Shots from the Colombian Amazon

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These " Shots from the Colombian Amazon " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

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Blue morpho with wings closed Bright green shrub Stream crossing in the Colombian Amazon Ticuna children playing with a pet rodent Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry along an Amazon tributary Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry Woolly monkey in a tree Black spider monkey in the Colombian Amazon Monk saki monkey (Pithecia monachus) Yellow-handed titi at an Amazon rehabilitation center Clouds over the Amazon rainforest Reeds along the Amazon river Sunset over the Amazon river Sunset over the Amazon river in Colombia Ants in a symbiotic relationship with a plant in the Amazon rainforest Red segmented worm on the floor of the Amazon rainforest Large black caiman in an oxbow lake Green anaconda underwater Mountain Paca (Agouti taczanowskii) in the Colombian Amazon Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja, at a rehabilitation center Face of a Harpy Eagle, the world's largest eagle Harpy eagle with its beak open Jaguar (Panthera onca) Jaguar

Jaguar opening its mouth Jaguar (Panthera onca) Jaguar licking its chops Blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna) Close headshot of a tapir Red-purple Heliconia Unknown butterfly Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) Victoria amazonica water lilies in the Amazon Victoria amazonica flower Young Giant Amazon Water Lily, Victoria amazonica Brown buterfly with red, white, lavendar, and orange markings Banyon tree in the Amazon Buttress roots provide support for an Amazon rainforest tree Shallow-rooted rainforest canopy trees often have buttress roots for support Amazon water lily shaped like a pair of lips Victoria amazonica 'lips' Amazon homestead Mating grasshoppers on a blade of grass Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus albigena) Black dragonfly with red rearparts The Amazon River near Leticia, Colombia Black bee with a yellow head Black and orange beetle Giant Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon Green parrot Green parrot Sunset over the Amazon Sundown in the Amazon rainforest Small hornet nest on a Heliconia leaf Mothers and sons in a dugout on the Amazon A main street in Puerto Nariño, an ecologically-sensitive city in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Puerto Nariño Tree frog on a fence post near Puerto Nariño Osprey? Osprey? Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Colombia Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) stalking its prey Airplane view of slash-and-burn forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Aerial view of forest and small scale agricultural clearing in the Colombian Amazon View from an airplane of Colombia's Amazon rainforest Aerial view of likely indigenous forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Aerial view of a meandering stream in the Colombian Amazon