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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kittykat23uk" data-source="post: 1580095" data-attributes="member: 55291">After walking some way she then tried to settle down under a tree. She was watching the boats warily. There were quite a few boats by that point as word had got around, and they were spaced out along the river in front, alongside and behind the Jaguar. I don’t think she was comfortable with so many boats and you could see her wariness in her body language. She groomed herself half-heartedly before getting up and walking off again. Finally she did settled down for a while providing the onlookers with clear views for a short time. We actually got some good photos of her, before slowly the current carried us downstream and out of position. By the time we got back the Jaguar had apparently had enough of the attention and had headed back into the bush away from the river. I guess at this point the lodge boats called it a day and headed back to the lodge for lunch. We had brought our packed lunches so could be out all day. We also headed off but doubled back a while later just on the off chance that she had returned; unfortunately not. So we decided to go to the sandbar for lunch. We had a dip in the river and threw our leftovers to the vultures and caracaras and I spent some time filming the spats between the birds. We were so pleased with our two sightings that we thought the only way this trip could be even more wonderful was if we had spotted a Jaguar with Julio on our own, without any other boats around. Little did we know then what the afternoon would bring!</blockquote>

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