OK, I was really looking forward to visiting the Pantanal again but I couldn't have predicted the events that were about to unfold as we drove up to our first lodgings in the Pantanal. Ricardo(our Pantanal guide) suddenly became very excited exclaiming "Puma, Puma!" Unbelievably there it was - a Puma at a drinking pool at dusk. We all managed to see this handsome mammal before it slipped off into the undergrowth. I even managed a second look at it on the track after I umped off the bus. Brilliant, what a start!
Photographing Greater Rheas in the Pantanal, September 2008.
Our stay at Pouso Alegre was as usual delightful. The new trail yielded a marvellous Pavonine Cuckoo, Large-billed Antwrens, Mato Grosso Antbirds and Helmeted Manakins.+015.JPG)
Great Rufous Woodcreeper, Pouso Alegre Lodge, September 2008.+019.JPG)
It's never quiet around the lodge, even at lunchtime. There's always a few Hyacinth Macaws around and the Great Rufous Woodcreeper (usually present first thing) paid a midday visit.
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Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Pantanal September 2008.
1 comments:
Hi Colin, loved the giant antpitta, nice photo !
Cheers, Lucas
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