Up at 5:30..this is getting a little silly! We walk to a tower that was 38 M above the jungle floor, which puts you in great viewing position over the entire canopy. 120 steps to the top, no problem for either of us but still in the humidity and temperature it is noticeable.  We saw several interesting birds but at a distance which meant that photography was out of the question. Harpy Eagle is a very rare bird to actual see and is considered a myth of the jungle. It is very large and apparently could lift a deer, Diago did view one with a full grown monkey. Few have actually been spotted but that morning it was our turn! Lots of buzz around the lodge when we got back, our naturalist, Andres was very excited, as this was his first sighting.

After lunch we went on a jungle walk where vegetation and many insects were found and explained; centipede that, when excited uses a strong Amoretto scent to ward off enemies, obviously it didn’t know us. Termites that when crushed and spread on your skin are a natural insect repellant, tiny little monkeys the size of squirrels and a parasite vine that kills big trees and quite frankly looks like a tree when it is done.  The jungle is amazing and you only see and grasp a tiny bit of what goes on there.

Berniece took the evening walk off as she was not feeling that great, nothing serious just a little R&R. I have included the “dart frog” so you can see how small it is. As the name suggests it is used, along with another powerful anesthetic, is you used in blowguns by the native people. Just a little of the sweat from this little guy is lethal. Imagine the number of hunters who bit the dust learning this little trick?