30 Nov 2013
Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)
What amazing luck - just a couple days after my trip to Brazil I experience this! What an amazing winter this could be.... Unfortunately I missed the beginning…
24 Nov 2013
Blue-billed Black Tyrant (Knipolegus cyanirostris)
A brief encounter with Blue-billed Black Tyrant (Knipolegus cyanirostris). On the way to the Itatiaia park entrance, towards Agulhas Negras, you'll find the…
24 Nov 2013
Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant (Muscipipra vetula)
A shear-tailed grey tyrant (Muscipipra vetula). on the way to the Itatiaia park entrance, towards Agulhas Negras, you'll find the only sturdy man-made…
23 Nov 2013
Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox)
Short-crested flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) resembles Swainson's flycatcher, but it has pinkish coloration on base of lower mandible (beak), this one is all…
22 Nov 2013
Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum poliocephalum)
This tiny yellow-lored tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum poliocephalum) is easier to hear than see, but in the garden of Hotel do Ype chances are much better than…
19 Nov 2013
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum)
The yellow-browed tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum) is such a tiny bird - around 9 cm in length, so close encounters are required to get any decent…
12 Nov 2013
Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)
As I was slowly moving on the river of Fazenda San Francisco I noticed this black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) in a dense thicket on the…
11 Nov 2013
Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox)
Very similar to swainson's and dusky-capped flycatcher, so best way to identification is its song. Most likely you'll hear it long before you see it. This one…