Our eleven-day visit to Murici reached its conclusion today, as we departed this wonderful site that we have called home. Our task for the morning was very simple, to simply pack up the camp and organise everything for a smooth exit. That said, the car would not arrive for us until just after midday, so we had a little time in the morning to spend birding.
We used this time to try and find the very very elusive Alagoas
Black-throated Trogon. Although I had seen it poorly yesterday, Lia had still
not managed and so this was our task for the morning. We tried to find the bird
from the previous day but it was silent and so, with a heavy heart after half
an hour we gave up and began wandering back. Just a few hundred meters back
along the track we heard the distinctive five-note ‘hoot’ of a trogon calling,
and it sounded close. As stealthily as we could, we snuck through the forest
and there, finally was a clear view of this recently described endemic,
restricted just to this forest fragment. Both of us saw the bird clearly and
significantly better photos were taken. What a way to end our time here.
There was nothing else outside of the ordinary, although we
found a small group of White-shouldered Antshrike feeding by the side of the
trail, allowing us to see our first males of this species. And as left in the car,
we flushed a Laughing Falcon from one of the fence posts adjacent to the
forest.
Although it was sad to leave the forest, I must say that it
was lovely to be back with a real bed, a shower, clean drinking water, and no creepy
insects…
ESEC Murici: Scaled Pigeon, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Black-throated Trogon, Channel-billed Toucan, Laughing Falcon, Golden-tailed Parrotlet, White-shouldered Antshrike, Silvery-flanked Antwren, Rusty-winged Antwren, East Amazonian Fire-eye, Scalloped Antbird, Black-cheeked Gnateater, Ceara Woodcreeper, Plain Xenops, Blue-backed Manakin, Red-headed Manakin, Screaming Piha, Brown-winged Schiffornis, White-throated Spadebill, Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, White-bellied Tody-Tyrant, Ochre-lored Flatbill, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Bright-rumped Attila, Greyish Mourner, Chivi Vireo, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Trilling Gnatwren, Moustached Wren, Pale-breasted Thrush, Violaceous Euphonia, Flame-crested Tanager, Palm Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Opal-rumped Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Buff-throated Saltator,
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