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Iguazu
Tour #6 - Bird Sanctuary (Brazil) |
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We finished the tour of the Brazilian side of Iguazu Falls and then decided to visit a Bird Sanctuary which was on the way back towards the hotel. Unfortunately I don't know the names of most of the birds... but they were very pretty! |
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| I liked this type of bird; this guy was posing nicely for me. | This one's just a baby, so we can forgive him for looking fat. | This one was more interested in the nut than in posing for me. |
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| This one vibrant colors! | The toucan is the most familiar bird living in South America. | |
| The beaks of these birds are quite big, but very light... so they don't get weighed down by it. | ||
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The parakeet is also very familiar and lives in larg flocks. Their beaks are formed to perfectly fit the skin of their favorite food... mangos! |
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This hitch-hiker must
have When Nicole got him
off, |
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then ran into a small They are very curvy creatures.... and the headless thing is just a youngster that was good at holding his breath. |
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| The following are various shots of un-named birds that we thought were nice ... | ||
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| This
was one of the strangest and biggest birds we had ever seen. It is from Australia and is about the size
of a stout man. They are very strong, have a bone-helmeted
head, and are known for killing people when they are mad.
This guy was running back and forth ... hitting his head against a post ... scary! |
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 This type of parrot is very pretty & is plentiful in South America. We haven't seen them in Venezuela yet, but we hope to! |
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We
saw some nice blue This red parrot was quite content being around those of another species, but maybe its because he had a hole to jump back into. |
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As we prepared to leave the Bird Sanctuary, they had a display of endangered birds. They were very nice, but most of them would not pose for me. Hopefully, as we explore the Amazon area in Venezuela, we will get to see some of these special birds in the wild. |
| This parrot started to eat something as we walked up. | He allowed me to get quite close without bothering him. | |
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 This moth bid us farewell as he stuck out his trunk to suck up some nectar. As the closest living relative to the elephant, he then sprayed it over the rest of his body... ... yeah, right! |
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| We ended having a wonderful time in Iguazu and would highly recommend it to anyone interested in seeing a great waterfall. | ||
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| This concludes Tour #6 - "Bird Sanctuary" and also concludes our visit to Iguazu. The next tour takes us to the southwestern part of Argentina. For the Glacier tour ... click here. You can also use one of the links below to navigate back to
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