[Bristol-Birds] Summer Tropical Field Trip Possibilities
- From: jpmoyle18@xxxxxxx
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:00:07 -0400
I would like your feedback on the two possible overseas fieldtrips for this
summer!? There are two choices:
Panama and Peru.? A short description and approximate price of each follow.
Panama:? Approximately $2000 plus airfare.? Eight days in Panama.? Travel in
Panama on land only!?
?????????????? Places visited: ?Canopy Tower and trails (3+ days), Pipeline
Road & Metropolitan Park, El Valle de???
?????????????? Anton an extinct volcano area?and associated trails(3+?days).
Mentioned reasonable to likely bird sightings: Green Honeycreeper, Red-legged
Honeycreeper, Green Shrike-Vireo, Blue Cotinga, Scaled Pigeon, Mealy Amazon,
Red-lored Amazon,?Keel-billed Toucan, Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, Olivaceous
Flatbill, White-whiskered Puffbird, Slate-colored Grosbeak, Bay-headed Tanager,
Great Jacamar, Great Tinamou, Marbled Wood-Quail, White Hawk, Tiny Hawk,
Bicolored Hawk, Sunbittern, Golden-crowned Spadebill, White-breasted Wood-Wren,
Spotted Antbird, Tiny Antbird, Ocellated Antbird, Gray-headed Tanager,
Pied-brown Woodcreeper, Northern Barred Woodcreeper, Ruddy Woodcreeper,
Hook-billed Kite, Boat-billed Heron, Capped Heron, Striated Heron, Blue
Ground-dove, Great Antshrike, Jet Antbird, Black-tailed Flycatcher, Royal
Flycatcher, Lance-tailed Manakin, Golden-collared Manakin, Rosy
Thrush-Tanager?, White-bellied Antbird, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Yellow-backed
Oriole, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Yellow-headed Caracara,
Great Currassow
, Purple-throated Fruitcrow, Ornate Hawk-Eagle, Violet-capped Hummingbird,
Rosy Thrush-Tanager, Emerald Toucanet, Orange-bellied Trogon, Spotted Barbtail,
White-tipped Sicklebill, Keel-billed Toucan, Tody Motmot, Golden-hooded
Tanager, Scarlet-thighed Dacnis, Black-chested Jay, Chestnut-headed Oropendola,
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo, etc. Other Animals Include:? Agoutis, Tamarins,
howler monkeys, sloths, peccaries, lesser anteater,
Peru:? Approximately $3500 plus airfare.? An extension to Macchu Piccu would
add aout $800.
????????? Day 1:? Travel to Iquitos.
????????? Day 2 & 3:? Boat 50 miles down Amazon to Explorama Lodge in
rainforest.? Hike local trails?and take
??????????????????????????? one boat excursion.
????????? Day 4:? Boat down Amazon River and up the Napo River?to ExplorNapo
Camp.
????????? Day 5:? Morning boat excursion?and walks.??
????????? Day 6:??Morning walk to Amazon Conservatory?of Tropical Studies Field
Station canopy walkway.
????????? DaY 7:??Morning walk on canopy walkway.? Boat trip to Ceiba Tops (75
miles) and Amazon
??????????????????????islands.
????????? Day 8: Early a.m. birding. 45 minute boatride to Iquitos for flights
to Lima.
Possible Sightings Include:? Greater Kiskadee, Black-fronted Nunbird,
Thrush-like Wren, Sun Bittern, Scarlet, Blue and Gold Macaw, Sivered Antbird,
Pale-legged Hornero, Crested Owl,?Spectacled Owl, Golden-headed Manakins,
Bearded Manakins, Lanceolated Monklet, Black Bushbird, Black-collared Hawk,
Capped Heron, Hoatzin, Black-necked Red-Cotinga, White-plumed Antbird, Banded
Antbird, Black-spotted Bare-eye, Yellow-browed Antbird,?Black-and-White
Antbird, Striated Antthrush, Nocturnal Currasow, Black-necked Red Cotinga,
Collared Puffbird, White-chested Puffbird, Rusty-breasted Nunlet, White-browed
Purpletuft, Plum-throated Cotinga, Spangled Cotinga, Scarlet-crowned Barbet,
Black-spotted Barbet, Ornate Hawk Eagle,?Black-and-White Hawk Eagle,
Red-throated Caracara, Great Potoo, etc. Other interesting Plants and Animals:?
Both Pink and Gray River Dolphins, Caiman,?up to 7' wide Victoria Regia Lilies,
piranha, sloth and various monkeys.?
If you are interested in either of these trips, please let me know immediately
and which one!? I need to know in the next two weeks so that I can begin
putting the plan together for THE TRIP with exact price and detailed info.?
This info and applications will then be sent to you.
John Moyle?????????? Glen Alpine Road???????????? Kingsport/Sullivan
County????????
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