Sep 21st – Arrival to Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Most flights arrive in the morning, we will pick you up at the airport and head off to our first destination near Salesopolis.  The feeders here are good for Brassy-breasted, Brazilian and Green-headed Tanagers.   Accommodation: A nice hotel in Salesopolis.

Sep 22nd – We will do some multi-flash hummingbird today.  White-throated Hummingbird and Brazilian Ruby and other species come to the setups.  They have corn and mealworm feeders which attract difficult birds like Red-and-White Crake, Brown Tinamou, White-breasted Tapaculo and White-shouldered Fire-Eye.  Walks on the trails can produce special birds such as the Sao Paulo Antwren, this is the only spot in the world where it can be seen.  Accommodation: A nice hotel in Salesopolis

Sep 23rd – Morning photography at the feeding station followed by check out and 3 hour transfer to Espinherio.  Afternoon photography at the feeding station there.  This is a good location for Red-necked Tanager and Scaly-throated Hermit.  Accommodation: A nice hotel nearby. 

Sep 24th – Morning at Espinherio.  The Chestnut-bellied Euphonia and Blue Dacnis (sometimes in large numbers) are reliable here and sometimes we get Blue-naped Cholorophonia and Black-legged Dacnis.  Then we have a 3.5 hour transfer to our next location at Petar.  Petar has had a pair of Ornate Hawk Eagles nest there every year for the past several years.  It is close enough to allow for good photographs.  Accommodation: A nice hotel in town nearby.   

Sep 25th – We will spend the full day at Petar, it’s a good location for multi-flash hummingbird photography.  Some of the species we should get on the multi-flash include Versicolored Emerald, Black Jacobin, and Violet-capped Woodnymph.  This is a good location for the amazing Festive Coquette.  They feed antpittas here and Royal Flycatcher can sometimes be found in the forest.   Accommodation: A nice hotel in the town nearby.  

Sep 26th – We spend the morning at Petar which also has a feeding station for rarely seen tinamous.  Then we transfer to Intervales State Park.  At Intervales some elusive birds come in to a feeder including Solitary Tinamou, Spot-winged Wood Quail and crakes.  We may have a look for the endangered Southern Wooly Monkey here. Lodge: Intervales State Park. 

Sep 27th – This morning we look for 2 species hummingbirds which have leks here, the gorgeous Violet-capped Plovercrest and the Dusky-throated Hermit, then we check out and head to our next lodge, Toucan’s Trail.  Afternoon bird photography at the very active fruit feeders. Lodge: Toucan’s Trail.

Sep 28th-29th- 2 full days of bird photography at Toucan’s Trail.  Their feeders attract up to 4 species of toucans, beautiful tanagers, Blond-crested and Yellow-fronted Woodpeckers, Plain and Maroon-bellied Parakeets and more.  The birds are so tame here that if you hold up a banana, many tanagers will land on your hand, we also had 2 species of toucan and Blond-crested Woodpecker come to our hands here.  There are trails to explore in the forest with the guide as well.  Mammals such as the Brazilian Tapir often come to the feeders at night.  Lodge: Toucan’s Trail

Sep 30th – We will spend the morning photographing at Toucan’s Trail, then we will transfer to to Pousada Fazende, a lodge north of Sao Paulo in the dry forest.  2 of the special hummingbird species here are the Stripe-breasted Starthroat and the Planalto Hermit.  Lodge: Pousada de Fazenda

Oct 1st – We will try some multi-flash photography at this lodge.  Other hummingbird species present here include  Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, White-vented Violetear, Gilded Saphire, Amethyst Woodstar and Sapphire-spangled Emerald.  Lodge: Pousada de Fazenda

Oct 2nd – Morning photography at Pousada de Fazenda followed by transfer after lunch back to the Sao Paulo airport for your return trip home.  Most flights leave in the evening.  If anyone wants to arrive a day early or needs to stay an extra night we can arrange a nice hotel near the Sao Paulo airport for you.