I spent about two marvelous weeks late June and early July 2024 in the Pantanal of Brazil. It was a nature photo tour lead by an excellent photographer and a superb local guide. There were six of us with them.
I have published a page with one photo (and in a few cases several photos) of each of the many species of birds and other animals I was able to photograph. You can get to that page if you CLICK HERE.
In this blog I give a short preview of what you will find on that page.
We saw many jaguars including a very unusual siting of a family of three.
And a tiny ocelot, 1/10 the weight of a jaguar.
We saw the largest rodent in the world, the capybara.
And a huge Brazilian tapir in a river.
We saw many birds. One of the most striking was the Sunbittern when its wings were spread.
And beautiful Hyacinth Macaws, the largest species of macaw.
The Toco Toucan is a wonderful and colorful bird.
There were four species of kingfishers. Here is the Ringed Kingfisher with a fish.
There were many species of flycatchers. The Common Tody-flycatcher was anything but common.
We saw many raptors. My favorites were tiny Burrowing Owls …
… and Black-collared Hawks.
And of course there were many caimans. They looked fierce, but apparently they are not that dangerous.
Please visit the Species of the Pantanal page by clicking this link.