We were up for our usual early morning get up, then we sorted our things out and packed. The Egrets were clustered on their tree and slowly they drifted off to forage. A Manakin clicked just outside the room but didn't make itself visable. Breakfast on the open verandah before a walk round to the hanging bridge to see if there was any sign of yesterdays Sunbittern but no luck. Amazon and Green kingfishers zipped along the river.
We packed up for the drive to Rancho Naturalista. We stopped at the bridge to video the car and spent nearly an hour snapping butterflies and birding the trees nearby. A nesting Green-breasted Mango on the wires was unexpected and a Tityra seemed to be prospecting on one of the poles.
We had one stop at roadside for butterflies but Luis wanted to get on as meals are at set times and they don't keep them for latecomers. There was a long climb up a bumpy track, and we were a little late for lunch due to taking a wrong turn but the feeders were amazing. There were feeding areas all round the edge of the garden with seating areas both on the ground floor and from a balcony. The banana and rice held tanagers, Chachalacas, Clay-coloured Thrush and White-lined Tanager. Within 10 minutes there was a male Snowcap on the Foxtails! It visited the flowers fairly regularly giving realy good views.
After lunch we walked down the entrance track scanning for birds in the bushes. We had distant views of Purple-crowned Fairy in the top of a tree but had to get back for the steep walk down to dipping pools where hummers come to bathe and drink in the late afternooon and evening. We had two more male Snowcaps and a female as well as a much more visible Purple-crowned fairy and then a Tawny-throated Leaf-tosser was found working it's way along the edge of the pools.
We had to be back for dinner at 6.00 before sorting out photos and nptes. Later on we walked to a site a short way away where the lodge put up a lightsheet for moths. This was the origin of the Rio Naturalista before they become well known for hummers, especially the Snowcap. There was a very helpful chap from the USA who came just to photograph the moths who chatted about the moths and offered to send identification sites and blogs to help with the moths. There was a wide variety of species, some of which looked vaguely familiar and a large moth flopped in, settled for a short rest and then flopped it's way off into the night. We returned to our rooms showing him stag beetle before we turned in.
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We packed up for the drive to Rancho Naturalista. We stopped at the bridge to video the car and spent nearly an hour snapping butterflies and birding the trees nearby. A nesting Green-breasted Mango on the wires was unexpected and a Tityra seemed to be prospecting on one of the poles.
We had one stop at roadside for butterflies but Luis wanted to get on as meals are at set times and they don't keep them for latecomers. There was a long climb up a bumpy track, and we were a little late for lunch due to taking a wrong turn but the feeders were amazing. There were feeding areas all round the edge of the garden with seating areas both on the ground floor and from a balcony. The banana and rice held tanagers, Chachalacas, Clay-coloured Thrush and White-lined Tanager. Within 10 minutes there was a male Snowcap on the Foxtails! It visited the flowers fairly regularly giving realy good views.
After lunch we walked down the entrance track scanning for birds in the bushes. We had distant views of Purple-crowned Fairy in the top of a tree but had to get back for the steep walk down to dipping pools where hummers come to bathe and drink in the late afternooon and evening. We had two more male Snowcaps and a female as well as a much more visible Purple-crowned fairy and then a Tawny-throated Leaf-tosser was found working it's way along the edge of the pools.
We had to be back for dinner at 6.00 before sorting out photos and nptes. Later on we walked to a site a short way away where the lodge put up a lightsheet for moths. This was the origin of the Rio Naturalista before they become well known for hummers, especially the Snowcap. There was a very helpful chap from the USA who came just to photograph the moths who chatted about the moths and offered to send identification sites and blogs to help with the moths. There was a wide variety of species, some of which looked vaguely familiar and a large moth flopped in, settled for a short rest and then flopped it's way off into the night. We returned to our rooms showing him stag beetle before we turned in.
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