For the last two days of my short week in French Guiana, I headed into Cayenne and stayed at the Place des Amandiers, which seemed to be a birding hotspot. The extremely common Carib Grackles were hopping around the breakfast tables and the park opposite was full of birds, not least the rather surreal combination of Ruddy Turnstones bathing in rainwater pools alongside Yellow-hooded Blackbirds.
I also really enjoyed seeing the ever-so-cute Pied Water-Tyrant and Yellow Oriole, and the very first bird I saw on the nearby Sentier de Montabo was this Green-tailed Jacamar!
All too soon, it was time to head back to Belém, where I had a couple more days before heading home and discovered a Reddish Hermit lek, which was a wonderful way to end my two weeks back in the amazing Amazon.
