The BOD meeting was all day, Saturday October 12th. Amazing how much fun it's possible to pack into just one day!

Lots of palms on the grounds of Inkaterra. This Attalea and these two Iriarteas were right outside our very comfortable cabaña.

Seems to me Jack forgot to mention the Pisco sour - the national drink in Peru and a big hit with everybody! (At least it seemed that way! )

The Canopy Walk was another big hit. 100 ft up in the air. Only one person at a time allowed to cross one of these seven hanging bridges. I kept thinking of Indiana Jones, swinging at the end of one of these after it breaks off. But no, that didn't happen.

One morning, Kim, Jack, Lindsey and I and our excellent guide Anabel visited Hacienda Concepcion, slowly and in total silence, gliding down a fascinating waterway. These turkey looking birds gave us lots of laughs, as we could hear them behind the bushes with their weird heavy breathing sounds!

All our meals at Inkaterra were outstanding, and dinner was always a special event!

And that's pretty much it for the excitement at Inkaterra. Kim and I then flew to Cusco and took the train to Machu Picchu, where we spent two days. And ran into Tim and Bob (these guys get around! ). What an amazing place! On our second day, we climbed/hiked Huayna Picchu, the tall peak that's always in the background of the "traditional" Machu Picchu photos. The last photo here shows me and Kim hanging on to the steep mountainside of Huayna Picchu with the Urubamba River many thousand feet below us - STRAIGHT DOWN!

Thanks for the great pictures. I'm not much of a birder but the first two shots in Jack's post #17 are Neotropic Cormorants while the third picture looks like a Broad-billed Motmot. The second-to-last shot hast gotta be the spectacular Blue-crowned Motmot.

Mike

Amazing thread! Thanks guys.

Thanks for the great pictures. I'm not much of a birder but the first two shots in Jack's post #17 are Neotropic Cormorants while the third picture looks like a Broad-billed Motmot. The second-to-last shot hast gotta be the spectacular Blue-crowned Motmot.

Mike

Thanks for jarring the memory banks, Mike. Jack's yellow bird is the Social Flycatcher. The black bird with the red beak I think is a Black-fronted Nun Bird

One of Bo's shots shows another boat on Lake Sandoval, where David Tanswell and I are both taking pictures of him and his boat. Here is my pic, also showing John Dransfield, Toby Spanner and family (Alexander: went everywhere that his parents did):

I also attach one of my hoatzin pics:

And one of a group of Mauritias (lightened up in Photoshop Elements, because they were dark against a grey sky):

Some of the best palm shots were of nicely landscaped palms around the cabins and visitor center. Here is a clustering Bactris concinna;

Thanks Mike! And young Alexander, well, he's certainly destined to become one of the great (palm?) explorers of our time!

It's amazing to see the Mauritias growing right in the river like that! No wonder they don't like the Florida dry season.

Would someone mind terribly telling me the species of the Attalea in the first post? I'm not very great with identifying the species in this genus.

Zeeth,

Yes, that was fascinating to see. A few more M. flexuosa shots from Lake Sandoval, three of them showing their love for water.

Bo-Göran

Bo- Thanks for the photos...your knuckles look a little white in the last photo in post #47. My palms start to sweat every time I look at that photo. No squirrel suits for me.-Peter

What transpired at the meeting? I mean, Peru's a helluva long way to go just for photos (which BTW are exceptional).

Stunning added shots thanks Bo , you all must have had loads of fun. Machu picchu / Huayna picchu shots WOW, thanks for adding them. Pete

All my software shows vertical pictures in the correct orientation on my computer, but they are sideways when I try to post them or email them. I have played some games with the previous sideways post of Bactris concinna, and will now try to see if it posts correctly. The little icon is too small to tell.

Chamaeadorea angustisecta were amazing! But unfortunately _none_ of them had ripe seeds...

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yes in 3 photo

you can see the seeds, but are not mature, bad luck

Great pictures Folks, what a fantastic adventure !

Thanks for the great pictures. I'm not much of a birder but the first two shots in Jack's post #17 are Neotropic Cormorants while the third picture looks like a Broad-billed Motmot. The second-to-last shot hast gotta be the spectacular Blue-crowned Motmot.

Mike

Thanks for jarring the memory banks, Mike. Jack's yellow bird is the Social Flycatcher. The black bird with the red beak I think is a Black-fronted Nun Bird

Wow, amazing! You guys know your birds!

Great thread, thanks to all contributors.

Jack, thanks for bringing that large lense; your shots are great!

I don't think the 'Cryosophila' is a Cryosophila--with the leaf tips and lack of spine/roots on the trunk(especially in the shade) I would venture to say Itaya.

Jack, thanks for bringing that large lense; your shots are great!

I don't think the 'Cryosophila' is a Cryosophila--with the leaf tips and lack of spine/roots on the trunk(especially in the shade) I would venture to say Itaya.

I would trust your ID more than mine. I probably shouldn't have just jumped to the conclusion that it was Cryosophila...

Jack, thanks for bringing that large lense; your shots are great!

I don't think the 'Cryosophila' is a Cryosophila--with the leaf tips and lack of spine/roots on the trunk(especially in the shade) I would venture to say Itaya.

I would trust your ID more than mine. I probably shouldn't have just jumped to the conclusion that it was Cryosophila...

No, you were in the right general vicinity Thanks again!