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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bananafishbones" data-source="post: 3206402" data-attributes="member: 66732">Day 10:Another very early start as we had a drive to San Lorenzo ridge area to try for the remaining endemics (most of them anyway). It turned out to be a bit of a dawn bonanza as we quickly picked up the lovely Santa Marta Warbler... Smart bird. Santa Marta Bush-Tyrant, Foilage Gleaner,mountain Tanager and Toucanet, add Flamulated Treerunner, Mountain Velvetbreast, Rusty headed and Streak Capped Spinetails it had the feeling of a good day ahead. It was a very warm day and as the birding slowed down we were fortunate to see a Nine-banded Armadillo. Other birds followed as we dropped to slightly lower elevations, White-throated and Black-capped Tyrannulets and brilliant close views of a pair of of White Tipped Quetzel. Late afternoon and we birded around the lodge, we found a Slate Throated Whitestart nest with 2 chicks then soon after Gabo got sight of a Grey Tinamou on the track- bast@rd! (Sorry Gabo only kidding!) we were ten paces behind and missed it.... Stick closer to the guide eh. However all was not lost as we all picked up a Black & Chestnut eagle soaring over Eldorado, happy ending. We did miss a few targets, Brown Tapaculo and Santa Marta Antpitta, we only heard the Screech Owl, and tomorrow we try once more for the Santa Marta Woodstar. The night passed uneventful for me as I slept through a 3.5 earthquake which we were fairly close to the epicentre.... It had been a tiring day or I had too many beers celebrating the Eagle over the lodge!We head for Tyrona NP tomorrow.</blockquote>

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