The last couple of weeks has seen a nice dry period, with clear blue skies and cooler temperatures. Cirilo has been out guiding over the past few days, he has taken guests to the Three-toed Jacamar area and to the High Altitude excursion lower and upper sections.

We have added a new bird for the Serra dos Tucanos list (getting increasingly harder nowadays)! Cirilo and guests Ian Hillery and Jim France found a Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa) on the High Altitude Excursion lower section, although find in other areas of south-east Brazil this is the first record on our “local patch”!

Other highlights have included Short-tailed Hawk, Aplomado Falcon, Red-legged Seriema, Blackish Rail, White-eyed Parakeet, Plovercrest, Glittering-belled Emerald, Sapphire spangled Emerald, Three-toed Jacamar, Tail-banded Hornero, Pallid Spinetail, Red-eyed Thornbird, White-browed Foliage Gleaner, Scaled Woodcreeper, Rufous-tailed Antbird, Serra do Mar Tyrannulet, Velvety Black Tyrant, Yellow-browed Tyrant, Black and Gold Cotinga, Rufous-crowned Greenlet, Tawny-headed Swallow, Yellow-legged Thrush, White-rimmed Warbler, Cinnamon Tanager, Diademed Tanager, Fawn-breasted Tanager, Brassy-breasted Tanager, Bay-chested Warbling Finch and Thick-billed Saltator.

The feeders at the lodge remain very busy with all of the usual visitors coming by on a daily basis. Other highlights in the lodge grounds over the past few days have included Mantled Hawk, Black and White Hawk-Eagle, Plain Parakeet, Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Saw-billed Hermit, Sombre Hummingbird, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Brazilian Ruby, Crescent-chested Puffbird, Spot-billed Toucanet, Yellow-eared Woodpecker, Blond-crested Woodpecker, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, White-throated Woodcreeper, Spot-breasted Antvireo, Star-throated Antwren, Rufous-capped Antthrush, Black-cheeked Gnateater, Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher, Grey-hooded Attila, Long-billed Wren, Chestnut-bellied Euphonia, Brazilian Tanager, Green-headed Tanager, Red-necked Tanager and Burnished-buff Tanager.