Brazil; Legado das Águas

   Having missed a number of our key targets on our last visit, and discovering that the reserve was only accessible with prior booking we decided to return to Legado das Águas but this time spend a night in the reserve so that we could bird from first light. We tried many owls at night but the poor weather greatly hindered our efforts and we were only able to find Black-capped Screech-Owl and hear a East Brazilian Pygmy Owl. We did also see a Tate’s Woolly Mouse Opossum which was quite exciting.
  In the morning we set off before first light and began birding along the trails that cut into the Atlantic Forest near the lodging. The birding was brilliant with good numbers of species in a lively forest environment. There were two new birds for me here, the first being Pale-browed Treehunter which we got good but brief views of as part of a mixed flock. The bird was calling frequently and came down to our playback but spent most of its time on the wrong side of a large palm leaf, only showing itself clearly once. The other was Solitary Tinamou! This large, elusive bird took some finding after we heard it call, but with some perseverance we managed to get brilliant views of the bird perched in the gloomy understory.
  Once we finished the trail and had breakfast we made our way slowly back, birding along the road. Although Black-headed Berryeater was our main target we could not find one despite hearing at least three different individuals. We did get fantastic views of Spotted Bamboowren, however, as well as stumbling across a flock of Spot-winged Wood-Quail. A mixed flock that passed by also had some very showy Oustalet’s Tyrannulets in it, which we enjoyed a lot. This all in spite of the fact that it was already mid-morning and the birding had slowed down considerably. The fact that we missed some of the species we wanted only gives us another reason to go back to this fantastic area of forest. 

-Black-capped Screech Owl

-Tate’s Woolly Mouse Opossum

-Solitary Tinamou

-Green-headed Tanager

-Grey-breasted Martin

-Spotted Bamboowren

-Oustalet's Tyrannulet

-Argentine Black-and-white Tegu

-Macrothemis imitans

Species List:
Brazil; Legado das Águas: Solitary Tinamou, Spot-winged Wood Quail, White-tipped Dove, Black Jacobin, Saw-billed Hermit, Festive Coquette, Glittering-throated Emerald, Slaty-breasted Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Capped Heron, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, East Brazilian Pygmy Owl, Black-capped Screech Owl, Channel-billed Toucan, Ochre-collared Piculet, Blond-crested Woodpecker, Barred Forest Falcon, Yellow-headed Caracara, Plain Parakeet, Scaly-headed Parrot, Blue-winged Parrotlet, Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Spot-backed Antshrike, Star-throated Antwren, Spot-breasted Antvireo, Plain Antvireo, Ferruginous Antbird, White-shouldered Fire-eye, Squamate Antbird, Black-cheeked Gnateater, Rufous Gnateater, Spotted Bamboowren, White-breasted Tapaculo, Cryptic Antthrush, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Lesser Woodcreeper, Plain Xenops, Pale-browed Treehunter, Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner, Rufous-capped Spinetail, Blue Manakin, Pin-tailed Manakin, Bare-throated Bellbird, Black-tailed Tityra, Greenish Schiffornis, Chestnut-crowned Becard, White-throated Spadebill, Grey-hooded Flycatcher, Sao Paulo Tyrannulet, Oustalet's Tyrannulet, Hangnest Tody-Tyrant, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Euler's Flycatcher, Rufous-tailed Attila, Grey-hooded Attila, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Streaked Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Chivi Vireo, Blue-and-white Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Trilling Gnatwren, House Wren, White-necked Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Golden-crowned Warbler, Red-crowned Ant Tanager, Black-goggled Tanager, Ruby-crowned Tanager, Green-headed Tanager, Red-necked Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Green Honeycreeper, Rufous-headed Tanager, Saffron Finch, Double-collared Seedeater, Tate’s Woolly Mouse Opossum, Argentine Black-and-white Tegu,