February 10 - Cajanuma Sector, Podocarpus National Park and Tapicahlaca Lodge
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Podocarpus is accessible from several points. We started with the Cajanuma Sector. This part of Podocarpus is home to 5 threatened, 9 near-threatened and 9 restricted-range species including Bearded Guan, Red-faced Parrot, Golden-plumed Parakeet, Rainbow Starfrontlet, Purple-throated Sunangel, Orange-banded Flycatcher, Masked Mountain-Tanager and Chestnut-bellied Cotinga, which was first seen here.
One of our rainier days, which meant the camera stayed in the bus more than usual. The rain cover works very well when the camera is on the tripod; handheld, not so much.
From there, we drove to Tapiachalaca Lodge for the evening, quite high and positioned for the Jocotoco Antpitta tomorrow morning.
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) Amethyst-throated Sunangel |
) Long-tailed Sylph |
) Slaty Finch |
) A Thousand Shades of Green |
) Swallow-Tail Kite (Ron Teel Photo) |
) Hunting Tapaculos |
) Following the Green Dot |
) Chestnut-breasted Coronet |
) White-necked Jacobin (Ron Teel Photo) |
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All photos and text © 2011 Jim & Nancy DeWitt / Frozen Feather Images
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