Life at Karanambu is closely associated with the Rupununi River. We spent a few hours daily cruising the river, usually in the late afternoon and into evening, quietly floating home/downstream after dark.
Someone enjoying a hot afternoon swim
Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
And another of it flying, having got tired of us all snapping photos as we glided by
Black Skimmers Rynchops niger
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
Jabiru with young on nest. I'll have a much better photo of Jabirus in the next Guyana post
Perissocephalus tricolor, (photo from Wikipedia) which was voted the strangest bird of the trip. We saw it/them at Karanambu
It is a cotinga, and I will put together a post about all the cotingas we saw, which was, happily, lots.
And catching up on my Lifer List: (25 Lifers at Karanambu Savanna and along the Rupununi River)
Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
Greater Yellowheaded Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta
Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga
White-tailed Goldenthroat Plytumus guainumbi
Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
Northern/Gianan Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon
Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis
Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pilaris
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor
Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola
Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus
Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis
Buff-cheeked Greenlet Hylophilus muscicapinus
Plumbeous Seedeater Sporophila plumbea
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch Emberizoides herbicola
Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous
Someone enjoying a hot afternoon swim
Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
And another of it flying, having got tired of us all snapping photos as we glided by
Black Skimmers Rynchops niger
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
Jabiru with young on nest. I'll have a much better photo of Jabirus in the next Guyana post
Perissocephalus tricolor, (photo from Wikipedia) which was voted the strangest bird of the trip. We saw it/them at Karanambu
It is a cotinga, and I will put together a post about all the cotingas we saw, which was, happily, lots.
And catching up on my Lifer List: (25 Lifers at Karanambu Savanna and along the Rupununi River)
Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
Greater Yellowheaded Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta
Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga
White-tailed Goldenthroat Plytumus guainumbi
Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
Northern/Gianan Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon
Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis
Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pilaris
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor
Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola
Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus
Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis
Buff-cheeked Greenlet Hylophilus muscicapinus
Plumbeous Seedeater Sporophila plumbea
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch Emberizoides herbicola
Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous
Plus 86 other bird species for a total of 111 species at Karanambu
Small boat on such a big looking river. Worth it though I'd say. Great pics... ;)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog and looking at your great photographs!
ReplyDeleteThank You, TB. That part of the Rupununi is supposed to be some of the best fresh water fishing in South America!
ReplyDeletePen and Ink, so nice you stopped by and thanks for the compliments.