Sadly, for reasons beyond our control, the first identification workshop for beginners has had to be postponed. We will of course be posting new details of when and where the workshop will eventually take place when they are decided.
Apologies to all those of you who got in contact expressing an interest, we hope we’ll be seeing you in the near future.
Recently we had our first success in persuading a local bird keeper to release a bird that had been caught in the wild. The bird was a Lined Seedeater that had been captured outside Ubatuba and brought here in captivity.
Lined Seedeater in captivity.
The keeper was persuaded that this was not only illegal but also immoral and he agreed to free the bird.
The moment of truth!
A location was selected away from Ubatuba, where the bird is very rare, with other individuals of the species already living free.
Priceless!
Photos on this page © Rick and Elis Simpson.
02/03/2010 Praia Lazaro, Ubatuba, São Paulo; King Vulture – urubu-rei – Sarcoramphus papa; Photographed by Geraldo Ottoni. This or another bird had recently been seen in Campos do Jordão by Rafael Fortes.
06/03/2010 Airport, Ubatuba, São Paulo; Nacunda Nighthawk – corucão – Podager nacunda; 3 Seen by Lars Olausson et al feeding over the airport.
13/03/2010 Praia do Cedro, Ubatuba, São Paulo; Brown Noddy – trinta-réis-escuro – Anous stolidus; Seen and photographed by Rick Simpson, Elis Simpson and Don Hill. This bird has aparently been at the beach since the 11th. It was seen on the 12th by Lars Olausson et al.
15/03/2010 Itaguá beach, Ubatuba, São Paulo; Wattled Jacana - Jaçanã – Jacana jacana; Seen and photographed by Rick Simpson, Elis Simpson and Don Hill. An immature bird on the beach. Not a common bird in Ubatuba and much less so on the beach.
We have just taken delivery of some keyrings and fridge magnets to sell at the centre shop. On one side of the keyring is the UBWC logo with a bird on the other.
Luiz Carlos Ribenboim kindly allowed us to use his beautiful photographs of a Green-headed Tanager and a Brazilian Tanager for the keyrings and of a Saffron Toucanet for the magnet. 
I hope you agree that they look terrific and that you’ll all buy one when you come to visit to help us with our funding.
All images on this page © Luiz Carlos Ribenboim.
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