Just a quick update to wish everyone a very Happy New Year for 2012!

We are currently closed for the Christmas and New Year period and re-open to guests on the 12th January.

Brazilian Tanager in the lodge garden. copyright Rod Sheppard

The last group of 2011 was a group from Rockjumper, they stayed for a total of 7 nights and saw just over 230 species!

Main highlights for their trip included the following:

Whistling Heron, Grey-bellied Goshawk, White-rumped Hawk, Red-legged Seriema, Ash-throated Crake, Blackish Rail, Blue-winged Macaw, White-eyed Parakeet, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Pileated Parrot, Saw-billed Hermit, Scale-throated Hermit, Planalto Hermit, White-chinned Sapphire, White-throated Hummingbird, Brazilian Ruby, Rufous-capped Motmot, Three-toed Jacamar, White-eared Puffbird, Black-necked Aracari, Saffron Toucanet, Spot-billed Toucanet, White Woodpecker, Yellow-eared Woodpecker, Yellow-browed Woodpecker, Blond-crested Woodpecker, Pallid Spinetail, Firewood Gatherer, Ochre-breasted Foliage Gleaner, White-collared Foliage Gleaner, Sharp-billed Treehunter, Thrush-like Woodcreeper, Planalto Woodcreeper, Lesser Woodcreeper, Scaled Woodcreeper, Black-billed Scythebill, Large-tailed Antshrike, Sooretama Slaty Antshrike, Rufous-backed Antvireo, Star-throated Antwren, Serra Antwren, Rufous-tailed Antbird, Ochre-rumped Antbird, Streak-capped Antwren, both Rufous and Black-cheeked Gnateaters, Slaty Bristlefront, Serra do Mar Tapaculo, Grey-hooded Flycatcher, Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant, Vermilion Flycatcher, Velvety Black-Tyrant, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Black and Gold Cotinga, Bare-throated Bellbird, Pin-tailed Manakin, Swallow-tailed Cotinga, White-winged Swallow, Long-billed Wren, White-rimmed Warbler, Half-collared Sparrow, Cinnamon Tanager, Olive-green Tanager, Brazilian Tanager, Azure-shouldered Tanager, Fawn-breasted Tanager, Red-necked Tanager, Gilt-edged Tanager, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Rufous-headed Tanager, Bay-chested Warbling Finch, Temmincks Seedeater and Thick-billed Saltator.

The feeders at the lodge remain very busy for this time of year with all the usual daily visitors and our Channel-billed Toucans are getting bolder and coming to the main feeders now!

Burnished-buff Tanager at the lodge feeders. copyright Rod Sheppard

We are soon to have our feeder webcam up and running, it currently live streams to our office but we are hoping to soon get it set up online! Watch this space!