20 - 22 June.Abra Patricia, probably my favourite site in Peru was our next destination. Home of many rare birds, Abra Patricia is the best single site on the "Northern Circuit" in my opinion but the weather certainly wasn't very kind to us this year. Nevertheless we did very well with Yellow-scarfed Tanager, Lulu's Tody-Tyrant, Chestnut-crested Cotinga, Ochre-fronted Antpitta, Royal Sunangel, Cinnamon Screech-Owl, White-capped Tananger and Bar-winged Wood-Wren recorded.
Scaled Fruiteater (female) near Afluente, 22 June 2008.
Despite quite heavy rain both mornings at the pass birds were still active, with flocks passing by the road near Afluente (below Abra Patricia) constantly. A family party of Scaled Fruiteaters kept us entertained in between the flocks that held Huallaga Tanagers, Equatorial Graytails, Yellow-breasted and Chestnut-rumped Antwrens, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Ecuadorian Tyrannulet and Buff-fronted Foliage-Gleaner.
Maybe the most memrable moment of our stay at Abra Patricia was a twenty minute period during which we found Black-streaked Puffbird and Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (only my fifth and second personal records respectively) . Great stuff!
