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October 2024
Day 2
  Saturday 12th of October 2024 and I wake up at 3 o'clock, one hour before my alarm is set to go off. I have tea and cheese, and, well, one chocolate cake. Yes, I bought some snacks at the supermarket yesterday. I was in the reception at 5 o'clock and I had to wait for almost 30 minutes before my Guides showed up. I was a wee bit upset, but due to the festival the roads had been blocked by traffic. We got in to the car and we were soon on our way to the eBird hotspot: Refúgio dos Naturalistas  Outside ibis Styles Belém do Pará at 5 thirty in the morning
 Outside ibis Styles Belém do Pará at 5 thirty in the morning
We leave the hotel behind and I report 50 Great White Egrets flying across the road in two big groups 25 minutes later. There are also thousands of White-winged Parakeet in the city. I wanted to stop to make a recording of the noise, but the traffic did not allow for any stops. The lane in the opposite direction was full of traffic and big groups of pushbikes. And the road was lined by people and it was a terrible noise from music and screaming. They star t heir festivals very early here.  There are millions of people along the roads
 There are millions of people along the roads
 There are millions of people along the roads
Early morning in Belem, Brazil
But about 30 minutes after departure there was a possibility to stop and I could make a recording. A lot of noise from thousands of White-winged Parakeet in the trees. It was amazing to see and hear. Huge groups flying between the trees. Listen to the White-winged Parakeet
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
  We continue along the highway and we are passing one White-throated Toucan a fe wminutes later. Sitting on top of a pole on the other side of the highway and I was excited. My Guides told me that we would see many of them later on when I wanted to do a U-turn. We reach Santa Barbara about one hour after having left the hotel. We will stop to buy some water and orange juice so we have some refreshments during the day. We stop to take pictures of 4 Smooth-billed Ani next to the road just before we reach the shop. The shop turns out to be a coffee shop/ bakery and I bought some fresh bread as well. Water and orange juice and I discover that they have MAX as well and I buy one bottle to try.  Smooth-billed Ani
 They had MAX in the bakery
The MAX tasted OK and I was happy. We got in the car and we stopped after a minute to have a loke for birds. We spotted a few birds: • Band-rumped Swift • Roadside Hawk • Grey-breasted Martin • Palm Tanager • Buff-throated Saltator But I did not get many pictures, of course, the swifts are impossible to get on pictures flying around all the time. I was very lucky, two Grey-breasted Martin landed on the wire above us.  Buff-throated Saltator
 Grey-breasted Martin
 Grey-breasted Martin
We continue on the highway and when we reach the gravel road to my Guide's house, we turn right up on the gravel road and we are on the eBird hotspot: Refúgio dos Naturalistas We leave the gravel road immediately driving out in the gravel field. My Guide have spotted one Greater Yellow-headed Vulture in the tree. The bird is way too far away and I get out of the car to try to get closer. There are some Southern Lapwings and they started to call, same annoying call as the lapwings in Thailand. I brought out my phone to make a recording.  Greater Yellow-headed Vulture too far away
Listen to the Southern Lapwing
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 Southern Lapwing
 Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
 2 Crested Caracara + 2 American Black Vultures
We spot 2 Crested Caracara + 2 American Black Vultures in a tree on the other side of the highway, way too far away for any good picture. I manage to get pretty close. I ask my Guide if there is any snakes in the scrub and I was disappointed when I got the internationally recognized hand sign for “maybe” and “not sure” instead of a no. We also spotted one White-throated Toucan, but to far away for any pictures. Back in the car and we continued along the gravel road. We see 3 Swallow-tailed Kites flying over the gravel road. We are stopping after a few minutes as there is one White-throated Toucan sitting in a tree next to the road. I manage to get a few pictures before the bird hide behind the branches.  Driving along the gravel road
 Driving along the gravel road
 Driving along the gravel road
 White-throated Toucan
 White-throated Toucan
 Hook-billed Kite
We continue and we drive to a dead end and there are Green Oropendola nests. We see one bird flying in to one of the nests, but no pictures. One of the Guides drive the car and I walk together with one Guide. We see one Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch, a beautiful bird. But too far away for any good pictures. There is one Shiny Cowbird and we also see one hummingbird, the Black-throated Mango. We also have 4 Green Oropendola flying over the forest.  Green Oropendola nest
 Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
 Shiny Cowbird
 Black-throated Mango
 Black-throated Mango
 Green Oropendola
The other Guide wait for us with the car and he join us walking down the gravel road. We are spotting two Purple Honeycreepers feeding on the flowers. Beautiful birds but not much light in the forest so I had to use a crazy ISO speed. And we were also lucky, in the next tree we spotted one Cream-coloured Woodpecker, also in the dark, but light coloured so it went better with the ISO speed. Two beautiful birds and we were happy when we continued along the gravel road.  Walking down the gravel road
 Purple Honeycreeper
 Purple Honeycreeper
 Cream-coloured Woodpecker
 Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
We stop to have a look at one Golden-sided Euphonia sitting in the top of a tree. Way too far away for any pictures, but I gave it a try. My Guide discovered a Guianan Tyrannulet nest while watching the Golden-sided Euphonia. I try to get pictures of the bird going in and out of the nest when my Guides gets very excited. There is a Dot-eared Coquette sitting in a twig above the nest. What a beautiful bird, light condition is very bad but I give it my best try.  Golden-sided Euphonia
 Guianan Tyrannulet
 Guianan Tyrannulet
 Dot-eared Coquette
 Dot-eared Coquette
Listen to the White-throated Toucan
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Listen to the Grey-breasted Sabrewing
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 White-browed Purpletuft
 There is a tree with red flowers next to us and one Grey-breasted Sabrewing is busy feeding on the flowers and I try to take some pictures, impossible, the bird is moving around all the time. There is one White-browed Purpletuft, way too far away but I give it a try with my camera. One of the Guides go back to get the car and we continue down the gravel road. And I am very happy to have seen the beautiful Dot-eared Coquette We continue to my Guides house and the first thing I see before going out of the car is on House Wren. Halfway out of the car and there is one Streaked Flycatcher landing in the tree next to the car. The bird moves before I can get a proper picture. We sitt down on the terrace but we are soon moving behind the house. I bring my MAX and a chair. The first bird showing up is three Silver-beaked Tanagers and a little bit later there is one Wedge-billed Woodcreeper.  Streaked Flycatcher
 Silver-beaked Tanager
 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
 White-bellied Parrot
 White-bellied Parrot
 Listen to the Roadside Hawk
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Listen to the White-bellied Parrot
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Listen to the Roadside Hawk
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Listen to the Silver-beaked Tanager
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Listen to the Para Foliage-gleaner
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
The lightning conditions behind the house is not very good and I need to use a very high ISO speed. But I manage to make several sound recordings for xeno-canto. I enjoy th etime behind the house, zipping on my MAX keeping and eye out for birds. Suddenly there is a terrible noise and it is a group of White-bellied Parrots landing in the tree next to us. Lucky, nd I get both pictures and sound recording of the White-bellied Parrot.  Silver-beaked Tanager
 House Wren
 House Wren
 Pectoral Sparrow
 Pectoral Sparrow
 Silver-beaked Tanager
I wanted to leave, 11 o'clock and I am getting hungry. I was very happy with the visit here, both pictures and recordings. I asked my Guides where we could go. I suggested the beach, 20 to 30 minutes towards north. And maybe we can have lunch there as my Guides told me it was a touristic place. Sounds like a plan, I turned off my eBird app and we went to the car.
 Today's track at eBird hotspot: Refúgio dos Naturalistas
 Leaving eBird hotspot: Refúgio dos Naturalistas
Takes us about 30 minutes to get to the beach and we are looking out for a Brazilian BBQ, Churrascaria. The sea side town is called Carananduba (Mosqueiro) and we found a restaurant on the beach front. Not any Churrascaria but it looked good so we decided to try the place. We had a look on the beach first to see if there was any birds. There were some birds: • Neotropic Cormorant • Little Blue Heron • Snowy Egret • American Black Vulture • Yellow-headed Caracara • Great Kiskadee  Little Blue Heron and Great Kiskadee
To far away, picture kept for ID purpose only
 Yellow-headed Caracara
To far away, picture kept for ID purpose only
 Neotropic Cormorant
To far away, picture kept for ID purpose only
 At the restaurant
 Beach view
 We go back to the restaurant and we order our food. We get a dog sitting next to the table and the dog looks very hungry. My steak was nothing but a disappointment and the dog ate it helping me with my diet. The American Black Vultures on the beach came to sit just below us and when I looked out, I discovered that they had found some dead fishes. This was the best thing with the restaurant, watching the vultures, and of course, the dog helping me with the food. Well, I had got an email and it looks like m/t Nord Swift is coming alongside tomorrow so I wanted to return to my hotel in Belem. We left the disappointment for a restaurant and we will make one more stop to look for the Olive Oropendola at Coreto da Baia do Sol.  American Black Vultures
 American Black Vultures
 American Black Vultures
 American Black Vultures
 American Black Vultures
 Shiny Cowgirl
 Shiny Cowgirl
 Shiny Cowgirl
 We leave Carananduba (Mosqueiro) driving towards Coreto da Baia do Sol and I am soon asking them to stop. Two Shiny Cowbirds on the road and I have not have had any good pictures of the Shiny Cowbird yet so I want to give it a try. We stopped for a minute and I got a few pictures before we continued towards Coreto da Baia do Sol. And we stopped next to the beach. The beach was full of American Black Vultures. We could see one Snowy Egret and one shorebird. The shore bird was too far away for any ID so I reported the bird as an large shorebird sp. to eBird. Alittle disappointing, but it was not possible to give proper ID.  The beach
 Vultures on the beach
 Pale-vented Pigeon
 Semipalmated Plover
 Willet
 Olive Oropendola nests
We left Coreto da Baia do Sol and I had seen a few birds, of wich a few was the first time for Brazil so my bird count is now above 70. • Pale-vented Pigeon • Semipalmated Plover • Southern Lapwing • Spotted Sandpiper • Willet • large shorebird sp. • Neotropic Cormorant • Snowy Egret • American Black Vulture • Olive Oropendola (Only seen the nests) We stop to buy milk and it is full speed towards my hotel in Belem. Suddenly we stop, one Blue-winged Macaw sitting in a tree next to the road. Very far away but I try to take pictures. I make a recording even though there are cars passing all the time. Listen to the Blue-winged Macaw
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 Blue-winged Macaw
 Blue-winged Macaw
We left the Blue-winged Macaw behind and we made one more stop. There were two Grey-lined Hawk and one Slender-billed Kite flying over the road. But I never managed to take any pictures. I have not seen any Feral Pigeons and there were two of them foraging on the highway and I reported them in my eBird app. My Guides dropped me at ibis Styles Belém do Pará around 4 o'clock. I have had a very good time, but as they expect m/t Nord Swift to come alongside tomorrow I cannot do any birding. But no news so I will have to see what will happen. 
Well, time to join m/t Nord Swift and I hope to be able to see some birds on the ocean. You just need to click HERE to find out all about Aladdin's adventure onboard m/t Nord Swift.
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Species lifer: First time that someone observes a species in their life
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