Everything else this day was just icing on the cake. We headed back to town to have lunch and then took a brief siesta which I of course used to bird in front of the hotel.
Saffron Finch
In the afternoon we headed into Boa Nova National Park to a place called Mata do Charme.
Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher or also known as Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher - a southeast Brazilian endemic
Rufous-headed Tanager - another endemic! Looks a bit like a Guira Tanager.
Sombre Hummingbird! Holy smokes, on a roll with the endemics at this spot.
Rufous-margined Antwren - this one was playing hard to get, staying way up in the canopy. I got some better pics of its identifying marks the next day at the same spot. Not an endemic, but a good bird.
Striated Softtail! Another southeastern Brazilian Endemic. This one has a Vulnerable status per IUCN criteria with less than 7,000 estimated adult birds.
Bahia Spinetail!! Yet another endemic and this one has a tiny range.
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Whiskered Flycatcher!
Tufted Antshrike - I was bummed to only get this poor pic, but I have more chances if I go back to southeast Brazil which I do intend to do. I really want to take a trip to the Ubatuba area between Rio and Sao Paulo which is chock full of good birds and surfing. I think my family would enjoy that area too.
Striated Softtail again, maybe the same one.
Kinglet Manakin!! This is another good range restricted endemic. However, they are quite common in their range and we ended up seeing many more.
Black-billed Scythebill! Not an endemic as it spills over into Paraguay but a good bird. We did get some more of these later.
Yellow-olive Flatbill - a widespread species
Blue Ground Dove!! This female was long overdue for me. This wide-ranging species is fairly common and I had heard them many times in different places, but it is difficult to get a visual. I really don't like having heard only species on my list so this was a relief.
Green Honeycreeper at a great distance.
Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant!! I didn't realize it at the time, but this is yet another very range restricted endemic.
Another Sombre Hummingbird
Yellow-throated Woodpecker - This poorly names woody has two populations, with the southeastern one having a red, not yellow throat.
Crescent-chested Puffbird!! Another Brazilian endemic of the Southeast and one I had seen near Sao Paulo but this one was way more cooperative.
The entrance road to forest we had just been in.
Black-eared Fairy - the last bird of the day! And what a day it had been. Probably the single highest count of new species for me in a single day in a long time. I had 27 lifers on this day, and many of them with good looks and pictures.
We headed back into town for dinner and a cold one. Next day we would start at the same spot to mop up some missed species.
