REGUA, Atlantic Forest, Brazil: 16 July

A few hours watching the lodge garden this morning found a female Blue-naped Chlorophonia visiting the feeders (photo 1). This species is a good record for the garden, only occurring here in the austral winter when they move to lower altitudes. Usually a canopy species, it was interesting to watch this bird feeding on the ground. A Purple-throated Euphonia and 2 Brazilian Tanager were also seen and I managed some half decent photos of Maroon-bellied Parakeet (photo 2), Rufous-breasted Hermit (photo 3) and Sayaca Tanager (photo 4). In the afternoon we travelled an hour north-east of REGUA into the mountains to Serra dos Tucanos to visit our friends Andy and Cristina Foster for a couple of nights.