The momentum of the trip started to slow down at this point but we still had some good birds in store for us. We started our day out at Finca Bambusa which was a nice home in the hills with a decent feeder array and a nice breakfast.
Green Jay
Blue-gray Tanager
Great Kiskadee
Western Emerald - I think we had seen these earlier in the trip but this was the first attempt at photographing them.
Andean Motmot
Scarlet-rumped Tanager - female.
Red-bellied Grackle
Western Emerald
Western Emerald - apparently this species has also learned how to steal nectar from the base of these flowers.
Ruddy Ground Dove
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
Golden-faced Tyrannulet
Flame-rumped Tanager - female.
male.
Blue-gray Tanager
Pale-vented Pigeon
It was time to move on and we all piled into the van only to step 100 yards down the road when the guide spotted something.
Bronze-winged Parrot - the light was terrible and we didn't even get out of the van, this was taken from an open door.
On our way to the next hotel, we stopped at a random roadside to try for an endemic wren.
Antioquia Wren - restricted to a very small area.
Black-striped Sparrow - a bonus bird at the same spot and first for the trip.
Our next base of operations would be Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia. Actually Sabaneta which is a municipality of Medellin. We checked into the hotel early that afternoon and had time to head upslope to a park upslope from the hotel where an endemic manakin hangs out. This late afternoon excursion ended up being one of the most disappointing stops of the trip. It was raining and the manakin which apparently does not respond to playback and in fact is a mostly silent bird never showed. Not to mention my stomach issues were getting worse and there were no facilities to be had so I had to grin and bear it.
Golden-bellied Flycatcher - a small booby prize.
Russet-crowned Warbler
We retreated before sunset back to the hotel for a good dinner and some conciliatory drinks.
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