Fazenda Agua Limpa Day 28 29.09.2020
As has been the theme the last few days we headed to the reservoir first thing before heading to the forest. The reservoir was fairly quiet today with nothing of any real note, and since we had a lot to do in the forest we did not linger. There was a new area in which we were planning to set up nets, but it was some effort and carrying the poles that distance nearly ruined me. Fortunately, once the nets were set up, we did not have them open for long as six manakins fell in the first net round. As a result we closed the nets so we did not have additional pressure during the processing. In the end all the birds were safely processed and released. The only bycatch species were a Green-winged Saltator and a very nice Olivaceous Elaenia.
In the afternoon I returned to the area on the eastern side of the farm where I had enjoyed some brilliant birding the day before. It felt quieter but I did find some nice flooded forest that certainly has potential for future birding. The standouts were three Blue-winged Parrotlets, a couple of Scaled Pigeons and finding a new Brasilia Tapaculo territory, although once again I did not see the bird in question.
After dark we ran a few errands but stopped off at a small patch of forest next to the road where a couple of years before a Striped Owl had been recorded. Despite the time passed we were cautiously optimistic, but could not believe it when the bird responded almost immediately to our playback. It then put on a stunning performance sitting right on the end of the woods against the road allowing fantastic views. This is an owl that I have been trying to find for some time, so it was especially rewarding to finally manage to see it.
As has been the theme the last few days we headed to the reservoir first thing before heading to the forest. The reservoir was fairly quiet today with nothing of any real note, and since we had a lot to do in the forest we did not linger. There was a new area in which we were planning to set up nets, but it was some effort and carrying the poles that distance nearly ruined me. Fortunately, once the nets were set up, we did not have them open for long as six manakins fell in the first net round. As a result we closed the nets so we did not have additional pressure during the processing. In the end all the birds were safely processed and released. The only bycatch species were a Green-winged Saltator and a very nice Olivaceous Elaenia.
In the afternoon I returned to the area on the eastern side of the farm where I had enjoyed some brilliant birding the day before. It felt quieter but I did find some nice flooded forest that certainly has potential for future birding. The standouts were three Blue-winged Parrotlets, a couple of Scaled Pigeons and finding a new Brasilia Tapaculo territory, although once again I did not see the bird in question.
After dark we ran a few errands but stopped off at a small patch of forest next to the road where a couple of years before a Striped Owl had been recorded. Despite the time passed we were cautiously optimistic, but could not believe it when the bird responded almost immediately to our playback. It then put on a stunning performance sitting right on the end of the woods against the road allowing fantastic views. This is an owl that I have been trying to find for some time, so it was especially rewarding to finally manage to see it.
-Olivaceous Elaenia
-Helmeted Manakin
-Striped Owl
Species List:
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Undulated Tinamou, Small-billed Tinamou, Pale-vented Pigeon, Scaled Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Little Nightjar, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Whistling Heron, Capped Heron, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Rufous-capped Motmot, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Yellow-faced Parrot, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Blue-winged Parrotlet, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Red-bellied Macaw, White-eyed Parakeet, Rufous-winged Antshrike, Variable Antshrike, Brasilia Tapaculo, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Planalto Foliage-gleaner, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Helmeted Manakin, White-throated Spadebill, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Olivaceous Elaenia, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Euler's Flycatcher, Grey Monjita, White-rumped Monjita, Great Kiskadee, Piratic Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, White-rumped Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House Sparrow, Grassland Sparrow, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Shiny Cowbird, Chopi Blackbird, Flavescent Warbler, Black-faced Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Plumbeous Seedeater, Bananaquit, Green-winged Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Undulated Tinamou, Small-billed Tinamou, Pale-vented Pigeon, Scaled Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Little Nightjar, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Whistling Heron, Capped Heron, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Rufous-capped Motmot, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Yellow-faced Parrot, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Blue-winged Parrotlet, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Red-bellied Macaw, White-eyed Parakeet, Rufous-winged Antshrike, Variable Antshrike, Brasilia Tapaculo, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Planalto Foliage-gleaner, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Helmeted Manakin, White-throated Spadebill, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Olivaceous Elaenia, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Euler's Flycatcher, Grey Monjita, White-rumped Monjita, Great Kiskadee, Piratic Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, White-rumped Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House Sparrow, Grassland Sparrow, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Shiny Cowbird, Chopi Blackbird, Flavescent Warbler, Black-faced Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Plumbeous Seedeater, Bananaquit, Green-winged Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa Day 29 30.09.2020
It was a weird
day today; extremely hot conditions with a strong wind and ash falling from the
sky, clearly from a fire somewhere but goodness knows how far given the wind. For
the first time in a month we were having a day off, which meant no fieldwork. In
the morning I headed out with Lia to try and refind the Cinereous-breasted
Spinetails, which would have been a tick for Lia. Initially we could only hear
them, but with time we managed to find a new pair that I had not located on my
previous visits, and these showed better. We also flushed a Red-winged Tinamou
from the roadside scrub, which is the first time I have seen this species which
I have heard nearly daily.
We took the rest of the morning off to catch up on other bits that we had outstanding before I headed back out in the evening. I decided to check out the reservoir since we had not visited yet today, except for a brief check in mid-morning. The top end was fairly quiet but with a few hirundines including a Barn Swallow drifting over. The highlight, if it can really be called that, was a rather eye-catching Elaenia with an extremely plain face. Having seen most of the farms regular species well I was confident that this was not one of them. Sadly it was elusive, silent and did not respond to any playback. I managed a few photos and from them I judged that the bird was Small-billed Elaenia, which was a lifer for me, but I was cautious due to the challenging nature of Elaenias. I sent the photos to Alex Lees who supported this identification.
In the evening, when I was not looking at Elaenia photos I had a quick walk to see if there were any owls singing, but it was quiet on that front, although the Potoo and Pauraque were both singing. On my way back I stumbled across a couple of small mammals in the shrubbery. They were a striking grey and white but I struggled to get any photos. Still, the record shots I did manage support what I saw in the field, and from that I was able to identify them as Cerrado Climbing Mice.
We took the rest of the morning off to catch up on other bits that we had outstanding before I headed back out in the evening. I decided to check out the reservoir since we had not visited yet today, except for a brief check in mid-morning. The top end was fairly quiet but with a few hirundines including a Barn Swallow drifting over. The highlight, if it can really be called that, was a rather eye-catching Elaenia with an extremely plain face. Having seen most of the farms regular species well I was confident that this was not one of them. Sadly it was elusive, silent and did not respond to any playback. I managed a few photos and from them I judged that the bird was Small-billed Elaenia, which was a lifer for me, but I was cautious due to the challenging nature of Elaenias. I sent the photos to Alex Lees who supported this identification.
In the evening, when I was not looking at Elaenia photos I had a quick walk to see if there were any owls singing, but it was quiet on that front, although the Potoo and Pauraque were both singing. On my way back I stumbled across a couple of small mammals in the shrubbery. They were a striking grey and white but I struggled to get any photos. Still, the record shots I did manage support what I saw in the field, and from that I was able to identify them as Cerrado Climbing Mice.
-Capybara
-Small-billed Elaenia
-Yellow-browed Tyrant
Species
List:
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Pale-vented Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Little Nightjar, Common Potoo, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Glittering-throated Emerald, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Whistling Heron, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Plumbeous Kite, Tropical Screech Owl, Burrowing Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Ringed Kingfisher, Amazon Kingfisher, Toco Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Orange-winged Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, White-eyed Parakeet, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Planalto Foliage-gleaner, Cinereous-breasted Spinetail, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Helmeted Manakin, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Small-billed Elaenia, Yellow-browed Tyrant, Grey Monjita, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Streaked Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Tawny-headed Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Brown-chested Martin, White-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, House Sparrow, Purple-throated Euphonia, Violaceous Euphonia, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Chopi Blackbird, Southern Yellowthroat, Golden-crowned Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, Black-faced Tanager, Grey-headed Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Plumbeous Seedeater, Bananaquit, Green-winged Saltator, Capybara, Cerrado Climbing Mouse,
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Pale-vented Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Little Nightjar, Common Potoo, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Glittering-throated Emerald, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Whistling Heron, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Plumbeous Kite, Tropical Screech Owl, Burrowing Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Ringed Kingfisher, Amazon Kingfisher, Toco Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Orange-winged Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, White-eyed Parakeet, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Planalto Foliage-gleaner, Cinereous-breasted Spinetail, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Helmeted Manakin, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Small-billed Elaenia, Yellow-browed Tyrant, Grey Monjita, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Streaked Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Tawny-headed Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Brown-chested Martin, White-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, House Sparrow, Purple-throated Euphonia, Violaceous Euphonia, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Chopi Blackbird, Southern Yellowthroat, Golden-crowned Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, Black-faced Tanager, Grey-headed Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Plumbeous Seedeater, Bananaquit, Green-winged Saltator, Capybara, Cerrado Climbing Mouse,
Fazenda Agua Limpa Day 30 01.10.2020
We returned to our more regular routine today, with a morning visit to the reservoir before heading into the Gallery Forest for some ringing. The reservoir was fairly quiet with just the usual species lingering around. The Forest was fairly lively though and we had some nice bycatch species with the nets, as well as four Helmeted Manakins. Top of these bycatch species was a simply stunning Eastern Slaty/Blacksmith Thrush. I saw this species for the first time on this trip and then it was distant and my photos poor. Since then I have heard it every day, but today was the first chance I got to properly inspect one. There was also what is presumably a juvenile male Double-collared Seedeater. Although common further south, I have found this species tricky to come by in the farm, so it was nice to see one up close.
In the afternoon I stayed around the farm to look at some commoner species. The Yellowish Pipits were the highlight with two birds showing very nice and one posing for a couple of very nice photos. A Narrow-billed Woodcreeper was also nice and there was our regular Tropical Screech Owl in our lodging, but this time it was roosting in the rafters outside the room. It sat there all day just above the water cooler.
We returned to our more regular routine today, with a morning visit to the reservoir before heading into the Gallery Forest for some ringing. The reservoir was fairly quiet with just the usual species lingering around. The Forest was fairly lively though and we had some nice bycatch species with the nets, as well as four Helmeted Manakins. Top of these bycatch species was a simply stunning Eastern Slaty/Blacksmith Thrush. I saw this species for the first time on this trip and then it was distant and my photos poor. Since then I have heard it every day, but today was the first chance I got to properly inspect one. There was also what is presumably a juvenile male Double-collared Seedeater. Although common further south, I have found this species tricky to come by in the farm, so it was nice to see one up close.
In the afternoon I stayed around the farm to look at some commoner species. The Yellowish Pipits were the highlight with two birds showing very nice and one posing for a couple of very nice photos. A Narrow-billed Woodcreeper was also nice and there was our regular Tropical Screech Owl in our lodging, but this time it was roosting in the rafters outside the room. It sat there all day just above the water cooler.
-Double-collared Seedeater
-Blacksmith Thrush
-Tropical Screech Owl
-Yellowish Pipit
Species
List:
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Eared Dove, Guira Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani, Striped Cuckoo, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Burrowing Owl, Amazon Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, Channel-billed Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Rufous-winged Antshrike, Variable Antshrike, Black-capped Antwren, Brasilia Tapaculo, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Helmeted Manakin, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Olivaceous Elaenia, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Euler's Flycatcher, White-rumped Monjita, Short-crested Flycatcher, Cattle Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Streaked Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, White-rumped Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House Sparrow, Yellowish Pipit, Purple-throated Euphonia, Grassland Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Variable Oriole, Shiny Cowbird, Chopi Blackbird, Golden-crowned Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, Hooded Tanager, Grey-headed Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Double-collared Seedeater, Bananaquit, Green-winged Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Eared Dove, Guira Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani, Striped Cuckoo, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Burrowing Owl, Amazon Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, Channel-billed Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Rufous-winged Antshrike, Variable Antshrike, Black-capped Antwren, Brasilia Tapaculo, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Helmeted Manakin, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Olivaceous Elaenia, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Euler's Flycatcher, White-rumped Monjita, Short-crested Flycatcher, Cattle Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Streaked Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, White-rumped Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House Sparrow, Yellowish Pipit, Purple-throated Euphonia, Grassland Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Variable Oriole, Shiny Cowbird, Chopi Blackbird, Golden-crowned Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, Hooded Tanager, Grey-headed Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Double-collared Seedeater, Bananaquit, Green-winged Saltator,
