Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Lake Day (Gabby)


Today we took a boat out on the lake to look for the giant river otters which are a highly endangered species. They are large and not quite as cute as the cuddly otters in the US. We did not see the otters but went around the lake looking for birds and finally approached a white-winged swallow. It was a lovely morning and in the evening we ventured out to the palm swamp which is a blackwater lake. The blackwater is full of sediments and nutrients because it floods into the forest during the rainy season. We saw a blue dacnis but were not able to get any great images. The image above is of the white-winged swallow.

More later.

- Gabby

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