Western Burrowing Owl - Owlets on Hoskins Road

My ninth burrow of owlets was on Hoskins Road on June 21. They were set back off a secondary farming road and I didn't have a very good view of them. So I found access to the secondary road which gave me a much better view. As I got to the better spot it took a few minutes for one owlet, then another to poke their heads out of the hole. Then a few minutes later I was surprised as a parent popped out of a different hole adjacent to it, then a third owlet next to the parent. Then I enjoyed watching them move about and interact with each other. 

This is the burrow. The hole to the left is where the first two owlets emerged. The hole to the right is where the parent and third owlet emerged. 

Owlet 1 emerges.

Then owlet 2 emerges. 

Then a parent emerges from the second hole.

Followed by owlet 3.

Owlets 1 and 2 venture out and move over toward the second hole. 

Owlet 1 ventures over to the other side of the second hole and does some neck stretches. 

Owlet 1 then sits down on its haunches, a behavior I've only seen once or twice before. 

A couple of group shots, then time to move on. 

Tambopata National Reserve - Peru

In February 2009 we flew into Puerto Maldonado, Peru. From there we took a 20 minute drive in an open-air bus and a 30 minute boat trip down the Madre de Dios River to the Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica, an eco-lodge just off the river and adjacent to the Tambopata National Reserve. 

We took two walks into the jungle right next to the eco-lodge, one during daytime and one at night; a walk into and then a canoe ride on Lake Sandoval, in Tambopata National Reserve during a deluge; a night-time boat ride on the Madre de Dios; and a canopy walk on the Inkaterra Canopy Walkway. Lots of heat, humidity, rain, green everywhere, big bugs and beautiful birds. We did not see as much wildlife as I guessed we would, but what we did see was pretty spectacular. 

Brown agouti on the grounds of Inkaterra.

Pale owl butterfly at night on our night walk. 

A large snail on our night walk.

A millipede on our night walk.

Pinktoe tarantula on our night walk.

Some sort of katydid on our night walk.

Catesby's snail-eater snake on our night walk. 

A monkey of some sort, probably a type of capuchin, early on our night walk. 

A social flycatcher on our hike into Lake Sandoval. 

Plum-throated cotinga

Speckled chachalaca on our day walk. 

A blue and gold macaw on our walk into Lake Sandoval.

Black-tailed trogon up in the canopy. The only good bird sighting we had there, but a real beauty.

Hoatzin at the edge of Lake Sandoval.

Spectacled caiman - seen from a boat at night on the Madre de Dios.