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…


Chaco tree frog (Hypsiboas raniceps)

Chaco tree frog (Hypsiboas raniceps)

During the day it's much harder to find the frogs as you don't have their sounds to hone in on, nor are they sitting out in the sun. In one of the many ponds…


Aspilia sp UV

Aspilia sp UV

In UV the all-yellow we humans see, is not at all present. The size and shape of the dark centre can in many instances be a key component in identifying…


Aspilia sp

Aspilia sp

This species was in some places growing in large and dense populations along Cuiaba river and the rivers further into Jaguarland. Several times I wanted to…