We both got up ahead of the 0600 wake-up knock for the pre-breakfast skiff excursion. We headed across the river and upstream looking for macaws – we saw the red-bellied variety in the distance, but not close enough for any decent photography. We did get close enough to the blue-and-yellow variety to get some shots. We saw other birds – hawk/caracara and yet another “little yellow bird”.
We returned to the Delfin for breakfast before heading out again, this time up Belluda Caño, a creek flowing into Rio Ucayali. This time we saw more than birds. First sighting a three-toed sloth whose mottled coloring made it hard to see against the tree trunk. I spotted a second one a bit further up the creek only because it moved while I was looking directly at it.
Chino and his fellow naturalists know of a roost where owl (or night) monkeys hung out, and sure enough there were four to them home when the skiff glided to a stop at the bottom of the tree. Further upstream we spotted a pair of monk saki monkeys – they looked and moved like a black Persian cat as they navigated through the treetops.
We also came upon more blue-and-yellow macaws, plus a pair (separately) of cayman lizards and Amazonian lilies.
Upon returning to the boat I took a quick shower and started cataloging all the bird/animal shots for later identification.
A juvenile great black hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga).
Yellow-hooded blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus) - uh-oh, another 'little yellow bird'!
The selection of tropical fruit juices - I found mixing camucamu with papaya made a nice combination.
A family of night monkeys (Aotus vociferans).
Yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela). another 'little yellow bird'.