When the morning sun clears the Amazon tree line in south-eastern Peru  and strikes a gray-pink clay bank on the upper Tambopata River, one of the  world's most dazzling wildlife gatherings is nearing its riotous peak. The  teep bank has become a pulsing, 130-foot-high palette of red, blue, yellow and green as more than a thousand parrots squabble over choice perches to grab a beakful of clay, a vital but mysterious part of their diet. More than a dozen parrot species will visit the clay lick throughout the day, but this midmorning crush belongs to the giants of the parrot world, the macaws.

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