Fazenda Agua Limpa Day 16 17.09.2020
We had a delayed start this morning due to trying to organize a few bits for collecting samples from the birds, but whilst Lia was revising protocol and collecting materials I was able to wander down around the lodging and see what was around along the edges of the gallery forest. Although there were not masses of birds a few agitated hummingbirds drew my attention to the canopy where I spotted a smallish raptor perched up. It seemed rather none fussed that I was there and I was able to get some nice photos to inspect the bird. The size gave the impression of possibly a small Accipiter although the plumage perhaps better suited the larger Bicolored Hawk that lives in the farm. I remained puzzled by this bird until I returned from the field when I was able to access the books and found an alternative suggestion with Rufous-thighed Kite. This bird would have been a lifer and is extremely similar to Bicolored Hawk but all the features seemed to indicate the Kite and I was happy that this was the species involved, but we confirmed in the evening with a friend of Lia’s. It has been a while since my last lifer so this was certainly a nice treat. Also round the farm was a Green-barred Woodpecker which was a new species for me in the farm.
The mornings ringing was fairly good, with a few new Helmeted Manakins and a smart Southern Antpipit and Green-winged Saltator. After lunch I visited the reservoir and the Cerrado, but both were quiet with little to report. In the evening the Nacunda Nighthawks performed nicely once again although the numbers seem to be lower than the first nights that we watched them.
We had a delayed start this morning due to trying to organize a few bits for collecting samples from the birds, but whilst Lia was revising protocol and collecting materials I was able to wander down around the lodging and see what was around along the edges of the gallery forest. Although there were not masses of birds a few agitated hummingbirds drew my attention to the canopy where I spotted a smallish raptor perched up. It seemed rather none fussed that I was there and I was able to get some nice photos to inspect the bird. The size gave the impression of possibly a small Accipiter although the plumage perhaps better suited the larger Bicolored Hawk that lives in the farm. I remained puzzled by this bird until I returned from the field when I was able to access the books and found an alternative suggestion with Rufous-thighed Kite. This bird would have been a lifer and is extremely similar to Bicolored Hawk but all the features seemed to indicate the Kite and I was happy that this was the species involved, but we confirmed in the evening with a friend of Lia’s. It has been a while since my last lifer so this was certainly a nice treat. Also round the farm was a Green-barred Woodpecker which was a new species for me in the farm.
The mornings ringing was fairly good, with a few new Helmeted Manakins and a smart Southern Antpipit and Green-winged Saltator. After lunch I visited the reservoir and the Cerrado, but both were quiet with little to report. In the evening the Nacunda Nighthawks performed nicely once again although the numbers seem to be lower than the first nights that we watched them.
-Green-barred Woodpecker
-Red Pileated Finch
-Rufous-thighed Kite
-Southern Antpipit
Species list:
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Undulated Tinamou, Picazuro Pigeon, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Squirrel Cuckoo, Nacunda Nighthawk, Least Nighthawk, Pauraque, Little Nightjar, Sick's Swift, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Versicolored Emerald, Glittering-throated Emerald, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Rufous-thighed Kite, White-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Burrowing Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Ringed Kingfisher, White-eared Puffbird, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, Channel-billed Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Green-barred Woodpecker, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Yellow-faced Parrot, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, White-eyed Parakeet, Variable Antshrike, Black-capped Antwren, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Helmeted Manakin, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Southern Antpipit, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Olivaceous Elaenia, Long-tailed Tyrant, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Grass Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House Sparrow, Purple-throated Euphonia, Grassland Sparrow, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Golden-crowned Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, Grey-headed Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Saffron Finch, Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, White-bellied Seedeater, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Red Pileated Finch, Bananaquit, Green-winged Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa Day 17 18.09.2020
Today returned to the cloudy conditions of a few days ago and with it came the humidity for the first real time during my visit. It’s a sign that soon there will be rainfall to hopefully quell the excess dust and bring and end to the fires across South America. Birding wise it did not make so much difference to us. Early in the morning I checked the road down from our lodging but there was not so much going on and that was the case for the ringing that we did, with very little in the way of bycatch but still three Helmeted Manakins was a good return for an area we have already been ringing in for two days prior.
In the afternoon we caught a Variable Antshrike on the river just down from the lodging, for a control species for Lia’s project. The bird has a nest there so our work was rapid and the bird quickly returned, hence no photos of what is a stunning species in the hand. After this Lia and I went for a walk around the farm. There were a few nice bits, with the Yellowish Pipit again showing nicely in the evening light, and two Variable Orioles also showing very nicely. There appeared to have been something of an emergence of termites which had spawned a frenzy of activity from the Least Nighthawks and local Hirundine species, and even an Aplomado Falcon was getting in on the act.
Today returned to the cloudy conditions of a few days ago and with it came the humidity for the first real time during my visit. It’s a sign that soon there will be rainfall to hopefully quell the excess dust and bring and end to the fires across South America. Birding wise it did not make so much difference to us. Early in the morning I checked the road down from our lodging but there was not so much going on and that was the case for the ringing that we did, with very little in the way of bycatch but still three Helmeted Manakins was a good return for an area we have already been ringing in for two days prior.
In the afternoon we caught a Variable Antshrike on the river just down from the lodging, for a control species for Lia’s project. The bird has a nest there so our work was rapid and the bird quickly returned, hence no photos of what is a stunning species in the hand. After this Lia and I went for a walk around the farm. There were a few nice bits, with the Yellowish Pipit again showing nicely in the evening light, and two Variable Orioles also showing very nicely. There appeared to have been something of an emergence of termites which had spawned a frenzy of activity from the Least Nighthawks and local Hirundine species, and even an Aplomado Falcon was getting in on the act.
-Golden-crowned Warbler
-Thoas Swallowtail
-House Sparrow
-Variable Oriole
Species list:
Fazenda Agua Limpa:
Undulated Tinamou, Small-billed Tinamou, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled
Dove, White-tipped Dove, Eared Dove, Guira Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani, Striped
Cuckoo, Squirrel Cuckoo, Nacunda Nighthawk, Least Nighthawk, Pauraque, Little
Nightjar, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed
Hummingbird, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic
Cormorant, Great Egret, Whistling Heron, Buff-necked Ibis, Turkey Vulture, Plumbeous
Kite, Roadside Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Burrowing Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot,
Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Red-legged
Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet,
Yellow-faced Parrot, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Red-bellied
Macaw, White-eyed Parakeet, Variable Antshrike, Plain Antvireo, Black-capped
Antwren, Brasilia Tapaculo, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Pale-bellied
Tyrant-Manakin, Helmeted Manakin, Greenish Schiffornis, Sepia-capped Flycatcher,
Southern Antpipit, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Yellow-bellied
Elaenia, White-rumped Monjita, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Social
Flycatcher, Streaked Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird,
Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Curl-crested
Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Tawny-headed Swallow, Southern Rough-winged
Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted
Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, House
Sparrow, Yellowish Pipit, Purple-throated Euphonia, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Variable
Oriole, Shiny Cowbird, Golden-crowned Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, White-lined
Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Palm Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira
Tanager, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Plumbeous
Seedeater, White-throated Seedeater, Red Pileated Finch, Bananaquit, Green-winged
Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa Day 18 19.09.2020
It was another hot and humid day with extended cloud cover during the afternoon. At times the conditions were extremely unpleasant, especially when I visited the reservoir in the afternoon. During the morning however they were not particularly unpleasant, and we enjoyed a nice visit to Cerrado. We wanted to catch a Collared Crescentchest, because they’re beautiful, but the bird bounced out of the net. Whilst up there we also had a smart pair of White-rumped Tanagers, so it was a pretty sweet morning overall.
Once we had entered the gallery forest, we set up nets along one of the forest rivers to hopefully catch more Helmeted Manakins but they did not play ball and in the end we caught none. There were a few birds moving around the river however and we did get a smart molting juvenile male Swallow Tanager and a Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, the latter being a species I rarely see out of the nets. There was nothing particularly notable in the forest but there was a pair of Rufous-tailed Jacamars displaying and flycatching, so that was fun to watch.
In the afternoon, as mentioned, I headed to the reservoir but the humid conditions made birding a challenge. Many birds appeared lethargic and some were panting. The reservoir was flat calm and there was a lot of activity from Hirundines throwing themselves at the water for insects. The birding highlight was a total of four Scaled Pigeons perched distantly on the fringes of the gallery forest. The Nacunda Nighthawk roost was bitterly disappointing with only a single bird passing over, perhaps the change in conditions has prompted a change in their behavior.
It was another hot and humid day with extended cloud cover during the afternoon. At times the conditions were extremely unpleasant, especially when I visited the reservoir in the afternoon. During the morning however they were not particularly unpleasant, and we enjoyed a nice visit to Cerrado. We wanted to catch a Collared Crescentchest, because they’re beautiful, but the bird bounced out of the net. Whilst up there we also had a smart pair of White-rumped Tanagers, so it was a pretty sweet morning overall.
Once we had entered the gallery forest, we set up nets along one of the forest rivers to hopefully catch more Helmeted Manakins but they did not play ball and in the end we caught none. There were a few birds moving around the river however and we did get a smart molting juvenile male Swallow Tanager and a Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, the latter being a species I rarely see out of the nets. There was nothing particularly notable in the forest but there was a pair of Rufous-tailed Jacamars displaying and flycatching, so that was fun to watch.
In the afternoon, as mentioned, I headed to the reservoir but the humid conditions made birding a challenge. Many birds appeared lethargic and some were panting. The reservoir was flat calm and there was a lot of activity from Hirundines throwing themselves at the water for insects. The birding highlight was a total of four Scaled Pigeons perched distantly on the fringes of the gallery forest. The Nacunda Nighthawk roost was bitterly disappointing with only a single bird passing over, perhaps the change in conditions has prompted a change in their behavior.
-Swallow Tanager
-Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin
-Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Species
list:
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Undulated Tinamou, Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Brazilian Teal, Pale-vented Pigeon, Scaled Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, White-tipped Dove, Nacunda Nighthawk, Least Nighthawk, Pauraque, Little Nightjar, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Western Cattle Egret, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Plumbeous Kite, Roadside Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Ringed Kingfisher, Amazon Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, White-eyed Parakeet, Variable Antshrike, Black-capped Antwren, Collared Crescentchest, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Helmeted Manakin, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Southern Antpipit, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Olivaceous Elaenia, Euler's Flycatcher, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Streaked Flycatcher, Piratic Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House Sparrow, Violaceous Euphonia, Grassland Sparrow, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Golden-crowned Warbler, Black-faced Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager, White-rumped Tanager, Saffron Finch, Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Plumbeous Seedeater, Red Pileated Finch, Bananaquit, Buff-throated Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Undulated Tinamou, Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Brazilian Teal, Pale-vented Pigeon, Scaled Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, White-tipped Dove, Nacunda Nighthawk, Least Nighthawk, Pauraque, Little Nightjar, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Western Cattle Egret, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Plumbeous Kite, Roadside Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Ringed Kingfisher, Amazon Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, White-eyed Parakeet, Variable Antshrike, Black-capped Antwren, Collared Crescentchest, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Helmeted Manakin, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Southern Antpipit, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Olivaceous Elaenia, Euler's Flycatcher, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Streaked Flycatcher, Piratic Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House Sparrow, Violaceous Euphonia, Grassland Sparrow, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Golden-crowned Warbler, Black-faced Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager, White-rumped Tanager, Saffron Finch, Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Plumbeous Seedeater, Red Pileated Finch, Bananaquit, Buff-throated Saltator,
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