Pics from the Amazon

[DLJeff]

Thought some of you bird fanciers might appreciate seeing some pictures from a trip to the Amazon. From left to right: black collared hawk (1 & 2); black skimmer in flight (3 & 4); agouti.

[DLJeff]

From left to right:
Cocoi Heron in flight
Blue & Yellow Mazaws (2 & 3)
Cocoi heron (4 & 5)

[DLJeff]

From left to right:
Picture 1 comes with a story. This caiman was laying alongside a brushy area. The guy I was fishing with cast to the opposite side of the brush and hooked the bush. When he tried to extract his fly the bush shook and the caiman crawled through it and then tried to bite the fly. You can see the blue & white fly stuck in the bush.

Quite a few caiman this trip, probably because the low water concentrated them. We came upn this big fellow sunning on a sand bar. As we got close he got up and ran into the water and then rushed the boat (we evidently got too close to his territory), (Photos 2 & 3)

Pic 4 is a big caiman on the shore of a lagoon

Picture 5: Greater Ani

[DLJeff]

From left to right:
Pics 1 & 3: Cuvier's Toucans high in a tree
Pic 2: Great Black Hawk with an aracu fish
Pic 4: Hoatzin
Pic 5: Muscovy ducks

[Larry S]

Thanks. Can never get enough of these pictures. Must have been a great trip.
Best,
Larry S

[DLJeff]

From left to right:

Pictures 1 & 2: Green Kingfisher, female
Pic 3: Green Kingfisher, male
Pic 4: Tawny headed swallows
Pic 5: White winged swallow

[DLJeff]

From left to right:
Pic 1: Rufescent tiger heron, female
Pic 2: Rufescent tiger heron, male
Pics 3, 4, & 5: Brown-beared Saki monkey

[DLJeff]

From left to right:
Pic 1: My best fish of the trip, 17lb male. But the cool thing is the big spawning bump on his head
Pic 2: Yellow rumped cacique nests
Pic 3: Only shot of a jumping fish I got
Pic 4: Sunbittern

[jbird]

It would be so hard for me to concentrate on the fishing down there! Thanks for sharing these.

[DLJeff]

Thanks Larry and Jay. Many people fish two people out of the john boats down there. I prefer to rotate and I only fish when in the front. When in the back seat I'm using my binoculars and camera. That's the best thing about going down there is all the other things to see besides the fishing. I love it.