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Purplish Jacamar was one of the numerous species we saw gloriously well from the canopy platforms. (Photo by participant Dixie Sommers)

It was another very exciting Sacha tour--It went almost too quickly for me! Time always flies when you are having fun, and we had great time and good fun. What else can you expect in the Amazon rainforest? The weather was great, not so hot like it can be at times, and of course sun and rain is normal. The facilities that Sacha lodge provides are super high-quality, and the accommodation, food, service, and the towers are superb.

This time we managed to go to the towers twice, and the wooden one was spectacular the first day. There was a fantastic combination of colorful birds--it was overwhelming. These included Black-faced, Yellow-bellied and Blue dacnises together; Opal-rumped, Opal-crowned, Turquoise, Paradise, and Green-and-gold tanagers all over the place; Plum-throated and Spangled cotingas (males and females) also close by to complete the color palette; two really high-quality canopy birds in Black-bellied Cuckoo and the small Dugand's Antwren that we managed to scope for good views; and a male Purple-throated Fruitcrow that did a fantastic display for us and stole the show.

The metal tower was also great, and some of the highlights were: Purplish Jacamar moving around for nice photos; Ringed Woodpecker seen, not bad for a rare bird(!); and nice groups of Black-headed Parrots playing in the treetops.

The forest birding was a bit more challenging than being on the towers, but what we saw there was stunning: Crested Owls during on a dayroost (that was a thrill); the very well-camouflaged Great Potoo; the nice Black-faced and Lunulated antbirds that we scoped superbly well; and the impressive dance of the Wire-tailed Manakin.

The adventures that we had along the creeks were full of good birds, the best of which were the Green-and-rufous Kingfisher followed by Orange-crowned Manakin.

The river islands are always fun and good birding; this visit it was cloudy, so we managed to spend a good amount of time looking for birds. The rewards were good, in particular Gray breasted Crake and a pair of Castelnau's Antshrike with shaggy crests that came close to us.

The parakeet clay lick was full of Cobalt-winged Parakeets, and there was a time when all flew away and the noise and sight was amazing.

The comfort we had at the lodge with very well-designed trails and activities was just perfect. I would like to say thank you to Oscar, our local guide, and Pedro, our helper, for the hard work they did finding so many birds.

A special thank you, too to all of you who came to join me to do this fun birding tour--it was great to have you along!

Keep birding and take care,

--Willy

KEYS FOR THIS LIST
One of the following keys may be shown in brackets for individual species as appropriate: * = heard only, I = introduced, E = endemic, N = nesting, a = austral migrant, b = boreal migrant

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

There were other animals that deserve a mention in this list:

-Lucy, the Spectacled Caiman that was ready for any left overs from the kitchen

-Black-spotted Skink

-Caiman Lizard

-Amazon Forest Dragon

-The very bizarre looking Electric Eel

-The really, really giant earthworm

Totals for the tour: 256 bird taxa and 10 mammal taxa