We flew to São Paulo from the Pantanal then the next day drove to Ubatuba on the Atlantic Coast. How could things get better? We’ll to start with as we were going through town we spotted a family of at least three Burrowing Owls. While food in the Pantanal was OK, meals here were spectacular.
Blue land crabs were seen almost daily at our lodge.
Now here’s a challenge, a moth that needs to be identified.
Our first Festive Coquette. The number of hummingbirds on the coast will dwarf the number in the Pantanal.
Black-necked Jacobin waiting for it’s turn at a feeder.
Green Honeycreeper feeding on papaya and bananas (both of which are changed daily).
Felame Blue Dacnis waiting to get to the feeder.
Green-headed Tanager at the very busy feeders.
Red-rumped Cacique.
Rufous-bellied Thrush eating bananas.
Pale-breasted Thrush and Saffron Finch at the feeders.
Distant male Brazilian Tanager.
Back in the field after lunch it was time to start seriously looking for birds. This is a Green-backed Trogon.
How about a large beetle that at this point cannot be identified to species.
Masked Yellowthroat, a warbler that is very similar in appearence and habitat to the North American Common Yellowthroat.
Falcate Skipper (I think). I was amazed at how few insects we saw during this trip in Brazil. With regards to pest insects like mosquitoes and biting midges this was wonderful, with regards to other interesting insects this was disappointing. I guess that you can’t have it all.
Orange-tipped Angle Sulphur, a large flighty butterfly.
Versicolored Emerald, not at a feeder but found perched in the woods.
Finally, I got a decent photo of a White-barred Piculet. We’d seen these several times. But now at least I had a photo.
But wait, it came closer and gave us all better views.
White-lined Tanager.
White-necked Puffbird.
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker.
And that’s what it was like taking a walk along a woodland trail.
Tomorrow, more from Ubatuba.
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