Earthwatch: Tambopata & Manu, Peru, 2001

We participated in an Earthwatch project, "Macaws of the Peruvian Amazon", in November of 2001, at the Tambopata Research Center, a few hours from Puerto Maldonado, Peru, along with 14 other volunteers. We counted macaws, parrots, and parakeets visiting a clay lick on the cliffs along the Tambopata River. We also observed the behavior of macaw pairs at several nest sites in the area. After the project, we visited Cusco and Manu Reserve.

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Tambopata River
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Research Center
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Palm Swamp Tower
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Blue & Yellow Macaws
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Tambopata Collpa
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Scarlet macaw at Sixto
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Collpa Spot 3
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Marc at Amor Nest
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Maria and Sayira
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Takako & Peggy
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Chico
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TRC Breakfast
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Katydid
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Snake
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Collpa Observer
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Collpa Spot 1
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Parrots, parakeets, macaws
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Scarlet Macaws
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Lisa & Nigel
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Us & Takako
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Nigel & Mary Jo
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Sayira & George
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Tattoo
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Cobalt-winged parakeets
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Flush!
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Cusco
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Capybara family
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Clotilde!
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Squirrel monkeys
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Hoatzins
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Red howler monkeys
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Blue & Yellow Macaws
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Side-necked river turtles
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Giant river otter
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Clotilde
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Marc on jumars
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Iguana
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Peggy rappelling!
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Manu Lodge crew
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Rain forest plants
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Andean foothills
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Cobalt-winged parakeet
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Boca Manu
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Uranium moth
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Boca Manu airstrip
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Urubamba valley



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