HARPY EAGLE PAIR RETURNS!

Andrew Whittaker reports that a Harpy Eagle pair has returned to the wooded area around the Cristalino Jungle Lodge. They are nesting again and incubating eggs! If all goes well, they should be feeding a fledgling in or close to the nest during our 2012 tour!

The Cristalino Jungle Lodge is an avian gold mine, having everything that makes Neotropical rainforest birding exciting—huge mixed-species flocks careening through the canopy and understory; frantic parties of antbirds attending army ant swarms; colorful dancing manakins; parrots, macaws, toucans, and cotingas; several species of primates; butterflies galore; and numerous rare and/or highly localized species that are difficult or impossible to find elsewhere.

Located in the heart of a vast forest reserve, along a beautiful blackwater river, the lodge boasts good accommodations, great food, an extensive trail system, two superb canopy towers, and a site list of nearly 600 species of birds. Among the possibilities are White-browed Hawk, Harpy Eagle, Cryptic Forest-Falcon, Dark-winged Trumpeter, Razor-billed Curassow, Crimson-bellied Parakeet, Kawall's Parrot, Blue-cheeked Jacamar, Rufous-necked Puffbird, Black-girdled Barbet, Red-necked Aracari, Chestnut-throated Spinetail, Peruvian Recurvebill, Glossy Antshrike, Bare-eyed Antbird, Snow-capped Manakin, Tooth-billed Wren, Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak, and many more.

Cristalino Jungle Lodge, dining room.— Photo: Katia Kuwabara