Photo Gallery
Photos by Judy Davis
The image of the world’s largest parrot flying free is an image often conjured up by birders with the mention of the Pantanal.
An increasing tourism infrastructure…
…on working cattle ranches offers the birder a chance to intimately connect with the real Pantanal where…
…first light will offer opportunities to watch Hyacinth Macaws awaken to a Pantanal dawn.
Whether watching sentry-like Jabirus stand along roadside pools…
…or a Cocoi Heron that appears to be all legs…
…or a Narrow-billed Woodcreeper probing in bark crevices…
…the birdlife of the Pantanal is as varied and dramatic as the ever-changing light.
A boat trip offers a leisurely way to bird this vast wetland with…
…a vigilant Great Black Hawk…
…or a motionless and almost unnoticeable Sunbittern posed on a log…
…at times being upstaged by Giant River Otters.
While silently drifting on the Pixaim River, the air may be filled with song as a Black-capped Donacobius pairs up with its mate for an impromtu duet.
The unexpected is always possible in southern Amazonia with the bird-rich environment of Alta Floresta and Cristalino Jungle Lodge…
…where a recently fledged Harpy Eagle may be one of the first birds to be scored only minutes away from the airport.
The green wall on either side of the Cristalino River may seem daunting upon first encounter…
…but comfortable accommodations…
…excellent cuisine and…
…unique canopy and…
…riverine birding will soon have everyone feeling at home in this marvelous setting.
Emergent trees along the riverside provide perches for Bat Falcons…
…and Dusky-billed Parrotlets…
…while the river provides opportunities for a Brazilian Tapir to take a cooling swim on a hot afternoon.
A tower offers views of the forest from a different perspective, with canopy species observed at eye-level…
…including sociable White-bellied Parrots…
…irridescent Spangled Cotingas…
…or inquisitive White-bellied Spider Monkeys.
Giant Brazil Nut and countless other tree species and the surrounding understory provide habitat for forest birds including…
…the stunning Blue-cheeked Jacamar…
…a Long-billed Starthroat…
…or even a roosting Blackish Nightjar.
A taste of the cerrado of Brazil is encountered with the striking landscape of Chapada dos Guimarí£es…
…where the loud song of White-eared Puffbirds may fill the dawn sky…
…and the familiar Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl may attract many passerine species at the conclusion of a superb Mato Grosso birding extravaganza.