REGUA, Atlantic Forest, Brazil: 17 September

Another day around the wetland, with much time spent on macro photography, as well as an hour or so observing and photographing the nesting Common Potoo near post 250 of the Wetland Trail. What a strange looking, but very cool bird!

Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus on it's nest,
Wetland Trail, 17 September 2012

A large unidentified immature eagle high over the wetland was the only unusual sighting today. Otherwise I had some nice views of common birds including White-faced Whistling-Duck, Brazilian Teal, Turkey Vulture, Roadside Hawk, 1 Rufescent Tiger-Heron, 2 Striated Heron, 1 Great Egret, 2 Southern Lapwing, Wattled Jacana, White-tipped Dove, 1 Amazon Kingfisher, 1m White-flanked Antwren, Wing-banded Hornero, 1-2 Yellow-chinned Spinetail, 1 Common Tody-Flycatcher (actually not that common here), 1 Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet, 2 Masked Water-Tyrant, Creamy-bellied Thrush, 2 Sayaca Tanager, 1 Palm Tanager and a pair of Blue Dacnis. Also seen were lots of Capybara.

Butterflies seen include a Melite Mimic White Enantia melite, a Two-banded Satyr Pareuptychia ocirrhoe interjecta and 2 Scarlet Peacock Anartia amathea roeselia.

Melite Mimic White Enantia melite

Two-banded Satyr Pareuptychia ocirrhoe interjecta