With another full day at PRO COSARA we hoped to rack up a good species total and improve our overall trip list with a few good speices. For the first part of the morning Adolpho, the Paraguayan birder remained with us, before he left at around 08:30 when the sky started to look suspiciously dark and he was afraid his bike might not make the road. Before he left he showed us where to find the Blackish Rail at the site, but sadly they would not come out of the reeds despite calling seemingly very close.
We continued birding and decided to visit the
short stretch of road that passes through the forest to the east of the
Estancia, where we had found the previous evenings owls. Despite the windy
weather we managed a few good species, including Olive Spinetail which was a
very good target to find and Spixs Spinetail which was my 400th
species in Paraguay. A flyover Rufous-thighed Hawk was another nice addition to
our trip.
After birding there we returned to the
estancia and spent the rest of the morning birding the short trail in the
forest just to the south of the Estancia. This was a lively forest and we added
Plain-winged Woodcreeper to our Paraguayan lists, but most other species were
common. There was an enjoyable performance from a Ferruginous Pygmy Owl and a
small group of Hooded Capuchins passed by.
In the afternoon we decided to walk the medium
length trail but about halfway through it became clear that the weather was
about to turn in some style. Despite rushing back we only just made it before
the heavens well and truly opened. It knocked out the power, and WiFi, leaving
us in the dark with little to do but try smash the mosquitos also taking refuge
here. It goes without saying that thanks to this storm, it was an early night!
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