Today was our last day in this area of the Choco Andes of the
Mindo area, as tonight we would lodge in another small village just over an
hours drive away to target a new selection of birds in the morning. Although we
had many species we still wanted to see, the big one was still Tanager Finch.
And so we headed back to Bellavista and try and find the bird that had so far
eluded us.
And it eluded us again, without us having a sight or sound
of the bird during our final day birding along the road here. The forest was
lively with lots of birds around including a new species for us in Turquoise
Jay, which was absent on our last visit but appeared very common this time. Otherwise
the overall composition was very similar, only we were unable to tape out any
Ocellated Tapaculos, although the ever-abundant Spillmann’s Tapaculo was much
more performative on this occasion, with a few individuals actually showing
quite well.
In the evening we met up with Jacob Drucker, an old friend from Israel who had provided various bits of advice on how to maximise our birding in the area, since he was conducting his PhD research there. It was fun to hear him chat about his work and reminisce on old times, before we headed off to our next location.
Bellavista: Plumbeous Pigeon, Lesser Violetear, Gorgeted Sunangel, Speckled Hummingbird, Collared Inca, Buff-tailed Coronet, Golden-headed Quetzal, Masked Trogon, Plate-billed Mountain Toucan, Red-billed Parrot, Streak-headed Antbird, Spillmann's Tapaculo, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Montane Woodcreeper, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Lineated Foliage-gleaner, Striped Treehunter, Azara's Spinetail, Rufous Spinetail, Golden-winged Manakin, Streak-necked Flycatcher, Cinnamon Flycatcher, White-tailed Tyrannulet, Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, Smoke-colored Pewee, Turquoise Jay, Mountain Wren, Plain-tailed Wren, Great Thrush, Thick-billed Euphonia, Dusky Bush Tanager, Choco Brushfinch, Three-striped Warbler, Russet-crowned Warbler, Spectacled Whitestart, Blue-capped Tanager, Grass-green Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain Tanager, Golden-naped Tanager, Blue-and-black Tanager, Beryl-spangled Tanager, Capped Conebill, Masked Flowerpiercer, Slaty Finch,
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