ALL DAY AT IWOKRAMA WITH A WALK
UP TURTLE MOUNTAIN
WEATHER. - CLOUDY WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS, BRIGHTER LATER, VERY WARM
We met at 5:30am in the beautiful
dining room that overlooks the river, it was still dark but we had to be at the
river by 6am to catch our boat which would take us down river to the trail of
the Turtle Mountain. The boat trip was lovely, it was getting lighter by the
minute and soon we were finding birds. Anhinga, Neotropic Cormorant and Capped
Heron were first on the list, the heron is a beautiful bird, like a cross between
Squacco and Night Herons.
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| THE RESTAURANT AT IWOKRAMA LODGE |
Once on land we took a forest
trail that wound its way inland until we started to climb. The path got quite
steep at times but steps and hand rails were provided. We stopped a few times
to look for birds but generally it was very quiet. We found a family party of
Giant River Otters which were a fantastic find and kept us entertained for half
an hour.
The best bird we found was a
Guianan Red Cotinga, but we also turned up Green Oropendola and when we got to
the top of the mountain we found the prized Orange-breasted Falcon, nice bird.
On the way back down we walked
through a torrential rainstorm and we found an ant-swarm which was attended by
a few antbirds the best of which was a White-plumed Antbird.
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| VIEW ACROSS THE LAWN TO THE RIVER ESQUIBO |
Back on the boat for the return trip we found a lovely plover called Pied Lapwing, also an Osprey flew over and several Red and Green Macaws.
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| WILSON'S SNIPE |
Walking along the tracks near the
lodge we found a few species such as Red-legged Honeycreeper, White-throated
Toucan and Scarlet Macaw. Just before dinner we walked
down to the riverside to
look across the water for Ladder-tailed
Nightjars, we found some interesting bats that appeared to be fishing but
not the nightjar.
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| THE VIEW BACK TO THE RIVER FROM TURTLE MOUNTAIN |
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| BLACKISH NIGHTJAR |
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