Tag Archives: Southeast Brazil

Once in a lifetime…

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Three-Toed Jacamar IMG_6514_1

Three-Toed Jacamar

The more I revisit the Brazil pictures, the more birds I identify, and the images are starting to feel like old friends, even when they sometimes assume new identities. Yet what seemed an impossible chore before has now become a fond obsession.

Red-Billed Curassow IMG_1697_1

Red-Billed Curassow

I started wondering just how many endemic species were on the list and there were actually quite a few. We didn’t see them all, and I didn’t get pictures of all the ones we did, but here are some of them.

Maroon-Faced Parakeet 2ID IMG_1044_1

Maroon-Faced Parakeet

Red-Browed Parrot2 IMG_9073_1

Red-Browed Parrots

Saw-Billed Hermit2 IMG_2691_1

Saw-Billed Hermit

Wing-Banded Hornero IMG_6942_1

Wing-Banded Hornero

Blue-Throated Parakeet IMG_0978_1

Blue-Throated Parakeet

Orange-Eyed Thornbird

Orange-Eyed Thornbird

To be continued…

The Land of Frilled Coquettes

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Male Frilled Coquette

The bird that drove my desire to visit Brazil is this fancy little hummingbird, the Frilled Coquette.

The best opportunity to see this bird was at the famous Ruschi feeders in Santa Teresa, state of Espirito Santo.

This was barely the beginning. There were many more birds to see.

But for now, I must go back to reality. I came home yesterday morning to a very messy aviary and spent all day cleaning, unpacking and getting organized. I am too exhausted to write more at this point! I will be back soon with more from my enchanted trip.