19 & 20 June.From Jaen we travelled out to Tamborapa for a real "Maranon Endemic Fest" with Maranon Crescentchest, Maranon Spinetail, Chinchipe Spinetail, Northern (Maranon) Slaty-Antshrike, Buff-bellied Tanager and Speckle-breasted Wren in the semi-humid forest patch there. After a challenging but very rewarding morning we headed off for Pomacochas in the mountains. The Utcubamba Valley is the home of one of Peru's most desired hummers - the Marvellous Spatuletail. On the morning of 20th we watched Spatuletail on a hillside above town (Colin Horne at the blind used by a BBC film crew above) and then at some feeders at the new ECOAN interpretation centre. Top photo shows the Spatuletail's food-plant - Brachiota I think it's called.
Spot the Spatuletail - check out the tail "blobs" against the trunk and scan left!
Male Marvellous Spatuletail, Pomacochas N Peru 20 June 2008.
