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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JWN Andrewes" data-source="post: 435437" data-attributes="member: 7131">Day 4A day of rain, but not sufficiently heavy to deter! We visited the bamboo trail, quite a narrow track, not really any good for a big group, but with 7 of us plus guide we just about did it! As the name suggests, this is the place to look out for bamboo specialists, and they came in the form of such things as Drab-breasyed Bamboo-Tyrant, White-collared Foliage-Gleaner and, best of all, a skulking Slaty Bristlefront that crept into view as we peered into the gloom trying to locate a Brazilian Antthrush that was being called in (successfully). The two other main heart-racing birds on this trail were Hooded Berryeater and Black & Gold Cotinga, and among the many others seen a pair of Rufous-backed Antvireos and a lek of Black-breasted Plovercrests (of which just one male was visible to us!) were specially good to see. All in all a hugely successful day, in spite of the drizzly weather!Day 5A fairly low key day, in the morning we visited a nearby trail (the Cedae) for a leisurely stroll. The law of diminishing returns starts to kick in here, and only a handful of new birds are added, White0throated Woodcreeper, Pale-browed Treehunter and Rufous-headed Tanager being about the best (well, my favourites anyway), but a great many birds put in very enjoyable repeat appearances. Walking the trails at the lodge in the afteroon I flushed a Brown Tinamou from by the path - a good end to the day's birding.Day 6The first day spent largely in the minibus rather than walking trails, with frequent roadside stops for birding, nearly all of them adding a tyrant Flycatcher or two to the trip list. Streamer-tailed Tyrant at one stop, Yellow-browed Flycatcher at another, a Long-tailed Tyrany here, a Sooty Tyrannulet there. And there was plenty else besides - Blue-winged Macaws nesting at the roadside, an Ash-throated Crake skulking in a ditch, a pair of Gilt-edged Tanagers (a real beaut of a Tanagers, one of the best I've seen anywhere) also building a roadside nest, Green, backed Becard, Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, thick and fast they came. Best amongst them was my third and final family tick - Cariamidae - Red-legged Seriema. One flew from a field as we passed by, crossing the road behind us, and landed before slowly walking up the hillside - a real wow bird. The purpose (excuse?) for this trip was to see Three-toed Jacamar - a highly restricted range species - near the town of Sumidour, and this we did, with very little difficulty, the Jacamar stake-out also yielding parties of Curl-crested Jay and White Woodpecker. The drive back to base had one last roadside treat in store in the shape of a Grey-bellied Goshawk perched up in a tree, only the second Andy had seen in the area. All in all, a fantastic day.Days 7 & 8The rain returns, and very little birding is possible, though Crested Becard and Planalto Woodcreeper were worth the getting wet, working the lodge gardens and trails.That'll do for now, more to follow.JamesPics are Ash-thoated Crake, female Green-backed Becard and female Surucua Trogon  on the Jacamar excursion, and Chestnut-bellied Euphonia and Golden-chevroned Tanager on the lodge garden feeders.</blockquote>

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