REGUA, Atlantic Forest, Brazil: 11 June

The morning dawned sunny and clear and I decided to spend some time checking out the moth light at the lodge. No hawkmoths but a few stunning looking moths regardless (blog post to follow). In terms of birds, a quick look at the lodge garden produced just a pair each of Brazilian Tanager and Burnished-buff Tanager, 1f Purple-throated Euphonia, 2 Violaceous Euphonia and several Red-rumped Cacique of note.

A careful look around the fruiting trees at the start of the Forest Trail and the end of the Wetland Trail this morning found another mixed-species flock with a similar composition to the flock seen yesterday, made up mainly of large numbers of Social Flycatchers and Tropical Kingbirds, with good numbers of Blue Dacnis and 5(1m, 4f) Black-legged Dacnis. 2f Red-legged Honeycreeper, 1 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, 1 Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet, 1 White-barred Piculet, 1+ Bananaquit, Sayaca Tanager, 1 Palm Tanager and 1m Burnished-buff Tanager.

Male Blue Dacnis

A further 4+(2m, 2+ immature m) Black-legged Dacnis feeding with several Blue Dacnis were noted along the Wetland Trail, along with a very confiding Short-crested Flycatcher by Amanda's Hide (photos below).

In the early afternoon a storm suddenly blew up, with strong winds with heavy persistent rain putting an unexpected end to the day's birding. The rain didn't seem to effect the hummers though, and 1+ Rufous-breasted Hermit, several Swallow-tailed Hummingbirds and Violet-capped Woodnymphs and a White-chinned Sapphire were all seen, along with 1+ male White-bearded Manakin.