Home - 2018 - Peru - August 29 - Amazon day 2

Photographer: Josh Eckels

Catfish holes, exposed by the low water level Common potoo blending into the top of a broken tree Black-collared hawk Showing its black collar Two slate-colored hawks Ringed kingfisher Dense jungle along the river Great egret Bright green everywhere Long-nosed bats perched on a tree to sleep Bat closeups Cocoi heron Sloth seeking the tastiest leaves at the top Catilevered out Heading down to safety Trying to blend in Close to the main trunk at last Lesser kiskadee Immature wattled jacana showing off its long toes Squirrel monkey Clutching the branch Reaching for the next vine Black hawk Immature turkey vulture at takeoff Arched wings of vulture in flight Undercut roots Tanager of some sort, maybe blue-gray? Small bell wasp nest Out on the wide open Amazon Oriole blackbirds Gray and pink dolphins around the boat Closest thing to a pink dolphin photo I could manage Swimming in the Amazon Beached Green iguana dangling Long tail Giant lily pads Checking out the swap At the giant lily pads In various stages of tattering Bright white flowers Shiny in the equatorial sun Flipped over Still pristine Decaying into nothingness Green and purple Woven nest Pygmy marmoset checking out the laser pointer Slurping away Deadly mushrooms Just hanging out Wide-eyed Don't steal my tree juice! Walking through the vines Termite nests are everywhere up in the trees Hugging the branch Slow-action strangulation Check out those three toes! Kapok tree, with cotton-like seed pod filling Vines but no Tarzan Blood mushroom, not actually a mushroom! It's a parasitic plant Crossing the swamp Palm swap interior Thick ficus branches/roots Actual mushrooms Sure looks like a bird of paradise Goopy swamp Crazy branch Big tree covered in air plants Bromeliad reaching down Nighttime canoe ride

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