campo Flicker, Barred Antshrike, Plain Antvireo, Black-capped Antwren, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Streaked Xenops, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flycatcher, Grey Monjita, White-rumped Monjita, Piratic Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Helmeted Manakin, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern House Wren, Masked Gnatcatcher, Pale-breasted Thrush, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Bananaquit, Hooded Tanager, Black-googled Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Grassland Sparrow, Saffron Finch, Grassland Yellowfinch, Blue-black Grassquit, Plumbeous Seedeater, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Double-collared Seedeater, White-bellied Seedeater, Red-crested Finch, Buff-throated Saltator, Tropical Parula, Flavescent Warbler, Shiny Cowbird, House Sparrow,
Brazil Day 18 28.01.2019
We started our day early to open the nets we had erected the previous day. We had a productive morning; in addition to the two new Helmeted Manakins we also caught a number of forest species, the highlights being Plain Antvireo, Southern Antpipit and a cracking Saffron-billed Sparrow. I ringed my first birds; a Pale-bellied Thrush and a Greenish Schiffornis. The Thrush was awesome, as it shared so much with our thrushes, which makes sense given that they are both Turdus.
The afternoon warmed up substantially, and despite it being breezy it was still a little too hot to be out birding. Still I gave it a go but did not find anything different. A White-throated Kingbird was probably the highlight.
-Saffron-billed Sparrow
-White-throated Kingbird
-Rufous Hornero
In the afternoon we headed out to do some territorial experiments with the Helmeted Manakin. We did not see much during the experiments, a parent Pale-bellied Tyrant Manakin feeding its fledgling was probably the highlight. By the time we got back to the car it was already evening and I had written off my chances of getting a new bird today. However, just as we were getting into the car a stunning white Collard Forest-Falcon flew overhead. We had heard one in the same location the previous evening but still awesome to finally see. Then, on the drive back, a Capped Heron flew across the road. It perched up but by the time we managed to locate it the bird flushed, a shame as this stunning bird was a species that I had really wanted to see and photograph. Still a cracking bird.
Species List:
Brasilia: Rusty-margined Guan, Cattle Egret, Whistling Heron, Capped Heron, Black Vulture, Roadside Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, Southern Caracara, Collared Forest-Falcon, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Lapwing, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, Picazuro Pigeon, Gray-fronted Dove, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Burrowing Owl, Sick's Swift, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, Campo Flicker, Variable Antshrike, Plain Antvireo, Rufous Hornero, Southern Antpipit, Cattle Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Greenish Schiffornis, Helmeted Manakin, Blue-and-white Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, Pale-breasted Thrush, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Black-goggled Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Guira Tanager, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Grassland Sparrow, Grassland Yellowfinch, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Shiny Cowbird, Common Waxbill, House Sparrow,
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