Page 2 of our photos in the Amazon Basin of Peru and Bolivia

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Butterfly. The spots fool some birds into thinking this is a predator.
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This pecary's mother was killed by a jaguar. It was adopted by the guards at the park center.
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Back on the Rio Madre de Dios.
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Typical house along the shore.
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Entering Bolivia, we change the flag.
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Bolivian frontier station.
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Satellite image. The big river is the Madre de Dios. The thin line is the Heath River. We go up the Heath river, beyond the left side of the photo.
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Sun Bittern on the shore of the Heath River.
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One of the rare houses in this remote region of the Amazon basin.
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Capybara -- the world's largest rodents, on the edge of the Heath River.
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Great Black Hawk, disturbed by our boat, taking off from the shore.
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Horned Screamer, also spooked by our boat.
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Caiman basking on the shore.
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He notices us, turns, and heads towards the water.
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The Caiman enters the Heath River.
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The caiman comes after us. We are too big for him. He's just curious.
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Our "hut" at the Heath River wildlife center.
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Before dawn, heading to see the parrot and macaw lick.
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Parrots galore.
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Parrots even more galore. They were also very noisy.
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Watching from the blind.
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Macaws at the clay lick. They eat the clay in the morning to help digest toxic fruit.
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More macaws.
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Macaws in the trees.
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Macaws in the trees. Some Red Titi monkeys also watched from these trees, but they are not in this photo.
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Footprints of tapirs -- but we don't sight them.
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Rosemary in the Jungle of Bolivia.
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Back on the Rio Madre de Dios, returning to civilization.
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Over the Andes, soon to land at Cuzco. We are definitely out of the rainforest.

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