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Alexander Lees
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Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens) Serra dos Caiabis, Mato Grosso, Brazil, September 2006.
A cheap Nikon Coolpix camera (5200) accompanied me on my 2005/2006 field campaigns to Amazonia, handholding this up to my Leica binoculars or Swarovski fieldscope proved invaluable in the documentation of many rare and little-known taxa. The digi-videoscoped movies below give a flavour for what is possible even in very poor light conditions, ok so it isn't Planet Earth, but it is better than nothing!
Slaty-backed Forest Falcon (Micrastur mirandollei)
Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)
Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)
Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)
Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber)
Pavonine Quetzal (Pharomachrus pavoninus)
Black-banded Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus)
Short-billed Leaftosser (Sclerurus rufigularis)
Caatinga Antwren (Herpsilochmus sellowii)
Bare-eyed Antbird (Rhegmatorhina gymnops)
Black-spotted Bare-eye (Phlegopsis nigromaculata)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) Serra do Cachimbo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, August 2006.
All Photos © Alexander Lees
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