Brazil; Lagoa do Jardim Lenor

For the last three weeks of 2020 I returned to Brazil to spend Christmas and New Years with Lia and her family. Although most of my time was spent in quarantine or with other festivities, we did go out to Lia's local patch most days and there were a few nice bits that we saw. The beauty of the tropics is that every day is different, with the species composition always changing and always providing the opportunity for something new. 
Although most of the birds we saw were common species, there were a few species that I had only seen a few times before. The first of these was White-spotted Woodpecker, which I only saw breifly when we visited Intervales, but here showed very nicely. Next up was a Hook-billed Kite, a species I also only saw once before but in the summer at FAL. Ochre-collared Piculette was also nice to see well, having only seen a few times in Parana. We also found a Rufous-sided Crake in the reedy margins of the estates housing estate. Although the latter is a common species, its always good to see a crake at a new site. 

-Anhinga


-Hook-billed Kite

-Saffron Finch

-Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

-Black-throated Mango

-Masked Water Tyrant

-Ochre-collared Piculette


-Rufous-sided Crake


-White-spotted Woodpecker

Species List:

Lagoa do Jardim Leonor: Brazilian Teal, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, White-tipped Dove, Eared Dove, Guira Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Sick's Swift, Planalto Hermit, Black-throated Mango, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Slaty-breasted Wood Rail, Common Gallinule, Rufous-sided Crake, Southern Lapwing, Wattled Jacana, Anhinga, Neotropic Cormorant, Rufescent Tiger Heron, Great Egret, Western Cattle Egret, Whistling Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Green Ibis, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Hook-billed Kite, Savanna Hawk, Roadside Hawk, White-tailed Hawk, Tropical Screech Owl, Ringed Kingfisher, Amazon Kingfisher, Green Kingfisher, White-barred Piculet, Ochre-collared Piculet, White Woodpecker, White-spotted Woodpecker, Lineated Woodpecker, Green-barred Woodpecker, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Southern Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Aplomado Falcon, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Blue-winged Parrotlet, White-eyed Parakeet, Barred Antshrike, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Cliff Flycatcher, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, White-crested Tyrannulet, White-rumped Monjita, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Masked Water Tyrant, Cattle Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, Streaked Flycatcher, Piratic Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, White-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, White-rumped Swallow, House Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Creamy-bellied Thrush, Common Waxbill, House Sparrow, Purple-throated Euphonia, Hooded Siskin, Grassland Sparrow, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Variable Oriole, Shiny Cowbird, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Tropical Parula, Hooded Tanager, Orange-headed Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Palm Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Chestnut-vented Conebill, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Lined Seedeater, Double-collared Seedeater, Bananaquit, Capybara, Black-penciled Marmoset,