After breakfast we went around the local trails again seeing
Crimson-mantled and Smoky-brown Woodpeckers, more flycatchers – Sierran Elaenia
and Pale-edged Flycatcher, plus White-sided Flowerpiercer and Grass-green
Tanager. Around the cabins were a couple of Mountain Wrens and a Variable
Antshrike hoovering up the moths, while on the feeders we finally caught up
with the spectacular looking Sword-billed Hummingbird.
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| Smoky-brown Woodpecker |
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| Variable Antshrike |
We took a longer loop
trail into the forest and climbed up an observation tower overlooking the
canopy that swayed any time someone walked to the other side. It was actually
fairly quiet at the top but we did see White-collared Swift and Glossy-black
Thrush.
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| View from canopy tower |
Back on the trail we only added Rufous Spinetail before the
rain came down heavily and continued all the way back to the lodge. There was
no point doing anything else until it stopped so we just chilled out for the
rest of the morning.
After lunch it fortunately stopped raining so we
drove/walked down the road for a bit and made a few stops. At the first stop we
had a brief view of a Royal Sunangel and a flock went through which included at
least four Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanagers, a single Rufous-crested Tanager
and several other species that we encountered yesterday. There were also some
butterflies feeding on the flowers.
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| orange butterfly sp |
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| Scarlet-rumped Caciques |
We returned to the same lodge as yesterday to try the hummer
feeders again. On the way in there were three calling Scarlet-rumped Caciques.
This time there was no Belgian causing disturbance by re-arranging the feeders
but we didn’t see anything different so we went back to the road.
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| Booted Racket-tail |
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| Lesser Violetear |
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| Long-tailed Sylph |
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| White-bellied Woodstar |
On a stretch
of river we had brief views of a White-capped Dipper. We arrived back at our
lodge early evening and were really pleased to find two close Yellow-scarfed
Tanagers feeding around the car park – one of the endemics we’d been looking
for for the past two days. Incidentally, can you think of any other birds named
after an item of clothing?
There was one late addition after we’d had dinner and done
the bird log – a Swallow-tailed Nightjar was feeding just outside the
restaurant and had perched on one of the buildings, no doubt feasting on the
moths that were gathering around the lights – an unanticipated feeding station!
And as for bird names featuring clothing – the only one I
can think of at the moment is Red-gartered Coot.
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