04/12/2011 Salesópolis Lake, São Paulo. American Wood Stork – cabeça-seca – Mycteria americana. Two birds seen and photographed flying-in and alighting in a ditch by Elis and Rick Simpson and Peter. Jenny and Megan Sharland.
06/12/2011 Perequê-Açu, Ubatuba, São Paulo. Pied-billed Grebe – mergulão-caçador – Podylimbus podiceps and American Golden Plover - batuiruçu – Pluvialis dominica. Seen and photographed at low tide on estuary of Rio Indaiá by Elis and Rick Simpson and Peter. Jenny and Megan Sharland.
Ubatumirim, Ubatuba, São Paulo. White-rumped Swallow – andorinho-de-sobre-branco - Tachycineta leucorrhoa. Finally a record shot promoting this species to Category A of the list. White-vented Violetear – beija-flor-de-orelha-violeta – Colibris serrirostris and White-browed Blackbird – policia-Inglesa-do-sul – Sturnella superciliaris, the first record for Ubatuba. Seen and photographed by Elis and Rick Simpson and Peter. Jenny and Megan Sharland.
12/12/2011 Biritiba Mirim, São Paulo. Giant Snipe – Narcejão – Gallinago undulata. A single bird flushed from dense reed and wet undergrowth, visual record only, Rick and Elis Simpson and Steve Miller.
Ilha Comprida, São Paulo. Chilean Flamingo - flamingo-chileno – Phoenicopterus chilensis. Found and photographed by Leandro Caetano.
13/12/2011 Ubatumirim, Ubatuba, São Paulo. Small-billed Elaenia – guaracava-de-bico-curto – Elaenia parvirostris. A new bird for Ubatuba found to be breeding by Rick and Elis Simpson and Steve Miller. (21st December. Breeding unsuccessful, chick appeared to be caught in some branches over the nest and died).
15/12/2011 Guarulhos, São Paulo. Tiny Hawk – gavião-miudinho – Accipiter superciliosus. Single bird seen from traffic jam on the Dutra Highway at the intersection with the airport service road. Flew in front of car being mobbed by a Blue-and-white Swallow - andorinho-pequeno-de-casa – Pygochelidon cyanoleuca and circled over roadworks. Seen by Rick and Elis Simpson and Steve Miller.
19/12/2011 Ubatumirim, Ubatuba, São Paulo. Streamer-tailed Tyrant – tesoura-do-brejo - Gubernetes yetapa. Single bird found and photographed by Felipe and João Castro. Still present when independently found by Rick and Elis Simpson 21st December 2012.
27/12/2011 Perequê, Rio de Janeiro. Olive-sided Flycatcher – piui-boreal – Contopus cooperi. Single bird found and photographed by Guilherme Serpa, Ricardo Gagliardi, Eduardo Getti and Gabriel Mello. Also seen, photographed and vocalisation recorded by Rick and Elis Simpson on the 29th.
