Time does fly! Another year has gone by and once again the annual Bird Fair in the UK is less than a week away!

As usual we will have a stand at the fair, we will be in Marquee 6, stand number 35, so please pop by and say hi! Myself and Cristina wont be at the stand this year, but our good friend Tony Kay of Kay Optical will be there looking after it for us!

We have just had a group from Birdfinders with us, they stayed a total of 9 days and saw in excess of 240+ species! Highlights amongst others included Mantled Hawk, Black and White Hawk Eagel, Red-legged Seriema, Blue-winged Macaw, Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Saw-billed Hermit, Black Jacobin, Plovercrest, Rufous-capped Motmot, Three-toed Jacamar, White-eared Puffbird, Spot-billed Toucanet, Saffron Toucanet (both at our feeders), Blond-crested Woodpecker, Yellow-eared Woodpecker, White-throated Woodcreeper, Black-billed Scythebill, White-collared Foliage Gleaner, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper (under the lodge bridge as usual!), Sooretama Slaty Antshrike, Rufous-tailed Antbird, Brazilian Antthrush, Gray-winged Cotinga, Black and gold Cotinga, Pin-tailed Manakin, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Grey-hooded Attila, Yellow-lored Tody Flycatcher, Oustalets Tyrannulet, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-naped Chlorophonia, Green-headed Tanager, Red-necked Tanager, Gilt-edged Tanager, Brassy-breasted Tanager, Brazilian Tanager, Olive-green Tanager, Black-throated Grosbeak and Half-collared Sparrow.

Brazilian Tanager by Rod Sheppard (top) can be seen daily at the lodge feeders and Red-legged Seriema (above), seen on the High Altitude and Jacamar excursions. Rod Sheppard.

We have had a new mammal for the lodge grounds, a Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth, its still hanging around (literally!), so hopefully it will stay for some time!

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth. Andy Foster

Three-toed Jacamar (below). Rod Sheppard