A two part day - the morning was fairly tough along the second section of the Pipeline Road with not that many birds, although, what we did see was high in quality.
On this section we saw our first chestnut mandibled toucan, great tinamou crossing the path, brown hooded parrot, smooth billed ani, slaty tailed trogon, cinnamon becard and a fair bit more.
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| Pied Puffbird |
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| Anole |
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| Keel Billed toucan |
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| Golden Hooded Tanager |
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| Mantled Howler monkey |
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| Pauraque |
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| Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth |
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The afternoon was tremendous - many birds in the area surrounding the romantically named Ammo Dump ponds- we saw our first snail kite of the trip, the added bonus of a black throated mango (rare round here), cinnamon becard, blue crowned manakin, yellow bellied & ruddy breasted seedeater, yellow tailed oriole, and yellow crowned euphonia.
Not satisfied with that haul we opted to pay the additional for a night drive - unfortunately no owls called in and none so far but we saw common potoo in flight, boat billed heron, and a pauraque. Two great mammals in the shape of the Jimmy Saville looking - Hoffmans two-toed sloth and an Allen's Olingo.
Yet another fantastic day - plenty of bites to prove it!
Never seen a Parauque which wasn't caught in headlights. Well done!
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