Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

In the waters around the fishing village of Pucusana you'll encounter many birds of several bird species, and some are used to humans like the brown pelican…


Red-legged Cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi)

Red-legged Cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi)

Red-legged cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi) is the second of the regional species of cormorant I encountered, also this one becoming more and more rare - just…


Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)

Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)

In the harbor and waters around the fishing village of Pucusana in Peru I found lots of inca terns, and some places they were so tame that I could walk among…


Ridge Beggarticks (Bidens gardner)

Ridge Beggarticks (Bidens gardner)

My final plant encounter on my way out of Pantanal - a really beautiful color and my first of the ridge beggarticks (Bidens gardner). Native range is Bolivia,…


Ridge Beggarticks (Bidens gardner)

Ridge Beggarticks (Bidens gardner)

My final plant encounter on my way out of Pantanal. Native range of ridge beggarticks (Bidens gardner) is Bolivia, Brazil to Paraguay.


Senna rugosa

Senna rugosa

Wherever you go in Pantanal you'll see wonderful species of plants, and thus I stop to photograph even as was on my way out of Pantanal. Senna rugosa is one…


Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)

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 -…


Pontederia reflexa

Pontederia reflexa

These plants grow in a pond right outside the buildings of SouthWild Pantanal. I find the long leaves quite decorative and a plant worthy of any natural…


Physalaemus sp

Physalaemus sp

It looks much like Whistling frog (Physalaemus albonotatus), but I'm not certain, as I don't recall whether this one had the miauing sound or not. So any ID…


Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)

Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)

In this moment in time it really could look like it's touching its head with the wing like we humans would when we think D'OH after we have done something…