I am ready to be out of the jungle. Mostly the heat and bugs are so annoying. Today’s morning outing is to a clay lick to see McCaws. We get to leave camp at 4:15am, take a 2 hour boat ride then a 1 hours hike. The reason for this is to see the parrots in there natural jungle environment. The borders are excited. The boat also slows several times if we see an interesting bird. Of course this is lost on Dan and I
So arrival at the clay lick. There is an area of tall bamboo type grasses and then a rope barrier. The clay lick looks like several rock walls. They are approximately 200 feet or so away. There are several tall trees near the licks. We wait. There are several parrots flying in pairs and landing in the trees. It is a beautiful site. The birds fly in their pairs and stay together. With parrots they are the same coloring books not like other birds with the male much prettier
We watch the birds for over an hour Having breakfast at the observation area. In spite of not being a bird person the morning has been spectacular. I will post several photographs. Some of the close ups were taken through a telescope that was set up
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