After a 10 hour flight from Amsterdam, a 4 hour time zone change and 6 hours sleep in a hotel somewhere in Paramaribo, I found myself on a small supply vessel heading down the Paramaribo river through tropical rain forest for the 20 hour passage to my working vessel somewhere out in the North Atlantic.
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| heading down river |
I readily admit to not knowing the names of the majority of birds found in this area although I'm not too bad with the sea birds- at least the
Large-billed terns were easy enough!
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| Large-billed terns |
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| magnificent frigate birds |
Unfortunately the
magnificent frigate birds were a little too high too get a quality photograph although they were certainly a magnificent sight! On occasions these birds seemed to have a very similar jizz to red kites.
It is not often I get to see a new species of marine mammal so finding a small pod of
Tucuxi river dolphins was a real bonus!!
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| Tucuxi- freshwater dolphins |
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| traditional static fishing traps |
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