From top: ECOAN Lodge at Abra Patricia; Scaled Fruiteater and Garcia Ridge (1750m). June 20 - 22: Marvellous Spatuletail was naturally given priority during our stay at Pomacochas. Splendid views of males and females on the hillsides above Pomacochas and near the new ECOAN information centre. Using Pomacochas as our base we birded various sites near the pass at Abra Patricia (2100m) down to Afluente (1500m) and Aguas Verdes (1100m). The new ECOAN lodge at the pass is now open and thanks to the manager David Geuvaras for the fine hospitality there during heavy rain at the pass. We'll be using the ECOAN lodge for next year's North Peru in August 2009.
Birds recorded included White-throated Quail-Dove, Red-billed and Scaly-naped Parrots, Cinnamon Screech-Owl, Andean Pygmy-Owl, Andean Potoo, White-tipped Swift, Many-spotted Hummingbird, Collared Inca, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Royal Sunangel, Emerald-bellied Puffleg, Rufous-capped Thornbill, Marvellous Spatuetail, White-bellied Woodstar, Little Woodstar, Masked Trogon, Black-streaked Puffbird, Emerald Toucanet, Speckle-chested Piculet, Lafrasneye's Piculet, Crimson-bellied Woodpecker, Rufous Spinetail, Ash-browed Spinetail, Equatorial Graytail, Lined Antshrike, Yellow-breasted Antwren, Rufous-rumped Antwren, Long-tailed Antbird, Rusty-tinged Antpitta, Chestnut Antpitta, Ochre-fronted Antpitta, Scaled Fruiteater, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Chestnut-crested Cotinga, Inca Flycatcher, Johnson's Tody-Tyrant, Black-throated Tody-Tyrant, Peruvian Tyrannulet, Ecuadorian Tyrannulet, Rufous-tailed Tyrant, Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant, White-collared Jay, Grey-mantled Wren, Sharpe's Wren, Bar-winged Wood-Wren, Grass-green Tanager, White-capped Tanager, Yellow-scarfed Tanager, Huallaga Tanager and Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia.
