Water. It's very common down here - after a torrential downpour that lasted most of last night, we got out at about 5:15 to check the nets hoping the clouds would hold off. Unfortunately it started to rain again and we all got wet. Despite the weather, we still caught a Clay-colored Robin and a Little Hermit.
The morning bird counts went well, we went with the Behavior group, Alli and Turin, and managed to cover points A through H before breakfast. We had great looks at a Green Honeycreeper, White-crowned Parrots, a Squirrel Cuckoo, and many Red-billed Pigeons.
This Red-billed Pigeon was seen on our Laurel during the afternoon.
After breakfast, we went through most of the rest of the bird points before going to mass. The forest is incredibly evocative. It is full of interesting plants, including a myriad of different epiphytes and lianas. There are many bird calls emanating from the dense foliage, and there is so much potential for finding a special bird. Yesterday it was the Broad-billed Motmots. Today it was the Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher and the Black-throated Wrens - which filled the forest with their beautiful melodic, liquid whistles.
View from just below bird point O
After we went to mass, we spent a while entering data and chilling on our porch. Here is Austin doing just that.
In the late afternoon, we went out again with Alli and Turin to do as many point counts as we could before it got dark. It rained on and off, and overall bird activity was down, but we still saw a few cool birds, including Orange-chinned Parakeets and a Common Pauraque that scared some of us...
The Bird People at Bird Point N.
Looking forward to an exciting day tomorrow.
-The Walker Bros
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