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Rufugio Amazona Return
On the way back to Puerto Maldonado we spent another night at Rufugio Amazona.  The boat trip left at 10:30 AM from the Tambopata Research Center and arrived back here in the early afternoon.  Richard asked the boat operator to drop us at the loading dock rather than the usual dock.  We had to walk up sort of rail way used to carry heavy loads.  This path to the lodge took us through a bamboo thicket and produced some different birds.  We returned to this thicket after checking in. It had rained the day before here too.

At the dock we saw Boat-billed Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, and the Blue-gray Tanager.

On a late afternoon walk through the bamboo thicket we had many of the same birds we had seen before and added the Yellow-billed Nunbird (left) ,  Striolated Puffbird, Linneated Woodcreeper, White-throated Toucan (formerly Couvier Toucan), Rufous-capped Nunlet, Yellow-browed Tody-flycatcher, Warbling Antbird. Birds were coming so fast it was hard to keep up, but unfortunately my back refused. I was in such pain I had to return to the lodge to lie down. Either I find some cure for this or my traveling days are over.

Early the next morning we hiked to the river for the boat back to Infierno and the bus to the airport.  On the way we had a Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin.  Manikins are sometimes very colorful interesting birds.  Not this one. The Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin is drab green with a light yellow belly.  A troop of Titi Monkeys were relieving themselves from the canopy. Fortunately we were not directly under them.

At this time I had to say goodby to Richard who was returning to the TRC with another client, a Macaw and Parrot fancier making his 5th visit to Tambopata. He would be staying 10 days at the TRC visiting the clay lick every day. With the new Kowa scope, the new field guide and the green laser pointer Richard has everything he needs to become one of the best birders in Peru.  He only need work at it and with the improvement I observed from my first meeting two years ago he is well on his way.   

Silvario Duri another bird guide accompanied me to the airport.  Silvario lives in Infierno and was Richard's teacher when he first started guiding. On my return I was able to send a copy of the new field guide to Silvario. We need to send more field guides, laser pointers, and good spotting scopes to Tambopata. There is a school at Infierno.  What do they need to start a good children's birding program?

This was Monday morning and I didn't arrive back in Nashua, New Hampshire until 5 PM Tueday.  All the way home I missed the peace and quiet sounds of the Amazon Rainforest. How lucky I am to have visited twice.