Birding over the past month has been thick and fast!

 

Our guide Cirilo has been leading various tour groups and individuals around the lodge trails and on the various excursions that we offer from the lodge.

Highlights over the past few weeks have included Solitary Tinamou on the lodges extension trail (will hopefully breed here again this year), both Whistling and Capped Herons, Mantled Hawk, Crowned Eagle, Black and White Hawk-Eagle, Barred Forest Falcon on the Theodoro Trail, Blue-winged Macaw ( a group of at least 25 on the Three-toed Jacamar excursion), Plovercrest, Brazilian Ruby, Rufous-capped Motmot, Three-toed Jacamar, Spot-billed Toucanet, White Woodpecker, Yellow-eared Woodpecker, Yellow-browed Woodpecker, Blond-crested Woodpecker (at the lodge feeders), Itatiaia Thistletail (on the upper steps on our High Altitude Excursion), White-collared Foliage Gleaner, Pale-browed Treehunter, White-eyed Foliage Gleaner, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper (under the bridge in the lodge grounds as usual!), Black-billed Scythebill, Giant Antshrike, Large-tailed Antshrike, Spot-breasted Antvireo (on the lodges extension trail), Serra Antwren, Rufous-tailed Antbird, Scaled Antbird, Ochre-rumped Antbird, Variegated Antpitta, Slaty Bristlefront (on the Theodoro Trail), Shear-tailed Gray-Tyrant, Sharpbill, Grey-winged Cotinga (good views at Caladonia), Bare-throated Bellbird, Pin-tailed Manakin, Long-billed Wren (still in the lodge grounds!), White-browed Warbler, Chestnut-headed Tanager, Red-necked Tanager, Gilt-edged Tanager, Bay-chested Warbling Finch, Half-collared Sparrow (still very reliable on the Portao Azul excursion) and Yellow-green Grosbeaks in the Serra dos Orgaos National Park.

Green-headed Tanager taken from the photo hide. copyright Andy Foster