After the strenuous walk the day before I was amazed to be able to walk with ease, and no aches and pains. Wellingtons were the order of the day again, but this time we started off in the lodge garden looking for turquoise dacnis. After some time we finally spotted one, and watched it for a few minutes before it disappeared, only to reappear somewhere completely different a while later.
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| Our canine companion |
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| Ruddy Ground-Dove |
Around 6am we moved off this time up a lane nearby which followed a contour line along the side of the hill. Phil having made friends with the reserve puppy, lived to regret this as the dog insisted on joining us on our walk. Despite our attempts at canine training in spanish, we failed miserably and the dog persisted in flushing birds and generally causing mayhem, getting into fights with local hounds - but by the end of the morning everyone was endeared to him, we shared our morning snacks and Colin gave up his water to give the dog a drink.
We managed to add boat-billed flycatcher, rufous-browed peppershrike, niceforo's wren, flame-rumped tanager, white-eared conebill, hepatic tanager, giant cowbird were all added for the day.
In the afternoon we took a short stroll down the road below the lodge, the rain arrived soon after we started the walk and somewhat curtailed our walk, but we did add cattle tyrant, and bat falcon.
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