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Tuesday - 23 April 2024 - Two river safaris today. The morning safari was typical with lots of animals. Then the second was a late night safari.

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River of the sloths - we saw so many that Virginia Ann was a bit tired of the guide yelling out "sloth in the tree."

A Brown-Throated Sloth takes a look our way.
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A pair of Dusky Headed Parakeets.
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This Green Iguana took a while for us to find - how the guides spot these in the trees is amazing.
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Another Brown-Throated Sloth moving very slowly - but moving!! One of the few we would see actually move.
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This little Yellow-Crowned Brush-Tailed Rat must be tired of boats stopping by his home each week.
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A Crimson-Crested Woodpecker.
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A large Cocoi Heron.
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Back on the ship to enjoy a great lunch - all the meals were excellent.

Cal and his mother at the table.
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The appetizer - shrimp and egg on a bed of cold yellow mashed potatoes.
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A Great Egret.
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Entering a tributary of the Amazon we pass a small village on stilts.
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On the river near the village, this little boy held up an Armored Catfish. This was the fourth boy we saw with the same fish - so very popular as a tourist fish.
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Mom is not very happy to have a catfish near her.
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Cal holds the Armored Catfish in a pose with his mother.
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Girls at the village play with a Yellow-Crowned Parrot.
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A Brown-Throated Sloth watching the boat from high in the trees.
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Another troop of Black-Capped Squirrel Monkeys - only able to catch one in the open.
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Very, very far away a Chestnut-Eared Aracari (toucan family) sat at the top of a tree.
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The tributary we are exploring.
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Cal tried to sit in one of the two front seats as often as possible.
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A Blue-and-Yellow Macaw in the trees.
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Another Brown-Throated Sloth, but this time there is a little baby sloth on its mother's stomach. If you look close there is a little fur bump hanging on with one paw.
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Several Blue-and-Yellow Macaws.
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A Ringed Kingfisher.
Looking for animals and birds prior to sunset.
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Sunset on the Amazon. We would go on to look for nocturnal animals.
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