More photos from the early morning at Abary River (pronounced ah-BAR-ee).
Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos This is another of my much-wanted birds. I love woodpeckers, especially these big fellas.
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica Another new bird for me.
Orange-winged Amazons Amazona amazonica My first look at them. These birds were everywhere we travelled, in large groups. I never tire of parrots, no matter how common they are.
A swampy area where several species of herons and other waders were hanging out, including Lesser Yellowlegs (see you Up North in a few months).
Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos This is another of my much-wanted birds. I love woodpeckers, especially these big fellas.
Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica Another new bird for me.
Orange-winged Amazons Amazona amazonica My first look at them. These birds were everywhere we travelled, in large groups. I never tire of parrots, no matter how common they are.
A swampy area where several species of herons and other waders were hanging out, including Lesser Yellowlegs (see you Up North in a few months).
Not surprisingly, I got several Lifers this morning (my first trip to the Atlantic Coast of South America). Many of these would become common sightings during the trip. A few (*) were my only sightings.
Lifers
*Rufous Crab Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis
Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax
Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica
Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
White-chested Emerald Amazilia chionopectus
*White-bellied Piculet Picumnus spilogaster
*Blood-coloured Woodpecker Veniliornis sanguineus
Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
Other Birds
Cocoi Heron, Cattle Egret, Striated Heron
Black & Turkey Vultures, Osprey
Great Black, Black-collared, Gray & Roadside Hawks
Snail Kites, Yellow-headed Caracara, Peregrin Falcon
Wattled Jacana, Lesser Yellowlegs
Rock Pigeons, Ruddy Ground-Dove
Greater Ani
Glittering-throated Emerald
Ringed Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Common Tody-, Dusky-capped & Fork-tailed Flycatchers
Lesser & Great Kiskadees, Tropical & Grey Kingbirds
Grey-breasted Martins
Yellow Warbler
Blue-Gray Tanager
Blue-black Grassquit
Carib Grackle, Shiny Cowbird
