Hiding on the Shores of an Amazonian Tributary

On February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Photo Challenge, South America5 Comments

When we stayed at the ecolodge in the Amazon Jungle while we were in Ecuador, we canoed on a tributary of the Amazon river every day. The plants that line the water are very dense with a variety of reeds, branches, and hanging vines. The entire time we were in the jungle, including while in our canoes, we had to constantly scan the foliage around us as you never knew when you would see some of the many different animals that live there. The animals are very adept at camouflaging themselves amongst the leaves and branches, so mostly you spent your time looking for any kind of movement and then the guide would stop the canoe and we would use binoculars or zooming in on the camera to find what animals were hiding in the trees. We had to look up into the trees as well as the edges of the water because in addition to the birds, monkeys, and sloths that were in the trees, there were anaconda snakes, large black caiman, and river otters that love to hide in the reeds along the shore. Here are a few of the photographs that we took as we canoed to and from our ecolodge in Ecuador.

There was a Baby Caiman Hiding in the Reeds

Seeing Wildlife in the Country of Panama

On October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Central America6 Comments

Although Panama is a narrow country, it is also a very biodiverse country with oceans and rainforests. There are so many fascinating animals that live in Panama and we were fortunate to see many different varieties during our time there. Seeing animals in their natural habitat is certainly a highlight of visiting any country like this and we took several tours specifically hoping to see some of the nation’s wildlife.

We kept our eyes on the tree limbs above our heads to see the different varieties of monkeys, sloths, and birds. We also saw a tree-climbing anteater as well as a somewhat cute rodent called an agouti. The tarantula spider that climbed out of the tree above our heads when we stopped to eat lunch was interesting and yet creepy at the same time.

We have been fortunate enough to see a wide variety of wildlife in various parts of the world, but we have to admit that Panama provided us some of our most interesting encounters. It is important to have your camera handy and having a telephoto lens often helps too, but when you get as close as we were able to get, it isn’t required.

We Saw Several Tree Sloths Curled Up in a Ball

Some of Our Favorite Animal Photographs

On July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Blogging, Hiking2 Comments

We have seen many different animals throughout our travels, some of them more interesting than others. Perhaps because we’ve done so much hiking, but we’re always on the lookout for motion in the trees that surround us. Many of them are cute and adorable, some colorful, and others perhaps a little strange. We decided to go back and review some of our favorite photographs and discovered that we had way too many to include in a single post, but here is a good representation of them.