Thursday, October 3, 2024

Colombia Day 8 Part 2 (13Aug2024)

Montezuma Rainforest Lodge was up at the top of the list of the most birdy places we went to.  We arrived at lunch and after feasting we did some local birding before getting settled in our rooms.  The hummingbird and fruit feeders offered tons of birds we didn't see elsewhere on the trip.

Green Thorntail


Steely-vented Hummingbird


Silver-throated Tanager

Blackish Rail!  Don't worry, I got better photos later as this bird was hanging out in the pond next to our eating area for the next two days.


Purple-throated Woodstar


Green Thorntail


Grayish Piculet!  It was nice to find a good bird on my own.  The group did find another later.


White-necked Jacobin - at this point I was birding literally right outside my hotel doorway as I had a nice feeder all to myself.


Andean Emerald


Violet-tailed Sylph - this is still burned into my minds-eye to this day.  These birds are gorgeous.


Empress Brilliant


Violet-purple Coronet


Torrent Tyrannulet - this was one of my favorite pictures of the trip. 



White-necked Jacobin


Green Thorntail


Bronze-winged Parrot


White-booted Racket-tail


Variable Seedeater - down in South America they can have "variable" underparts.

This is about when I met up with the group and we walked the dirt road up from the main building.


Golden-hooded Tanager 


Flame-rumped Tanager - they have yellow "flames" in the western cordillera instead of the orange/red.


Red-faced Spinetail


Red-headed Barbet - I was surprised on how small these were.  

Plain Xenops


Sometimes when I wandered off on my own, I would miss something good the group got but a few times I found something the group didn't get.


Green-fronted Lancebill - this was one of the few birds I was the only one to see on the whole trip.


Lemon-browed Flycatcher


Another view of the same bird.


Black-winged Saltator

That was it for Day 8.  We had a delicious meal at the main building and then hit the sack pretty early because we lost power.  Might as well sleep when its pitch dark.





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