After two weeks at the lodge, I have now seen or heard 250 bird species. The undoubted highlight of the past few days was a gorgeous, male Blue-backed Manakin, a bird I've only managed to see a few times, singing in full view along one of the trails. The local race is an anomaly as we are well within the range of the red-capped subspecies but the birds here have a yellow crown and may well be a separate species entirely.
