And we're back...that's right, we had a harpy sighting. Can't say I saw it, but I suppose that's somewhat irrelevant. and it was a fly by, so no pictures...We saw a lot of other crazy stuff too. Take the tapir that almost walked into my jungle hammock in the middle of the night for example...
The first day we hiked up to Cabrada de Oro. Let's just say that I couldn't actually lift my pack when we started. We were all pretty exhausted by the time we got to Oro. It's not a short hike. Spent the next couple of days setting up nets and banding. Not super productive. 12 birds. The next two days were "Harpy days".
Henry and I spent them up on the lookout, while Wilfred and William walked the creek bed transect. They saw a Harpy, we saw a whole lot of tree tops, some parrots, king vultures and white-winged tanagers. Getting to the lookout involves climbing a ridiculously steep hill, which is pretty fun (hint 'o sarcasm). coming down in the pouring rain is even better and as a result I am personally responsible for mass errosion in the Bladen Nature Reserve. Nice view though. We had an Ornate Hawk-Eagle perch directly in front of us for quite a while, twice actually because it liked us that much. sweet!
We were supposed to spend the next four/five days at another site further up stream but all the rain made the river start to rise so we headed down stream instead to Calera. Lots of caves at Calera, fun birds, a big boa.
Here's a list of the birds we caught since I know everyone is dying to know these stats (61 birds, 28 species):
| Black and White Warbler | 1 |
| Gray-fronted Dove | 2 |
| Greenish Elaenia | 1 |
| Hooded Warbler | 1 |
| | 4 |
| Long-billed Hermit | 3 |
| Lousiana Waterthrush | 1 |
| Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | 2 |
| Olivaceous Woodcreeper | 1 |
| Olive-backed Euphonia | 2 |
| Orange-billed Sparrow | 1 |
| Ovenbird | 2 |
| Red-capped Manakin | 2 |
| Red-throated Ant-Tanager | 4 |
| Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher | 1 |
| Scaly-throated Leaftosser | 2 |
| Sepia-capped Flycatcher | 3 |
| Stub-tailed Spadebill | 3 |
| Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher | 4 |
| Tawny-crowned Greenlet | 4 |
| Tawny-winged Woodcreeper | 1 |
| Thrush-like Schiffornis | 1 |
| Tody Motmot | 1 |
| Violet-crowned Woodnymph | 2 |
| Wedge-billed Woodcreeper | 5 |
| White-breasted Wood Wren | 4 |
| White-whiskered Puffbird | 1 |
| Wood Thrush | 2 |
Other fun birds we saw: Harpy Eagle, King Vulture, Ornate Hawk-Eagle, Brown Hooded Parrot, White-winged Tanager, Nightingale Wren (sweet song too), Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (a hummingbird)Animals: White-lipped Peccary, Agouti, Tapir, River Otters, Tirha, Red Brocket Deer
wild cacoa
The infamous jungle hammock...don't get me started.
The inner workings of the jungle hammock.
claustrophobic much??
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