Fazenda Agua Limpa Day 39 11.10.2020
All day while we were out birding it seemed to be threatening rain, but somehow it never came. Instead it came overnight with some serious rainfall waking both of us. When we awoke the sky was still grey with a few remnant pools all that there was to show for it. We called off at the reservoir on our way to the field, and while it was fairly lively, there was nothing of real note. Fieldwork was quiet as we struggled to get much activity from the Helmeted Manakins. There were a few bits in the nets, the highlight being a semi-leucistic Southern Antpipit. We explored the nearby Cerrado a little as well, where we found a very interesting elaenia which we worked out to be Chilean Elaenia, a rare winter migrant to this region of Brazil. We also had an impressive flock of around 40 Snail Kites fly over, which was a new species for the farm. In the afternoon the threat of rain again looked looming but never materialized. But as such we decided to stay around the lodging and saw nothing else.
In the evening we headed out to look for frogs, in case the recent rainfall had brought out the one species we were looking for. It had not, it seems, but there were a couple of new species for us which we are still working on. It was certainly much livelier than it had been last time I was here.
All day while we were out birding it seemed to be threatening rain, but somehow it never came. Instead it came overnight with some serious rainfall waking both of us. When we awoke the sky was still grey with a few remnant pools all that there was to show for it. We called off at the reservoir on our way to the field, and while it was fairly lively, there was nothing of real note. Fieldwork was quiet as we struggled to get much activity from the Helmeted Manakins. There were a few bits in the nets, the highlight being a semi-leucistic Southern Antpipit. We explored the nearby Cerrado a little as well, where we found a very interesting elaenia which we worked out to be Chilean Elaenia, a rare winter migrant to this region of Brazil. We also had an impressive flock of around 40 Snail Kites fly over, which was a new species for the farm. In the afternoon the threat of rain again looked looming but never materialized. But as such we decided to stay around the lodging and saw nothing else.
In the evening we headed out to look for frogs, in case the recent rainfall had brought out the one species we were looking for. It had not, it seems, but there were a couple of new species for us which we are still working on. It was certainly much livelier than it had been last time I was here.
-Chilean Elaenia
-Snail Kite
-Southern Antpipit
-Rhinella rubescens
-Physalaemus cuvieri
Species
List:
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Undulated Tinamou, Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Brazilian Teal, Pale-vented Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, White-tipped Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Little Nightjar, Common Potoo, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Glittering-throated Emerald, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Egret, Capped Heron, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Western Osprey, Snail Kite, Roadside Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Mottled Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Amazon Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, Channel-billed Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Little Woodpecker, Campo Flicker, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Yellow-faced Parrot, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Orange-winged Amazon, Rufous-winged Antshrike, Variable Antshrike, Black-capped Antwren, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Helmeted Manakin, Greenish Schiffornis, Southern Antpipit, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Chilean Elaenia, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Euler's Flycatcher, White-rumped Monjita, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Streaked Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Curl-crested Jay, Tawny-headed Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House Sparrow, Purple-throated Euphonia, Grassland Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Shiny Cowbird, Golden-crowned Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, White-lined Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager, Saffron Finch, Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Plumbeous Seedeater, Buff-throated Saltator, Green-winged Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Undulated Tinamou, Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Brazilian Teal, Pale-vented Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, White-tipped Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Little Nightjar, Common Potoo, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Glittering-throated Emerald, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Egret, Capped Heron, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Western Osprey, Snail Kite, Roadside Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Mottled Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Amazon Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, Channel-billed Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Little Woodpecker, Campo Flicker, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Yellow-faced Parrot, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Orange-winged Amazon, Rufous-winged Antshrike, Variable Antshrike, Black-capped Antwren, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Helmeted Manakin, Greenish Schiffornis, Southern Antpipit, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Plain-crested Elaenia, Chilean Elaenia, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Euler's Flycatcher, White-rumped Monjita, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Streaked Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Curl-crested Jay, Tawny-headed Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House Sparrow, Purple-throated Euphonia, Grassland Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Shiny Cowbird, Golden-crowned Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, White-lined Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager, Saffron Finch, Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Plumbeous Seedeater, Buff-throated Saltator, Green-winged Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa Day 40 12.10.2020
We started early again but saw little action in the nets. We
caught a single green Helmeted Manakin and a very smart Ochre-cheeked
Spinetail, but nothing else. That said, the reservoir was quite nice with a
smart Striated Heron on the beach and a flyover Solitary Sandpiper which I was
able to pick up on call. Otherwise a fairly standard morning. The threat of
rain had vanished leaving us with hot and humid conditions that made it
difficult to work. When we returned to the lodging we found that our resident
Tropical Screech Owl had found itself a mate, and that there were now two Owls
looking down on us from the rafters.
In the afternoon I headed out birding around the farm. This turned out to be an excellent decision as I managed to find a bunch of cool birds. The best of these was a pair of Great Dusky Swift that flew over me, a lifer but not a farm tick. There was a farm tick however with Red-cowled Cardinal, which I spotted flying over the hedgerows at the north end of the farm. There was an excellent backup cast as well, with Crowned-slaty Flycatcher, Crane Hawk and Pearl Kite.
In the afternoon I headed out birding around the farm. This turned out to be an excellent decision as I managed to find a bunch of cool birds. The best of these was a pair of Great Dusky Swift that flew over me, a lifer but not a farm tick. There was a farm tick however with Red-cowled Cardinal, which I spotted flying over the hedgerows at the north end of the farm. There was an excellent backup cast as well, with Crowned-slaty Flycatcher, Crane Hawk and Pearl Kite.
-Solitary Sandpiper
-Ochre-cheeked Spinetail
-Tropical Screech Owl
-Crowned-Slaty Flycatcher
-Pearl Kite
-Red-cowled Cardinal
-Great Dusky Swift
Species List:
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Undulated Tinamou, Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Pale-vented Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Eared Dove, Guira Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Great Dusky Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, Planalto Hermit, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Glittering-throated Emerald, Ash-throated Crake, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Solitary Sandpiper, Neotropic Cormorant, Striated Heron, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Pearl Kite, Plumbeous Kite, Crane Hawk, Roadside Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Burrowing Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Ringed Kingfisher, Channel-billed Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, White Woodpecker, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Red-bellied Macaw, White-eyed Parakeet, Plain Antvireo, Black-capped Antwren, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Helmeted Manakin, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Bran-colored Flycatcher, White-rumped Monjita, Short-crested Flycatcher, Cattle Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Variegated Flycatcher, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, 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, Yellowish Pipit, Purple-throated Euphonia, Grassland Sparrow, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Variable Oriole, Shiny Cowbird, Chopi Blackbird, Southern Yellowthroat, Flavescent Warbler, Red-cowled Cardinal, Black-faced Tanager, Black-goggled Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager, Saffron Finch, Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, White-throated Seedeater, Bananaquit, Buff-throated Saltator, Green-winged Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa: Undulated Tinamou, Small-billed Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Pale-vented Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Eared Dove, Guira Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Great Dusky Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, Planalto Hermit, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Glittering-throated Emerald, Ash-throated Crake, Grey-cowled Wood Rail, Solitary Sandpiper, Neotropic Cormorant, Striated Heron, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Pearl Kite, Plumbeous Kite, Crane Hawk, Roadside Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Burrowing Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Ringed Kingfisher, Channel-billed Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, White Woodpecker, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Red-bellied Macaw, White-eyed Parakeet, Plain Antvireo, Black-capped Antwren, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Helmeted Manakin, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Bran-colored Flycatcher, White-rumped Monjita, Short-crested Flycatcher, Cattle Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Variegated Flycatcher, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, 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, Yellowish Pipit, Purple-throated Euphonia, Grassland Sparrow, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Variable Oriole, Shiny Cowbird, Chopi Blackbird, Southern Yellowthroat, Flavescent Warbler, Red-cowled Cardinal, Black-faced Tanager, Black-goggled Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager, Saffron Finch, Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, White-throated Seedeater, Bananaquit, Buff-throated Saltator, Green-winged Saltator,
Fazenda Agua Limpa Day 41 13.10.2020
With days running out we had to limit ourselves to what we could actually do in the field. We headed out to the nearest patch of Gallery Forest to look for nests, but we did not have much success and ended up heading back to the lodging by around 09.00. It was this time whilst walking back that we got the most excitement of the day. First I spotted two large swifts flying high up alongside no less than four Roadside Hawks. I eventually managed to get some photos of the swifts which showed a lack of white collar and meant that they were Great Dusky Swift, the same species as yesterday. If that in itself was not exciting enough then things really went up a notch when I noticed one of the Roadside Hawks looked a little different, and a few photos to check later and I had yet another lifer; Hook-billed Kite. Although widespread across South America this species had eluded me during my travels so far, so it was extremely exciting to finally see one, especially here. The rest of the day was uneventful as I tried to catch some Manakins for Lia but nothing happened.
With days running out we had to limit ourselves to what we could actually do in the field. We headed out to the nearest patch of Gallery Forest to look for nests, but we did not have much success and ended up heading back to the lodging by around 09.00. It was this time whilst walking back that we got the most excitement of the day. First I spotted two large swifts flying high up alongside no less than four Roadside Hawks. I eventually managed to get some photos of the swifts which showed a lack of white collar and meant that they were Great Dusky Swift, the same species as yesterday. If that in itself was not exciting enough then things really went up a notch when I noticed one of the Roadside Hawks looked a little different, and a few photos to check later and I had yet another lifer; Hook-billed Kite. Although widespread across South America this species had eluded me during my travels so far, so it was extremely exciting to finally see one, especially here. The rest of the day was uneventful as I tried to catch some Manakins for Lia but nothing happened.
-Common Tody-Flycatcher
-Great Dusky Swift
-Hook-billed Kite
Species
List:
Fazenda
Agua Limpa: Undulated
Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Picazuro Pigeon, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Squirrel
Cuckoo, Great Dusky Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, White-vented Violetear, Swallow-tailed
Hummingbird, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Whistling
Heron, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Hook-billed Kite, Roadside Hawk, White-tailed
Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, Burrowing Owl, Rufous-capped Motmot, Green Kingfisher,
Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Southern
Crested Caracara, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, White-eyed
Parakeet, Variable Antshrike, Black-capped Antwren, Brasilia Tapaculo, Olivaceous
Woodcreeper, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Helmeted Manakin, Greenish Schiffornis, Grey-hooded
Flycatcher, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Southern Antpipit, Common Tody-Flycatcher,
Yellow-olive Flatbill, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Olivaceous
Elaenia, Euler's Flycatcher, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed
Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed
Peppershrike, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged
Swallow, Masked Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Buff-breasted Wren, Chalk-browed
Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, House
Sparrow, Purple-throated Euphonia, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Shiny Cowbird, Tropical
Parula, Golden-crowned Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, White-lined Tanager, Sayaca
Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Saffron Finch, Wedge-tailed
Grass Finch, Bananaquit, Green-winged Saltator, Capybara, Black-striped Capuchin,
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