Forest Destrution -Puerto Maldonado

Date: February 20, 2009

Report: Walter Mancilla

The Biology, Antonio Fernandini, was worry because in only 2 years most of the big trees disappear, by the logging companies and the local people, this big trees are very important for the Harpy Eagle and the larges hawk. Because they build their nest in this type of trees.

Trees like Dicterix and Kapok, etc.

Jaguar with a Baby and Harpy Eagle

Date: Novemver 26 to Dicember 06, 2008

Report: Walter Mancilla and Tomoko Suzuki

Photo: Tomoko Suzuki & Walter Mancilla

In this trip we were very lucky to see big predators like Jaguar and harpy Eagle, nest to Paniagua in the Manu River we sow a female large jaguar with is baby jaguar, the female had a wound in its throat, and she was lying on the cedar tree.

Traveling from Yomibato Community to Tayakome Community, by conoe in the Quebrada fierro river. We sow a mail Harpy Eagle, carring its prey of Red Howler Monkey near to as, and landed in a big tree and start eating.

Harpy Eagle

Date: April 12 to April 20 2006

I was in manu area from April 03 to April 20 of 2006, working with the metal tower close to the Harpy Eagle nest. We build a 30 meters hight tower and the distance from the tower to the nest is 25 meters away the same nest level. The eagles have one chick in the nest, I saw the parent bringing a Duski Titi monkey to feed the chick and they where active, the adults eagles where easy to see close to the nest specialy the mother.

The nest is in the Dicterix Tree, locally call Chihuhuaco this tree is one of the stronger tree in the Amazon area.

Photo: Mother and the Baby Harpy eagle, Young Baby.

Festive Coquette

Date: April 3 to April 10, 2006

Also this time I sow a nice bird close to Oropendola Lodge in the garden, Festive Coquette male and the femail visiting every day the garden close to the Lodge I got a picture of them.

Photo: festive coquette

Pygmy Marmoset

Pygmy Marmosets in Iquitos are really incredible and they are very social. We had been working with NHK film crew from Japan in all February. This program will be caming out on April, 2006.

We found 10 groups of 5 to 7 individuals in each group. At the end of the film, they became more friendly, coming close 20 centimeter next to us.

They have babies all year round and we filmed two groups with two babies. All the adult members help carrying the babies on the back. They feed on insects and tree sap.

Photo: Chicharramachaco Machaco, Pypmy Marmoset and film crew.