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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bananafishbones" data-source="post: 3203345" data-attributes="member: 66732">Day 8We had a comfortable night at the Hilton in Barranquilla and were now with our new guide Gabo Ubria. An early start for Isla Salamanca where the key birds were Saphire Throated and Saphire Bellied Hummingbirds. We soon picked them up and were able to amble around the board walks by the dried mangrove lakes and picked up a stunning breeding Spotted Sandpiper. Easy birding with Bicolored Conebills, Panama flycatcher, yellow chinned Spinetails, Black crested Antshrikes amongst plenty of others. Gabo drove us to his " secret" spot for Northern Screamer, alas we missed it but got tonnes of water birds, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, more Herons and Egrets than you can imagine, white and Glossy Ibis, Sandwich Tern, Snail kite, Lsser Yellow headed Vultures, water and Cattle tyrants, Black Collared Hawk and a fine looking Spot breasted Woodpecker. By 09.30 we had seen 80 species! We now headed towards Minca stopping at potential hot spots along the way, one such stop we saw the lovely Rose breasted Grosbeak, Ochre bellied Flycatcher, Long Billed Starfrontlet, Purple Honeycreeper, black whiskers Vireo and the usual Tanagers.... Wow. Further along the road we booked into our accomadation at Sierra Sound right on the riverside. Superb food then more birds, Scalled Piculet, White Bearded Manakin, Mourning warbler, Piratic Flycatcher and Sepia Capped Flycatcher..... 121 day birds (100 new for the trip). Gabo hears things that are out of my hearing range, I often said to Jeff " how on earth did he hear that"Exceptional days birding.</blockquote>

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