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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kittykat23uk" data-source="post: 1580126" data-attributes="member: 55291">26th August - Terrific Trogons and fond farewellsJulio asked us what we’d like to do on our last morning. He said he could sort us out with a horse-riding trek or we could go for a walk and do some more birding. Ian had already had his fill of adventure and new challenges so, considering his fear of heights and inexperience of riding we decided to opt for the gentler option of an early morning walk. It proved to be a good choice. We were out at 06.30 and the first thing we came across was a large party of Coatis. So we stopped for a while photograph them. On the other side of the track from the coatis in a small copse of trees Julio pointed out a group of Pantanal Marmosets so I finally managed to get some good views of this elusive little monkey, Sadly they were too fast for me to get any photos. We then went through a wooded area and a bird fluttered onto a branch, I looked up and was surprised to see that it was a female Blue-crowned Trogon, and then we saw the male on a nearby branch. He showed well until a car passed us and they both flew off out of sight. We also saw a Giant Antshrike. On the way back we passed the coatis again and then two Whistling Herons took off ahead of us. We had a small breakfast then packed before heading off on our long journey home.</blockquote>