Pantanal Day 4

Last (half) day in the Pantanal and revisited the Jabiru stork nest. Here one of the chicks is eating a small fish in the shade of mother's wing.
















For this bigger eel, the adult (this time the male) has to pre-digest it and regurgitate for the chicks.
































Capivara munching on vegetation
















Caracara
















Purple trumpet tree


















Transpantaneira
















Egrets

Pantanal Day 3

Today was all about jaguars, and I was not disappointed.
Departure at 4:30am for a 2 1/4 hour drive to the end of the Transpantaneira highway.

Sunrise over the Pantanal


















Porto Joffre at the end of the road, and transfer to a small boat on the River Cuiaba


















8am - the first jaguar!

Then several others (I lost count)

The yawn
















Jaguar dragging a caiman out of the river
















I didn't totally neglect the birds.
Anhingas

















Black vultures
















Buff-necked ibis
















Also saw some river otters near their den, and one waiting for us on the landing stage in Porto Joffre

Pantanal Day 2

Second day in the Pantanal region in the west of Brazil with more great wildlife

Jubira stork landing on its nest

Taking care of the chicks

Toucan

Monk parakeets

Hyacinth macaw

Rufous hornero

Black-capped night heron


Great potoo well-camouflaged as a branch

Black-collared hawk

Caimans

Rufescent tiger heron

Ringed kingfisher

Vermillion flycatcher

Orange-backed troupial

Roufus-tailed jacamar

Capivaras eating the grass at the lodge - largest rodent in the world

Crab-eating fox

Pantanal Day 1

Taking a few days to see wildlife in the Northern Pantanal in Brazil. Left a rainy Sao Paulo this morning, flew to Cuiaba to join my guide Paulo and already saw the below and more on the first day. Staying at the South Wild Pantanal Lodge.

Wood stork with fish

Heron drying its wings

Cormorant with fish

Capuchin monkey

Toucans

Roadside hawk

Ringed kingfisher


Anhinga

Caiman

Cowboys and cattle

River otters

Jabiru stork running away from caiman

Ocelot