Having only managed to reach the town of Quimes the night
before, we still had an hours drive to our destination, the small town of
Inquivisi, home of the endemic Bolivian Spinetail. The conditions were a little
gloomy, with a few spots of rain as well, but we hoped we would be able to
quickly find the Spinetail and then be on our way, since we once again had a
lot of hours driving to get done if we could.
In the end it took us an hour to locate a pair of Bolivian
Spinetails, but even once we had found some birds they did not want to show
well and we were forced to leave with sub-par views of the species. As well as
the Spinetail, there were a few other birds here, including another Ringed
Warbling Finch and some Yellow-bellied Siskins.
For almost the entire rest of the day we drove to the
Reserve of Apa Apa, a cloud forest reserve with one key target, the Cloud
Forest Screech Owl. We did not have time to do any afternoon birding, once we
had assembled our tents and prepared for a night of owling, but we were prepared
to give it everything we could to find the bird. Sadly it turned into a very
frustrating evening, where we heard at least one Cloud Forest Screech Owl that would
not come to tape, and then heard many other species of Screech Owl that did
nothing but frustrate us, as we continued the problems from last year of just
being confused by Screech Owl species. We only got one brief view of a species
of Screech Owl, which was certainly not Cloud Forest but its true identity will
forever remain a mystery.
Inquivisi: Band-tailed Pigeon, Picui Ground Dove, Mitred Parakeet, Rufous Hornero, Rusty-vented Canastero, Bolivian Spinetail, House Wren, Chiguanco Thrush, Yellow-bellied Siskin, Brown-capped Whitestart, Ringed Warbling Finch, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Golden-billed Saltator,
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