Amazing views of 2 Black-banded Owls (top photo) and a Tawny-browed Owl (bottom photo) this morning at a new patch of REGUA forest was well worth the 3am start. The Black-banded Owls kept to the higher branches making photography difficult but the Tawny-browed came in much closer. Out here, owls seem to be much more active on calm moonlit nights and the moon is now waning but I hope to get back and get some better photos of Black-banded Owl if possible. The species recorded here so far this trip indicate that this forest fragment contains some good quality forest and well worth exploring further.
A half-hearted attempt at Russet-crowned Crake at the wetland mid morning resulted in one bird actually showing itself for once (ticked at last). Returning to the wetland in the afternoon I also managed great looks at Blackish Rail and a Rufous-sided Crake that showed down to just 3 metres. At the moment the water level at the wetland is slightly lower than usual making rails a little easier to see. A quick look at the fields opposite the reserve entrance at dusk produced the hoped for Barn Owl floating around in the half-light - a fitting end to another long day.
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