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