Another keen responder is this Grey-Hooded Attila, mainly a forest bird, but it can easily be persuaded to come right next to our balcony when I play its piercing call and insistent song. I almost feel guilty watching its confusion as it tries to work out where this other bird is.

My new toy is already paying dividends. One of the endemic birds I had on the list, but only from reports by visiting experts, was the Black-capped Foliage-Gleaner, one of the many species that stays well hidden in the understorey. Just as an experiment I played the call yesterday on my morning walk, and instantly got a response - in this recording you can hear me playing the call on the phone about 40 seconds in, and the real bird answering from just a few feet away. Trying it again on the main, more open trail again today it came out instantly and posed for a photo on a nearby branch (in very low light so this is with flash).

Of course, playback is a standard technique of bird-guiding, so I am not claiming any great novelty here - it is great fun to try it out myself, though, having learned quite a bit about which species to try calling and where. Also I think my set-up with the Nokia has one fairly unique element - when I find I am missing a species, I just get to a place where I can find my Wi-fi signal (it even reaches a little into the forest!), and download the recording from the excellent bird-sound catalogue at www.xeno-canto.org !

Finally, a very welcome new visitor to our banana-feeder is this Saffron Toucanet, one of the smaller members of the toucan family which is more solitary and much less predictable than the "proper" toucans. It is also a near-threatened species. This one sat on a branch just above the bananas eyeing me cautiously but staying put as I approached for this photo.