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Introduction - Brazil-Rio Aripuanã birding with Field Guides
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Our four guides
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Chuck in birding camo
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Pat and Chuck reflected in a window and happy on the fast launch down the Rio Amazonas
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White-browed hawk, Leucopternis kuhli
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Movie: Boarding Tumbira
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Cleaning the day's catch
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Recording bird calls
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Movie: Special birding beer was issued to all hands for this afternoon's aquatic foray.
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Birding towel art in our Tumbira stateroom
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Large ant nest on a tree
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Movie: Ant nest after a loud yell
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The Tumbira's crew sometimes went fishing on Tumbira's fantail or in one of the small boats while we were out birding. We ate the fish they caught for dinner; they were tasty!
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Perched dragonfly, probably a Rainforest bluewing, Zenithoptera fasciata
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In a varzea forest with guide Bret Whitney
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Movie: Happy birders on the move
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Chestnut-eared Aricari, Pteroglossus castanotis, on an acaí palm
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Panorama: The last of the day's birding aboard Tumbira
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Chestnut-eared Aracaris, Pteroglossus castanotis
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Movie: Sharpening a machete to clear our birding trail
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Movie: Clearing a birding path on an island in the Rio Madeira
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Stormy day on the Rio Madeira
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Chestnut-eared Aracari, Pteroglossus castanotis
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On the trail with our guides
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White-browed antbird, Myrmoborus leucophrys
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Stick insect, probably Pseudophasma bispinata.
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Cattle being ferried to market
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High-water fish burrows in a riverbank
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On the fast launch up the Rio Madiera
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Beautiful Brazilian palms
