Category: Wildlife photo
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Southern crested caracara
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them The Southern crested caracara is probably the most common falcon in Pantanal and Mato Grosso (Brazil). It feeds on nearly anything and is commonly seen on carrion (like below) and road kill. This adaptability and its powerful beak allows it to catch very different preys. Click on…
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Capibara, South American rodent
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them The capibara is supposedly the largest rodent on Earth (and it really is much bigger than the usual grey mouse). You will find this placid animal anywhere water meets earth (swamps and rivers), in Matto Grosso as well as near the Amazonia.
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Amazonian panorama
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Brazilian ocelot born in zoo
The Brazilian ocelot is a feline species already endangered that you would only find in the wild in South America. The Louisville zoo had the chance of seeing El Conquistador, a lovely little ocelot, born on last September 23rd. Source: ScienceDaily.
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Amazonian landscape
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Wriggling tropical life (macro photography)
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Shot in Brazil, 2007.
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Amazonian landscape
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Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Will you be able to find the female bird in this flock? Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them This small bird is quite difficult to approach, but we were lucky to meet several of them in Brazil this year. Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Troupiale à tête rouge, Amblyramphus holosericeus).
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Savanna Hawk
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them Savanna Hawk (Buse roussâtre – Buteogallus meridionalis) in Brazil.