Getting close to the end of the journey with a few great moments left. This blog has a lot from our river journeys, on lakes, and finally the great moment at the clay lick.
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Thanks to Robert Dekeyser, I now have the name of this canopy, the
Blanquillo Tower. |
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| And as an example of the views..... |
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| Purple-throated Fruitcrow |
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| Magpie Tanager |
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| Identification, anybody? |
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| Likewise? |
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| Scarlet Macaw |
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| Green-and-rufous Kingfisher |
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| Tropical Kingbird |
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Hoatzin
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| Purus Jacamar |
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| Roadside Hawk |
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| Black Skimmer |
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| Lesser Kiskadee |
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| Red-headed Cardinal |
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| Purple Galinule |
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| Horned Screamer |
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| Long-nosed Bat |
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| Black Hawk |
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| Wattled Jacana |
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| Red-throated Caracara |
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| Capped Heron |
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| Capped Heron |
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Jabiru
One bird I really, really hoped I would see. This is the largest stork in the world, standing 6 feet tall.
The next photos were from the trip to the Clay Lick. The Parrots and Macaws all make their magical appearance, and we were all spell-bound. As Nicola said, "You haven't seen the Amazonian jungle until you see 120 Parrots filling the sky, and making the most horrendous racket." |
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| Blue-headed Parrots |
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| Mealy Parrots |
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| One of my favorite sightings, a Sungrebe |
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And another bird, again totally new to me, that I hoped to see,
a Smooth-billed Ani |
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| Channel-billed Toucan |
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| And after much caution, checking for predators, the watchers in the blind keeping very quiet, the Red-and-green Macaws arrived, a sight unique in nature. |
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| Spell-bound |
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A bird on the way home, a Vermillion Flycatcher, seen in the South in the US, but my first one.
One more blog to go! |
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