So after being poured on at Ukuku, we motored into Ibague and the rain started to let us so we decided to hit up the Botanic Garden in town for an afternoon session. The rain never fully went away. It was mostly drizzle except for a couple times where we had to take shelter under an awning. So out came my camera rain cover which explains why my photography was limited despite the very good birding. I suppose many of the birds were getting active again after a downpour and some downtime.
Scrub Greenlet
Saffron Finch
Female Black-faced Dacnis
Orange-billed Sparrow
The somewhat newly minted Western Cattle Egret which is now a separate species from the Eastern Cattle Egret seen over in Southeast Asia and Australia.
Blue-headed Parrot
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Chestnut-capped Warbler
White-vented Plumeleteer female.
And male...
There were a ton of Yellow-headed Caracaras throughout the trip but I never got good photos ops in good light.
We were just walking back to the van in some drizzle and we ran into a nice flock basically in one tree.
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Olive-gray Saltator
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Black-faced Dacnis - wow what a looker!
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Blue-necked Tanager
Plain-colored Tanager
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Guira Tanager - we saw plenty of these on my Brazil trip, but none of them were breeding males so this was a treat.
That was a wrap on Day 5 which was probably the best overall day if you measure by number of species and photo ops. That being said, the rest of the trip is worth seeing so stick around for the next installment.
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