Amazon River Boat Trip May 28-June 4, 2011

Amazon River Trip- May 28, 2011- June 4, 2011

Chicago to Newark to Lima to Iquitos.

Start: Iquitos.
North on the Itaya River (saw floating village of Belen).
Up the Amazon to the Ucayali River. Passed village of Yarapa.
Got onto the Maranon River. Got onto the Choroyacu River and San Regis River.
Went into the reserve called Pacaya Y Samira.
Spent some time in Nauta- the village roughly at the start of the Amazon River proper, and in Las Palmas and San Regis.

BIRDS
Peruvian Pelican
Muscovy Duck
Sun Grebe
Capped Heron
Great Egret
Black-Crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret
Striated Heron
Cocoi Heron
Horned Screamer
Green Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-Headed Vulture
Laughing Falcon
Slate Colored Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Black Collared Hawk
Red Throated Caracara
Yellow Headed Caracara
Wattled Jacana
Kelp Gull
Large Billed Tern
Yellow Billed Tern
Blue and Yellow Macaw
Red Bellied Macaw
White Eyed Parakeet
White Winged Parakeet
Tui Parakeet
Short Tailed Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Greater Ani
Smooth Billed Ani
Common Potoo (!)
Common Pauraque
Lesser Swallow Tailed Swift
Fork Tailed Swift
Straight Billed Hermit
Amazon Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
White Eared Jacamar
Black Fronted Nunbird
Chestnut Eared Aracari
White Throated Toucan
Crimson Crested Woodpecker
White Headed Marsh Tyrant
Great Kiskadee
Lesser Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
MISSED!!nPlum Throted Cotinga!!
Bare Necked Fruit Crow
White Winged Swallow
Black Capped Donacobius
Masked Crimson Tanager
Blue Gray Tanager
Paradise Tanager
Chestnut Bellied Seedeater
Red Capped Cardinal
Russet Backed Oropendula
Yellow Rumped Cacique
Oriole Blackbird
Yellow Hooded Blackbird

MAMMALS
Brown Throated Three-Toed Sloth (20+, 2 w/babies)
Long Nosed Bat
Fruit Bat
Fishing Bat

MONKEYS
Saddle Backed Tamarin
Squirrel Monkey
Wooley Monkey (kid's pet)
Brown Faced Capuchin
HEARD: Howler Monkey

Pink River Dolphin
Grey Dolphin

FISH
Red Bellied Piranha
Walikng Catfish
Dog Tooth Fish
Sabello Fish
Arahuana Fish (water monkey fish)
Arapayma

Giant Water Turtle
Yellow Spot Side Neck Turtle

FROGS
Poisin Dart Frog (3 species)
Leaf Mimic Frog
Amazon Tree Frog
Yellow Spot Frog

OTHER
Spectacled Caiman
Leaf Cutter Ants
Bullet Ants
Army Ants
Trumpet bee nest
Wine Cup mushroom
Plicka Plicka Lizard
Iman Todez Lizard
Blue Morph Butterfly
Sulfa Butterflies
Hair Cutter Bees
Green Banana Bees
Termite and wasp nests
Apple Snail

PLANTS
Ice Cream Bean
Walking Palm Tree
Canoe Paddle Tree
Flourescent Tree
Rubber Tree
Vegetable Ivory Palm
Candle Ginger Tree
Ficus
Kapoc Trees
Rooster crest flowers
Giant Water Lilly
Water Leather
Water Hyacinth
Magnolias
Mango tree
Breadfruit tree
banana tree
Senna
Etc., etc., etc....