Our days often started with Capyberras. But today we started as the sun was rising in search of Giant Anteaters – and we weren’t disappointed.
Not only did we find one that we were able to get close to, but she had a baby with her. What a way to start the day.
Walking back to the van after spending some time with the anteater we had two species of woodcreepers. Great Rufous Woodcreeper on the left and Narrow-billed Woodcreeper on the right.
Later in the morning we had better looks at a Narrow-billed Woodcreeper.
A pair of Rufous Cacholote. No idea which was the male or female.
Thrush-like Wrens were seen pretty much every day.
Rufous-bellied Thrush was somewhat like the robin in North America.
Grayish Saltator along the fame fencerow that included the previous few birds.
Two different Green-barred Woodpeckers along the magic fencerow.
Yellow-chinned Spinetail.
This is what we traveled on the when we got to our lodge.
White-eyed Parakeets. We never saw parrots, parakeets or macaws as solitary birds, there were always two of more of these social birds.
Plumbeous Ibises were one of the four species that we saw most days.
Having only seen Crane Hawks in flight or soaring, it was exciting to see one perched close to us.
Pale-crested Woodpecker. One of the difficulties in photographing birds was trying to focus on them through a maze of twigs and branches. Sometimes I was able to get a shot or two, sometimes not.
Red-legged Seriema calling back to a recording
Southern Screamer.
Bare-faced Curassow.
Young Rufescent Tiger-Heron on the left, Capped Heron on the right.
Since we were in the Pantanal near the end of the dry season birds were often concentrated at streams, ponds and small lakes.
Jabiru adult feeding young at a nest. As I might have said earlier, I really like Jabiru so finding nests was always a highlight of the day for me.
Green Kingfisher.
A pair of Sunbitterns.
Blue-winged Macaw.
More tomorrow…
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