More mist netting activities this week

Here Pedro, Douglas (Chestnut fronted macaw), Molly and Lee process a Russet Backed Oropendola. This species usually stay well above the nets but this individual came a bit low. This bird was very strong and had lots of power in its beak and claws and a very bad attitude to boot.

This is a Hummingbird yet to be identified. There are so many species of hummingbird in this part of Peru that look very similar or the drawings in the books are not that brilliant make identifying these birds quite difficult, even for birds in the hand like this one.

Silver Beaked Tanagers are pretty common around our lodge but usually stick to open spaces or edges of rainforest. Luckly where we were mist netting this week was a small farm with plenty of these spaces.

A great photo of a butterfly that use the farm to suppliment their diet with salt from the soil. This individual was a bit bigger than the Hummingbird above.

Here Molly is getting ready to release the Solitary Black Cacique. She had very little experience with handling birds but by the end of the session she became very good at it.

Lee and Rachael hadn´t seen this speacies before landing in the nets due to its secretive habits on the edges of dense vegetation right at the back of the farm.