12 Nov 2018
Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
A common and opportunistic bird that gladly eats from human feeding stations during its daily rounds in its range. It sounds like this:
5 Dec 2014
Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)
This was a brief encounter with a green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros) as I was about to leave SouthWild Pantanal and go to Chapada dos Guimarães -…
27 Nov 2014
Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris)
This was the only encounter with the pale-crested woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) during my stay in Pantanal, and is a female seen a few hours upstrem from Porto…
3 Jul 2014
Vendehals (Jynx torquilla)
Vendehals (Jynx torquilla) med store unger! Det er nå juli og ungene maser veldig og "tyter" ut av redehullet, og det virker som om de kan forlate redet når…
15 Jun 2014
Vendehals (Jynx torquilla)
En dag hørte jeg en sjelden lyd som trigget minner fra da jeg var liten. Kunne det være vendehals (Jynx torquilla)? Det lignet veldig, men lyden kom fra ulike…
19 Nov 2013
Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa)
The number of plant species you see from the canopy towers of Cristalino Jungle Lodge is impressive. Unfortunately most are overlooked, as the visitors are…
16 Nov 2013
Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris)
Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris) is the only species of woodpecker I encountered while at Pousada Xaraés. This was the second and last, and being the last…
8 Dec 2011
Wild mango (Grias neuberthii)
I wonder what this wild mango (Grias neuberthii) fruit tastes like compared to the cultivated varieties. I for one am certain the fruit and the tree itself…