We got to see several of these Crested Caracara while in Brazil. As soon as I saw the first one I knew instantly what it was – probably from some nature documentary and ran to get my camera for some photos. They’re pretty large birds…
Category: General Wildlife
During my visit to the Grand Tetons back in 2023, I spotted a few different animals starting to grow their new antlers for the year.
Managed to walk with and photograph a group of these Guira Cuckoos for maybe 10 minutes or so while they hunted for bugs in the grass in a field just outside of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos.
A few more from back in 2021…
Bouncing back to Brazil for some shots of a few Whistling Herons. Quite possibly one of the prettiest large herons I have seen…
I don’t have a ton of photos of limpkins, but maybe that is why I like them…
A very pretty bird, these Southern Lapwings could be found in various areas we visited. Usually on the ground, we saw at least one pair that seemed to be guarding a nest as they would be very aggressive to anyone who got too close to…
Like I said… there will be more tanagers… This pair of Brazilian Tanagers is certainly a very beautiful set of birds. I kind of like the photos on the barbed wire too… The bright red male is one of the first birds I saw when…
I got to photograph a number of different birds in the parrot family while in Brazil, but I think this Blue-winged Macaw might have been the most cooperative and photogenic. I tried to get some shots of it in flight to really show off its…
Rounding out this first set of tanagers (I am pretty sure there will be plenty more) is a pair of Burnished-buff Tanagers. They didn’t visit the fruit very many times, but I was lucky enough to get photos of both the male and female.
Another tanager and another visitor to the fruit we put out while in Teresópolis, this pair of Sayaca Tanagers were probably the most frequent visitor to the fruit, often chasing away other birds.
Samara had the idea to put some fruit out for the birds and one of the first visitors was this pair of Golden-chevroned Tanagers (Thraupis ornata). It is a species endemic to Brazil, so this is another nice find to add to my species list.
Black Capuchin Monkey or Macaco Prego Preto in Portugese (Sapajus nigritus) spotted in Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos during one of our first hikes. We spotted a second one (the last two photos) but I did not get very good photos of it. In fact…
Samara spotted this pair of Green-backed Trogons or sometimes also called Amazonian White-tailed Trogons (Trogon viridis) on the property at our first Airbnb. We watched them for a bit and noticed that they appeared to be building a nest (I looked it up and they…
I got to see another species of Coati while I was in Brazil. Though they do look similar to the White-nosed Coati that I saw in Arizona, I think they are a different species. The encounter was pretty brief and the light was failing so…
