We woke early and headed straight to the reserve, running on a breakfast of dry cereal and energy drink. This paid off, as we were able to bag a few more of our targets, and by the time the morning was done we had landed the key targets that we would not be able to find at subsequent stops.
First on
the agenda was Ochre-marked Parakeet. We had a few parakeets flying round
during the morning, but they were either Peach-fronted Parakeet or Plain
Parakeet. When we finally found a flock of Ochre-marked Parakeet they
approached silently before landing in the trees adjacent to the road. Although
we could not approach close, we were still able to get excellent views of them
as they moved around the bushes. This flock then departed into the forest. We
later had another flock fly over the road, but these did not stop.
As the
morning warmed up we moved on the clearing where we had been birding and into
the forest. Here we had our next target when we heard a Hook-billed Hermit
whizzing through the understory. With a little playback the bird returned, and
this time he perched allowing us to get excellent views of the this very rare
and range-restricted species. There was another lifer for me in this thicker
forest, with a very showy Buff-throated Woodcreeper, but this species is more
common and widespread. And finally there was a Brazil tick for me with
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper, which I have seen before in Colombia but is always a
delight to encounter.
The afternoon was very quiet, but the night was excellent. Although we failed to find our key target, the elusive White-winged Potoo, we still had an excellent time birding. The undoubted highlight was once again seeing the Great Potoo that we had seen briefly on our first night. It took some time and climbing through the vegetation, but we did eventually see one perched high up in the canopy, an absolute behemoth of a bird. There was also a very nice and approachable Common Potoo on the edge of the clearing, showing very well. And then, as we were leaving, we found an Ocellated Poorwill in the forest. Once again we had to enter the woods to find it, but this endeavor was successful as we found the bird perched atop a large palm frond. An excellent way to wrap up this section of our trip.
RPPN Estação Veracel: Solitary Tinamou, Scaled Pigeon, Squirrel Cuckoo, Pauraque, Ocellated Poorwill, Great Potoo, Common Potoo, Grey-rumped Swift, Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Hook-billed Hermit, Reddish Hermit, Black-eared Fairy, Violet-capped Woodnymph, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Rufous-throated Sapphire, Blue-chinned Sapphire, King Vulture, Black Vulture, Snail Kite, Roadside Hawk, Black-capped Screech Owl, Tawny-browed Owl, East Brazilian Pygmy Owl, Green-backed Trogon, Swallow-winged Puffbird, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Golden-spangled Piculet, Yellow-headed Caracara, Plain Parakeet, Blue-headed Parrot, Orange-winged Amazon, Ochre-marked Parakeet, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Sooretama Slaty Antshrike, Silvery-flanked Antwren, Wedge-billed Woodcreeper, Buff-throated Woodcreeper, White-bearded Manakin, Kinglet Manakin, White-crowned Manakin, Red-headed Manakin, Black-headed Berryeater, Screaming Piha, White-winged Cotinga, Brown-winged Schiffornis, Black-capped Becard, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Greyish Mourner, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Violaceous Euphonia, Red-rumped Cacique, Yellow-green Grosbeak, Palm Tanager, Turquoise Tanager, Opal-rumped Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Green Honeycreeper, Bananaquit, Buff-throated Saltator,
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