Monday 19 October 2015

BRAZIL PART THREE-

PART 3 Continuing the journey around  Brazil searching for birds butterflies and animals.



 GREEN KINGFISHER


 SPOTTED RAIL


 GREYISH SALTATOR
 CAPPED HERON
 CAPPED HERON
 BLACK COLLARED HAWK
 BLACK COLLARED HAWK
 GREEN KINGFISHER female
 BLACK BACKED WATER TYRANT
 BLACK COLLARED HAWK





 GREAT RHEA WITH 19 CHICKS.

 CHESTNUT EARED ARACARIS  were back for more fruit.


 SCALED DOVE



 When we saw the BRAZILIAN TAPIR in the gloom last evening, little did we know that next morning we would find him browsing by the road.



 SCARLET HEADED BLACKBIRD



 YELLOW BILLED TERN
 RUFOUS TAILED JACAMAR
 AMAZON KINGFISHER female
 GREAT HORNED OWL
 SNAIL KITE

GREAT ANTSHRIKE

 SOUTHERN SCREAMERS.

Today is the big day a boat trip up the Cuiaba River in search of Giant Otter and Jaguar.
We soon came across the Otters:- not pretty but very inquisitive











 BLACK SKIMMER-They feed by trailing the lower bill along the surface of the water and if they feel a fish scoop it up.


 LARGE BILLED TERN


 JAGUAR AT HIS TOILET













 Poor old boy has had his left ear chewed-here`s his missus ???

 BLACK FRONTED NUNBIRD
BEARDED CAPUCHIN
 GOLDEN CROWNED WARBLER
 ANOTHER FEMALE JAGUAR


 PYGMY KINGFISHER
 SAVANNA HAWK

 LESSER YELLOW HEADED VULTURE
 ANHINGA with PARANA
 COCOI HERON
 ANHINGA
 BRAN COLOURED FLYCATCHER
 ORANGE BACKED TROUPIAL

 MARSH DEER

 SUN BITTERN
 GREEN IBIS

 GREY NECKED WOOD RAIL
 STRIATED HERON
 SUNBITTERN





 TURQUOISE FRONTED AMAZON

 BLACK BELLIED ANTWREN
 TURQUOISE FRONTED AMAZON
 GREATER RHEA
 BLACK VULTURE

 ROSEATE SPOONBILL

 WOOD STORK

 ANOTHER GIANT OTTER
 BOATBILL HERON

 ROSEATE SPOONBILL
 YELLOW BELLIED ELAENIA

 BLACK THROATED SALTATOR


 RED PILEATED FINCH

 NACUNDA NIGHTHAWK



KING VULTURE above BLACK VULTURE
 WHITE COLLARED SWIFT

 PEACH FRONTED PARAKEET


 BURROWING OWL
 CURL CRESTED JAY

 WHITE EARED PUFF BIRD
 BLUE CROWNED MOTMOT


 BLACK TAILED MARMOSET

CARACAS SANCTUARY
 RUFOUS COLLARDED SPARROW
 MASKED WATER TYRANT
 RUSTY MARGINED GUAN

 SAFFRON FINCH
 GILT EDGED TANAGER
SAPPHIRE SPANGLED EMERALD

 LONG TAILED TYRANT


FORK TAILED FLYCATCHER

BRAZILIAN TANAGER
BLACK FRONTED TITI


SHE HAS A BABY ON HER BACK.
 LONG TAILED TYRANT

LONG TAILED TYRANT

PALE THROATED PAMPAS FINCH
RECORD SHOT OF BLUE MANAKIN
 MANED WOLF It is really a fox not a wolf,but it comes to the garden where the old priest feeds it every night




SWALLOW TANAGER



CLIFF FLYCATCHER.
 BRASSY BREASTED TANAGER

CRESTED OROPENDOLA
 MASKED WATER TYRANT
MASKED WATER TYRANT
END OF PART THREE

1 comment:

  1. Excellent series of images Phil. You did well to get so many cracking shots of so many brilliant birds and mammals.

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