Daybreak over the canopy on our last morning

the morning colours tried to rival the setting sun from the previous evening…

and the mist settled over the forest…such a serene scene

a pair of macaws flew above the canopy

first bird of the morning….paradise tanager

paradise tanager

In the distance a pair of swallow winged puffbirds

One of the more spectacular parrots perched on a distant tree…the orange cheeked parrot

orange cheeked parrot

mid morning …

and a new toucan appeared…the red necked toucan

beautiful red necked toucan

far away two bright blue birds….

Spangled Cotingas

and then in the nearby trees, a beautiful black girdled barbet

Male black girdled barbet

the less spectacular but no less attractive female black girdled barbet

Bare necked fruitcrow

ground dove

from a long way off Jess heard this raptor calling

A white browed hawk

dusky chested flycatcher

a spider monkey looked up at us

whilst mum made a bridge with her body for junior to cross the gap between trees

so we headed down as the sun came up….Jess wanted to look for a trumpeter, antpitta and the elusive snow capped manikin….

a skulking shadow in the undergrowth heralded the trumpeter!

several of them appeared and strutted down the path

a brown winged trumpeter

and as they walkd, one of them displayed…

the tail feathers fanned out in a spectacular display….picture by Nik

we then sought the antpitta and caught a glimpse of a large eye…

It was indeed an Alta Floresta Antpitta..very very shy and skittish

Alta Floresta Antpitta

Antpitta

Madeira parakeets

Tapajos hermit was just outside our lodge

another spider monkey performed for us

then Jess yelled Tapir! and there she was at the water’s edge

but she also had her calf with her!

A so-called watermelon baby tapir

This final sighting on the banks was the icing on the cake for us as we departed…

in the forested area, I shot this lovely lettered aracari

lettered aracari

A blue gray tanager posed willingly near our dining table

Blue gray tanager which can be distinguished from the similarly coloured Sayaca tanager by the white shoulder on the wing

as if to end our amazonian adventure with a bang…this colourful bird landed right in front of us whilst we were having lunch…

a spectacularly coloured Turquoise tanager

Turquoise tanager bade us farewell