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If you’ve been following the Amazon River Basin postings you should be getting a feeling for the wonderful, amazing diversity of the area. And I’ve only scratched the surface. Most of the images I’ve shared so far were taken either along the river from our boat or along the shoreline of Cocha Salvador and Cocha Blanco from a floating barge. When we were on each of the two lakes, we were able to drift along slowly and quietly. Thankfully, because we were on a flat platform, I was able to use my tripod. It was still a bit of a challenge though because the barge was always turning and moving although much slower than the river boat. The good news was that we were able to get right up to the shoreline most of the time.
The attached image is of yet another heron, a juvenile Fasciated Tiger-heron. This bird is VERY similar to the Rufescent Tiger-heron and could very well be the Rufescent Tiger-heron, but I’m going with the Fasciated Tiger-Heron because that’s what our field notes indicate. My wonderful Birds of Peru Field Guide notes that the Rufescent Tiger-heron has a longer and heavier bill than the Fasciated Tiger-heron. I’m thinking this is a tough call.
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The foreword in my Birds of Peru Field Guide notes that there are over 1800 species know in Peru. Leafing through the guide by itself is an amazing experience all by itself. Peru is second only to Colombia in terms of bird diversity. And new species are still being discovered! Again, amazing.