A good investment

We have tried for the White-collared Seedeater before with little luck. It has been on our mind for years; to get it when the opportunity presented itself. Today the opportunity and the bird presented themselves.

For the last week or so there have been a couple seedeaters seen reliably at San Ygnacio, upriver from here. We got up at 4:30 to be there by 8am. We ran into Joel, the guy who has been reporting it every day and he led us right to it. Three white-collared Seedeaters in all! A nice long look at them.

An early start. 250 miles. A little tired tonight. Life bird. It was a good time and energy investment.

We didn’t get a good picture of him. Here’s a Black-throated Sparrow instead: