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<blockquote data-quote="ovenbird43" data-source="post: 2003479" data-attributes="member: 64478"><p><strong>1 Jan</strong></p><p></p><p>First bird of 2010... <strong>Common Potoo</strong>, which I heard from our room in the pre-dawn darkness. Tom isn't much of an early riser, so I took off by myself for an early morning bird hike. It was a birdy morning, I have a long list in my notebook, some of the highlights include <strong>Grass-green Tanager</strong>, <strong>Golden Tanager</strong>, <strong>Masked Flowerpiercer</strong>, <strong>Toucan Barbet</strong>, <strong>Rufous Spinetail</strong>, and <strong>Streaked Tufted-cheek</strong>. The real star of the day, though, bounded across the trail in front of me. I didn't quite see what it was, so I crept slowly forward to where I saw it leave the trail- and was stunned to see a <strong>Giant Antpitta</strong> looking back at me from the ground. I stared open-mouthed in awe as it looked at me for a moment and then bounded away, disappearing into the undergrowth. This was NOT a bird I had expected to find on my own, although I was expecting to see it the next day at Angel Paz's place- more on that later.</p><p></p><p>Later in the afternoon, Tom and I hiked to a waterfall. Tom enjoyed taking photos of interesting plants and fungi, and I enjoyed some more good birds, such as <strong>Green-and-black Fruiteater</strong>, <strong>Tawny-bellied Hermit</strong>, and <strong>Strong-billed Woodcreeper</strong>. We happened upon a group of <strong>Plate-billed Mountain-Toucans</strong>, a much-wanted species for myself, not to mention how excited I felt to show Tom his first toucan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ovenbird43, post: 2003479, member: 64478"] [B]1 Jan[/B] First bird of 2010... [B]Common Potoo[/B], which I heard from our room in the pre-dawn darkness. Tom isn't much of an early riser, so I took off by myself for an early morning bird hike. It was a birdy morning, I have a long list in my notebook, some of the highlights include [B]Grass-green Tanager[/B], [B]Golden Tanager[/B], [B]Masked Flowerpiercer[/B], [B]Toucan Barbet[/B], [B]Rufous Spinetail[/B], and [B]Streaked Tufted-cheek[/B]. The real star of the day, though, bounded across the trail in front of me. I didn't quite see what it was, so I crept slowly forward to where I saw it leave the trail- and was stunned to see a [B]Giant Antpitta[/B] looking back at me from the ground. I stared open-mouthed in awe as it looked at me for a moment and then bounded away, disappearing into the undergrowth. This was NOT a bird I had expected to find on my own, although I was expecting to see it the next day at Angel Paz's place- more on that later. Later in the afternoon, Tom and I hiked to a waterfall. Tom enjoyed taking photos of interesting plants and fungi, and I enjoyed some more good birds, such as [B]Green-and-black Fruiteater[/B], [B]Tawny-bellied Hermit[/B], and [B]Strong-billed Woodcreeper[/B]. We happened upon a group of [B]Plate-billed Mountain-Toucans[/B], a much-wanted species for myself, not to mention how excited I felt to show Tom his first toucan. [/QUOTE]
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