For our final morning at Chunco Lodge we
walked the trails around the lodge for an hour before breakfast at 08:00, after
which we took the boat and taxi back to Puerto Maldonado. The morning walk was
quite lively, with Striated Antbird being a new species for me, where Rufous-crowned
Nunlet was probably the standout otherwise. The walk was enjoyable with sounds
all around us, and a small tinamou that ran across the path in front of us was
brilliant to see even if I could not identify it, its stupid little legs going
like the clappers.
After breakfast we
packed and parted ways with Chunco Lodge. We returned to Puerto Maldonado around
11:30 which was unfortunately a little too early to check in to our hotel, the Wasi
Hotel Ecolodge on the banks of the river. There were a few birds in the grounds
to keep the spirits up whilst we waited, although nothing spectacularly rare. A
Scarlet Flycatcher was probably the highlight.
We were informed
that the lodge had Brown-throated Three-toed Sloths on the premises, and I planned
to spend the afternoon searching for them once the heat died down. In the
meantime we visited the pool and bar, which is where we happened to spot one of the
sloths showing very well. A quick walk back up the stairs to the room for the
camera and I was able to get some very nice photos of the second sloth species
of our trip, meaning no search would be required later in the afternoon.
It was early to bed
after a pizza dinner, with an early start to reach our next destination, the Los
Amigos Biological Station, deep in the amazon!
Trying to keep up with you..... Don't know how you manage to blog after all the days excitements !
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