Amazon Kingfisher, one of the first birds of the day.
Staying close to wetlands we continue to find a lot of birds. Capped Heron on the left, Striated Heron on the right.
Wattled Jaçana.
Red-legged Seriema.
Another Black-collared Hawk, a bird that I never get tired of.
Unicolored Blackbird male.
Yellow-olive Flatbill, formerly known as Yellow-olive Flycatcher. Names of birds can sometimes be confusing – checklist versus book versus eBird. Many times in my notes there are comments on two or more names.
Rusty-margined Flycatchers were commonly seen most days.
Lesser Kiskadee, the bill is longer than the Rusty-margined Flycatcher, but narrower and pointier than the Great Kiskadee. It’s always fun seeing this group of flycatchers and being able to compare them when they are all present.
Chestnut-bellied Seedfinch.
Silver-beaked Tanager on the left, Pale-legged Hornero on the right. Birds were appearing in large numbers at this particular stop. I, for one had trouble keeping up with them since I wanted to see them well enough to know them later and perhaps even photograph them.
Glittering-throated Emerald, one of the many hummingbirds that we saw on this trip.
Rufious Casiornis.
Black-fronted Nunbird.
Big, colorful birds were a relief especially when they sat still Black-capped Donacobius on the left ofter show up in small groups which made them both popular among our group and easier to watch. Motmots, like the Blue-crowned Motmot on the right always sat still keeping on eye on us.
Here’s a bird I was familiar with from guiding in Mexico and Central America – a male Barred Antshrike.
The only thing better than seeing the male was watching a pair. Antshrikes are one of my favorite groups of tropical birds.
Common Tody-Flycatcher feeding in a flowering shrub with seeds.
And a primate to end the day – a Black Howler Monkey.
More tomorrow when we are on the river in search of exciting finds.
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