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Amazon kingfisher, anhinga, boat-billed heron, coati, great horned owl, Jabiru, jacana, monk parakeet, orange-backed troupial, potoo, ringed kingfisher, rufescent tiger heron, southedrn rough-winged swallow, sunbittern, toco toucan, woodcreeper
I didn’t always join the group for every little excursion on foot, especially when it meant getting up even earlier than usual. Here’s what I missed on one occasion, video again courtesy of Dave Allen. Charming coatis.
Overnight it had rained, and the atmosphere was very damp indeed on Saturday, 26th, though a little, a little, cooler. This is what the rain had done to the tree outside my room.
After breakfast, I did go for a little wander in the grounds on my own, and climbed the observation tower, to see a Jabiru stork nest from another angle.
I actually switched my camera to video, and took this experimentally myself, and was intrigued to see a teenager learning how to arrange the nest.
The cawing you can just hear in the background is Chaco chachalacas. I was pleased to see (and recognise!) a monk parakeet up there as well.
We set off on another boat ride, in the other direction. The river soon narrowed down, from this,
to this
There was frequent reversing and roaring of motor to free the propeller from greenery
There were just so many birds, over our heads, beside us, around us.
Anhinga
Boat-billed heron, unfortunately hiding most of its boat-bill
Two toco toucans and anhinga
Sunbittern
Amazon kingfisher
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Ringed kingfisher
Rufescent tiger-heron
The other boat forges the way for ours among the water hyacinth
The flower is very pretty
We disembarked to go for a short walk in the woods, to see this, a Great potoo. It didn’t move a muscle all the time we were there, hoping (thinking?) that we couldn’t see it.
Great potoo
Narrow-billed woodcreeper
It was only around 9.00 when we got back, and it was damp, starting to rain again.
We agreed to reconvene at 10.30 to see whether it was still raining and to decide whether to go for another stroll in the grounds, with a particular bird in mind.
It wasn’t, so we did.
Wattled jacana (it wasn’t this we had in mind)
Before we got to our goal, it started raining again, but we decided to press on. And got soaked. Still we saw the
Great horned owl
just about. We sheltered under its huge tree, which made a little difference to our degree of wetness, and made our way back to the lodge when the rain slightly eased. Still, I got another, more subdued, sighting of the lovely orange-backed troupial, in the tree by my room.
Brown-chested martins
Goodness, that looks pretty wet. What an amazing collection of birds you saw and i liked the little video, well done.
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Fortunately it didn’t rain in the afternoon and we were able to get out, in the boat, again.
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Yes indeed – it knows how to rain – and the owl looks just as soggy as you must have been! Marvellous tree impression from the great potoo – which I persisted in reading as ‘great photo’. The coatis is sweet but looks very out of place on the ground. Presumably he spends much time hanging round with the aid of that magnificent tail?
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According to my book ‘Females and youngsters form large groups that troop noisily through the forest, banded tails raised perpendicular to the body, tips swishing above the undergrowth. Coatis are opportunistic omnivores, climbing trees to harvest fruits or snuffling through leaf litter to unearth invertebrates.’ So they’re at home at all levels, and the book says they climb trees to escape danger ‘where they make a communal assessment of the threat’. Thank you – I’ve learned something!
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Enjoyed the videos. Glad you were able to see such a variety of birds in spite of the rain – the great potoo is very well camouflaged!
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Despite it’s ‘great’ness – about 2 ft tall.
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You certainly kept your eyes open while you were there.
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Even when feeling very sleepy…
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I had no idea great horned owls lived so far south! How remarkable.
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Ah, cet orange – and rain ! -backed troupial ! Et le Great Potoo, qui t’a certainement rappelé le Frogmouth en Australie. Des oiseaux si attachants !
Dommage pour les vidéos. Je n’arrive à les voir ni sur Mozilla Firefox, ni sur Internet Explorer… La fac ne doit pas être à jour de ses versions…
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Absolument, j’ai pensé au Frogmouth – meme s’il a fallu que je demande a notre leader son nom ! (Nouveau clavier, seul accent que je sais faire c’est le é)
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J’ai oublié : beaucoup aimé le tapis de pétales roses et l’anhiga qui prolonge la branche en figure de proue.
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Moi aussi, meme si le tapis est suite a la pluie.
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