Last week I had a couple of days in São Paulo before heading to Belem for COP30 and managed to donate old issues of @neobirdconserve.bsky.social magazines to Instituto Anchieta Grajaú and Ornitomulheres, the Brazilian Female Ornithologists Network. Glad these will not end up in the recycling bin!

What a fun and inspiring day @nhm.org , Avian Odyssey! Thrilled in learning about so many interesting and important work done for the birds all over the world 🌍🌎🌏

I hope the manakins have won people’s hearts and that everyone book their next birding trip to the Neotropics to see them!!

Happy Friday with a beautiful Okinawa Robin (Larvivora namiyei) lurking in the shades of Kunigami forest🌳that I found during my trip to Japan earlier this year ✨ Endemic to Okinawa, and quite elusive, it was such a treat to see it!

I am late, but need to record the top 3 highlights of this year’s #globalbirdfair:

1. Axel’s Sounding Wild brilliant immersive sound platform.10/10 recommend it!!
2. The Turnstone author’s tent
3. Giving a talk on Eastern Amazonian birds feeling like in the Amazon - it was 🔥