Galapagos 2009, with Napo extension
January 25 – February 6, 2009 - Bird/Species Trip List
Greg Smith, Guide and fourteen participants

Pied-billed Grebe - One at the Punta Moreno cenotes
Galapagos Penguin - Isabel and Bartolome, we like them
Waved Albatross - An adult sitting on the water south of Punta Moreno
Dark-rumped Petrel - One as we motored towards Daphne Major
Galapagos Shearwater - Numerous, especially close to cliffs.  Best look, Genovesa
Galapagos Storm Petrel - One of many over Genovesa
(formerly Wedge-rumped)
Maderian Storm Petrel - Hard to pick out, but they were on Genovesa
(formerly Band-rumped)
Elliot’s Storm Petrel - Seen originally on our way to Daphne Major
(formerly White-vented)
Red-billed Tropicbird - Daphne Major and Genovesa
Magnificent Frigatebird - Mostly around Santa Cruz, but a few in other areas
Great Frigatebird - On Genovesa  it was the most common as expected
Blue-footed Booby - Genovesa and Punta Vicente Roca.  Shallow water divers
Nazca Booby - Primarily on Genovesa, but scattered on other islands
Red-footed Booby - Only seen on Genovesa in both color morphs
Flightless Cormorant - Isabel and Fernandina nesting, loafing, feeding & mating
Brown Pelican - All islands that we visited
Greater Flamingo - Two were seen on a saline lagoon behind Villamil
Great Blue Heron - On the beach at Bartolome and other locales
Striated Heron - Both an adult and a juvenile at Bahia Elizabeth
Lava Heron - A few seen on Bartolome and Santiago (James)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Immatures and a couple of adults on Genovesa
Cattle Egret - All over the highlands of Santa Cruz
White-cheeked Pintail - Good looks at Punta Moreno cenotes
Blue-winged Teal - A dozen at the Punta Moreno cenotes.
Galapagos Hawk - Seen by three at the Tagus Bay site
Red Phalarope - A few of us on the bow saw a flock of about fifty
Black-necked Stilt - One seen on the saline lagoon behind Villamil
Whimbrel - Bartolome on our turtle beach walk
Black-bellied Plover - Los TInteros
Sanderling - Norte Seymour
Semipalmated Plover - Bartolome on our early morning turtle beach walk
Ruddy Turnstone - One on the beach at Genovesa turning over stones
American Oystercatcher - On Genovesa and on Fernandina
Least Sandpiper - Three separate individuals in the saline lagoons @ Villamil
Wandering Tattler - On rocky shoreline at Daphne Major and other islands
Lava Gull - Only 400 pair & we saw at least three of them, Genovesa
Swallow-tailed Gull - All over the place, very common on Genovesa
Brown Noddy - Isabel hanging on the wall just above the water
Laughing Gull - On the beach at our morning landing on Genovesa
Galapagos Dove - Our indicator species for Short-eared Owl
Smooth-billed Ani - On Isabela at the Punta Moreno cenotes
Short-eared Owl - Four on Genovesa, all looking for a petrel dinner
Vermilion Flycatcher - Just below the twin craters on Santa Cruz island.
Galapagos Flycatcher - Dave saw one on James (Santiago)
Galapagos Mockingbird - On Santa Cruz, Genovesa and Bartolome
Galapagos Martin - Flying over one of the Punta Moreno cenotes
Large Ground-Finch - On Genovesa, cracks the goat’s head seeds
Medium Ground-Finch - On Fernandina as soon as we landed
Small Ground-Finch - On Bartolome walking between the beaches
Sharp-billed Ground Finch - On Genovesa in the afternoon walk
Common Cactus-Finch - On Daphne Major as we circumnavigated
Large Cactus Finch - Genovesa on the early morning walk from Darwin beach
Large Tree-Finch - In the tortoise rearing area of Villamil
Warbler Finch - On Genovesa in the early morning
Woodpecker Finch - On our early morning Darwin Lake walk
Yellow Warbler - On Genovesa & Bartolome in the AM. Heard on Isabela
Large Ground-Finch - Except Espanola and Daphne
Medium Ground-Finch - All except Espanola, Genovesa, Wolf & Darwin
Small Ground-Finch - All except Genovesa, Darwin and Wolf
Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch - Fernandina, Santiago, Pinta, Genovesa, Darwin & Wolf
Common Cactus-Finch - All except Darwin, Wolf, Genovesa, Pinzon & Fernandina
Large Cactus-Finch - Genovesa, Espanola & Gardener
Vegetarian Finch - All except Espan, Genov, Santa Fe, Baltra, Darwin, Wolf
Large Tree-Finch - All except Espanola, Genovesa, Wolf & Darwin
Medium Tree-Finch - Floreana
Small Tree-Finch - All except Marchena, Espanola, Genovesa, Wolf & Darwin
Woodpecker Finch - Isabela, Fernandina,Santiago, Santa Cruz & S Christobal
Mangrove Finch - Isabel
Warbler Finch - All except Daphne

Galapagos Sea Lion
Galapagos Fur Sea Lion
Bryde’s Whale
Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Green Sea Turtle
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Marine Iguana
Land Iguana
Scalloped Hammerhead
Black-tipped Reef Shark
White-tipped Reef Shark
Galapagos Shark
Spotted Eagle Ray
Golden Ray
Manta Ray
Diamond Ray
Pacific Sunfish

 

Napo extension
January 21-26, 2009 - Bird/Species Trip List
Greg Smith, Guide

Great Tinamou - One bird seen on the trail to the canopy tree
Undulated Tinamou - A well heard bird on the island in the Rio Napo
Anhinga - Numerous birds in Anungu Creek and Lake
Zigzag Heron - An all black young in a nest on the creek
Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Numerous adults scattered along the creek
Cocoi Heron - One seen on a sandbar of the Rio Napo as we arrived
Great Egret - A few on sandbars as we motored down the Rio Napo
Snowy Egret - One on the banks of the mighty Rio Napo
Striated Heron - Numerous around the lake’s edge
Black-crowned NH - Numerous flying from their roosts along the creek
Boat-billed Heron - A roosting adult gave us excellent looks on the creek
King Vulture - A beautiful soaring bird at the canopy tree as we departed
Black Vulture - Mostly near villages when we were in the water
G. Yellow-head Vulture - Ubiquitous but stunning w/ their yellow & red heads
Osprey - An old friend perched on a log in the river
Slender-billed Kite - A pair at the canopy looking very much into their nuptials
Double-tooth Kite - On a tree in the early morning light of our canopy visit
Crane Hawk - Seen soaring over the lake as we paddled to the other side
Black-faced Hawk - We watched it soar past the tower where joined by BLHEagle
Common Black Hawk - An adult seen flying over the river on our island excursion
Roadside Hawk - Another soaring bird from the canopy, distant but conclusive
Black Hawk-eagle - One more soaring near the tower
Ornate Hawk-eagle - The size and the rufous on this soaring bird gave it away
Black Caracara - The most common raptor we saw and one of the most stunning
Red-throated Caracara - A group of three flew into the trees above & called continuously
Yellow-headed Caracara - The only one we saw flew over the canoe on our evening paddle
Laughing Falcon - Saw an immature bird who laughed us all the way back to lodge
Speckled Chachalaca - Brief but definitive looks of birds along the creek
Spix’s Guan - A calling bird on canopy trail wouldn’t poke its head out for us
Marbled Wood-quail - Two adults with fours chicks perched on their night roost!!
Chestnut-head Crake - A calling bird disappeared into the shrubs just before the otter
Purple Gallinule - A gorgeous adult in the veg along side the creek
Azure Gallinule - A wonderfully colored bird was near the PUGA location
Limpkin - We saw numbers of these along the creek early & late
Wattled Jacana - This long-toed stunner was very chatty when paddling the creek
Greater Yellowlegs - A solitary bird sitting on a mudflat adjacent to the island
Spotted Sandpiper - We saw this teeter-toter from the US along the Napo
Pale-vented Pigeon - Always flying by us at an amazing rate of speed
Ruddy Pigeon - Perched on a snag along the Rio Napo
Blue & Yellow Macaw - Our best look was a gorgeous bird perched overhead on Tintu
Scarlet Macaw - Four birds in early morning light from canopy was stunning!!!
Red-bellied Macaw - Always flying overhead and but never in the best light
Dusky-headed Para - Large chatty groups feeding on the tasty clay along the Napo
Cobalt-winged Para - A few were adding their colors to the clay lick cave site
Scarlet-Shouldered Parrot - Amazing when they flew into the mass of birds at the clay cave
Black-headed Parrot - Three individuals clinging to the spire of a new palm frond
Orange-cheeked Parrot - Absolutely drop dead gorgeous birds at the clay creek site
Blue-headed Parrot - Just a couple of these stunners on the Napo clay lick
Yellow-crown Amazon - One of the two common Amazonia at the Napo riverside
Orange-winged Amazon - Seen infrequently flying in pairs overhead in the jungle
Squirrel Cuckoo - Best look was one foraging above us in the canopy tree
Greater Ani - The largest ani usually seen in the creek area
Smooth-billed Ani - Always seemed to be perched in groups of 3-4 around Napo
Hoatzin - Always appeared startled when we approached them openly
Tropical Screech Owl - Heard on our owling paddle
Tawny Bellied Screech - As above
Ferruginous Pygmy - As above
Crested Owl - A pair roosting off of the clay lick creek trail were stunning
Black-banded Owl - We played a tape in canopy and got numerous answers, no sight
Great Potoo - There he was sitting in the along side the creek looking stumpy
Common Potoo -  Serenaded us on most morning before sunrise.
Ladder-tailed Nightjar - Found roosting over the Rio Napo looking like dead leaves
Short-tailed Swift - Saw one mixed in with a flock of the following on our first night
Neotropical Palm-swift - These needle-tailed darts were usually seen in pairs
Great Billed Hermit - A chirping female sat in front of us for as long as we would look
Long-billed Starthroat - Seen feeding on the hibiscus of the lodge
Ringed Kingfisher - Seen everyday along Anungu Creek.  This one is the largest
Amazon Kingfisher - Only two seen, both briefly
Green Kingfisher - Seen a couple of times on Anungu Creek
Green-and-rufous K - The most common kingfisher on the creek
Am Pygmy Kingfisher - The smallest kingfisher and the least seen on the creek
White-eared Jacamar - A pair was seen perched fairly close during our evening paddle
White-chinned Jacamar - A pair seen from canopy tree
Great Jacamar - A solitary bird that gave us great looks on the canopy trail
White-necked Puffbird - Perched below us o the canopy.  Great looks!
White-faced Nunbird - Seen calling from trees adjacent to the canopy tree.
Black-fronted Nunbird - As above
Swallow-winged Puffbird - Seen from the motorized canoe on the Rio Napo
Scarlet-crowned Barbet - A very patient bird seen on the trail to canopy
Gilded Barbet - An almost patient bird seen from the afternoon canopy sit
Many-banded Aracari - Seen very well from the canopy. Most common Aracari
Ivory-billed Aracari - Only one & it played hide & seek in the trees
Lettered Aracari - Only one on our early morning sit in the canopy
Channel-billed Toucan - During our afternoon sit a female perched for 20 minutes
White-throated Toucan - Not uncommon and plenty of looks at this flying sub
Spot-breasted Woodpecker - A pair decided to give us the perched look
Scale-breasted Woodpecker - A pair foraged in the canopy tree for an hour as we birded
Cream-colored Woodpecker - A single well placed individual gave us great looks
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker - The most commonly seen woodpecker
Crimson-crested Woodpecker - A beautiful bird seen from the deck at lunch
Rufous-tailed Foliage Gleaner - Hide & seek on the Tingu trail with the becards
Long-billed Woodcreeper - Seen by all on our afternoon paddle in the creek
Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper - Not so good looks in the late afternoon on the creek
Buff-throated Woodcreeper - Seen numerous times throughout our stay
Dusky-throated Antshrike - Edwin called this bird in as we hiked the clay lick creek
Pygmy Antwren - Seen both times from the top of the canopy tree
Spot-backed Antbird - A quick look as this guy came into the taped call
Dot-backed Antbird - Seen from the Tingu trail as it responded to a play back
Golden-faced Tyrannulet - Seen flycatching at the top of the canopy tree
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet - One bird along the short hike to the Pygmy Marmoset
Drab Water-tyrant - A pair was seen on the Rio Napo interacting
Short-crested Flycatcher - Not common, but seen at the lake’s edge
Great Kiskadee - Definitely one of the common flycatchers along the creek and lake
Lesser Kiskadee - All over the creek and lake
Boat-billed Flycatcher - A big pair from the tower at the lodge
Piratic Flycatcher - A pair chasing one another from the top of canopy tree
Tropical Kingbird - Ubiquitous at best
Pink-throated Becard - A great looking pair along the trail to the clay lick creek
Purple-throated Cotinga - A gorgeous bird perched during the morning sit in canopy
Blue Cotinga - A beautiful bird just sat thirty feet away for minutes in canopy
Bare-necked Fruitcrow - Seen from the canopy tree in the morning
Purple-throated Fruitcrow - The afternoon canopy sit had one close by
Amazonian Umbrellabird - Within ten minutes of getting in the paddle canoe we had one
Dwarf Tyrant Manakin - Seen along the Tingu trail at the beginning
VIolaceous Jay - Seen from canopy numerous times flying through the forest
Black-billed Thrush - Nesting in front of Cabina Nuevo
Gray-breasted Martin - Seen perched irregularly on bare twigs around the lake’s edge
White-winged Swallow - That friendly little guy perched on the sticks by the dock
Bl-Capped Doncobius - The raucous greeter whenever we made it to the creek
Thrush-like Wren - We saw and heard this bird in the tree tops adjacent to canopy
House Wren - Our friend from North America was singing outside the lodge
Tropical Gnatcatcher - The tail and habits of this little guy made him easy to id
Blackpoll Warbler - A nice male coming into alternate plumage at the top of canopy
Purple Honeycreeper - A stunning bird foraged for minutes in the tops of canopy
Green Honeycreeper - As above
Blue Dacnis - A member of the same flock as the two above
Rufous-bellied Euphonia - Sitting in the same tree as the female Channel-billed Toucan
Blue-Gray Tanager - A Family of this eastern slope race were common at the lodge
Palm Tanager - Hanging around the tower at the lodge…in palm trees
Silver-beaked Tanager - A male and female were darting through the lodge’s flowers
Masked Crimson Tanager - A knockout male seen at the lodge from the tower
Gray-headed Tanager - Seen from the lodge tower feeding in the flowers
Blue-black Grosbeak - A heard bird by the group at the canopy
Yellow-rumped Cacique - Colony nester extraordinaire at the lodge
Russet-backed Oropendula - Their water drop call got everyone’s attention
Orange-backed Troupial - A family group was feeding in the palms at the transfer site
Oriole Blackbird - Seen feeding on a sandbar. Strange place, great bird

137 species total

 

MAMMALS
Agouti - A quick glimpse of this forest dweller on Tingu trail
Pygmy Marmoset - One individual about 30 feet away just watched us take photos
Red Howler - Heard more than seen, but we did get a long distance look
Dusky Titi - A family group right behind the lodge from the tower
Golden Mantled Tamarind - Two sightings with the best being from the lodge tower
Nocturnal Tropical Monkey - A family group of three seen on our evening paddle
Common Squirrel Monkey - All around the lake and easy to paddle up to
Mok Saki - One individual on our paddle into the lodge
White-fronted Capuchin - As above
Long-nosed Bat - Roosting on exposed sticks in the water
Fishing Bat - Seen flying up and down the river as they foraged

 

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