When Adilei came to the office last week and said in his normal tranquil voice, “it is nice to see the Green-chinned Euphionias are coming to the wetlands”, of course everyone jumped off their seats, grabbed their binoculars and went rushing to see these birds. We were rewarded by two males and a female at the top of the Guarea trichiloides tree busy eating and chirping in their familiar manner. These Atlantic Forest endemics are normally associated with quality habitat and we do take guests to see them though everyone will tell you these are the toughest euphonias to see!! To have them come down the mountain side and feed close by is another fantastic bit of evidence that our wetlands are working very well and habitat restoration is the best thing to do to help the local bird populations.