It's funny how the cookie crumbles. My last group got to see four tapirs in two days, including a mother and her stripey calf, whereas my previous group didn't see any at all. The crake story took an unexpected twist when a guide looking for the grey-breasted discovered a paint-billed crake instead, in exactly the same place! This bird is much rarer with just two previous records in the region and thus became my 7th lifer of the season so far. The Gould's Jewelfront nest now contains two little beaks and I just discovered a Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher building a nest right outside my room. I've only six more days left in the Amazon, then its back to Brussels, for now at least.
