Day four - Drive to Las Claritas

We packed up and left the hotel at El Palmar and headed south towards Las Claritas.


We stopped enroute at this marshy area with dead trees.


Diane spotted this Ferruginous Pygmy Owl in a hole in a tree.

Our lunch spot was a disused bridge


over the River Cuyuni.

Unfortunately, it started to pour down with rain and we had to eat in this attractive structure.

The bridge with umbrellas after it stopped raining.

Birding on the bridge.


Video montage of day four:

Day three - March 7: the Imataca Forest preserve

On the road in the forest.















Another scope convention....















On a trail in the forest.















After lunch, we had rain and exciting jeep maneuvers.












Judy is ready for more rain.


















Which unfortunately comes but we keep birding.













The video montage for day three:








Black Nunbird















Bat Falcon


















Plumbeous Kite














Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Day two - March 6: the Harpy Eagle

Our first objective was the Harpy Eagle. Javier, the local guide, had located a nest on the property of a local landowner.

We arrive in our vehicles...











and the first thing we have to do is climb over or get through a fence...















We heard and saw some Red Howler monkeys.











We saw the Harpy Eagle nest but it was very far away. To get closer, we had to cross a muddy stream...













We got excellent looks at the young Harpy Eagle and heard him call (see the video)


















































We birded our way back from the nest,












and saw this interesting lizard.

















Montage of video from the first couple of days of the trip.






We had lunch and then birded on the road in the afternoon.

Yellow-headed Caracara

Pyratic flycatcher

A Cocoi Heron in an unusual pose

Rufescent Tiger Heron