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…
Verruga do Frade means Friar’s Wart in English. See if you can find it below. It is the same photo, but I just cropped it and then rotated the cropped view. This is a mountain range visible from Teresópolis and would have been nice to…
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…
When Samara and I were planning the trip to Brazil, one of the main attractions to staying in Teresópolis was the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (which translates to Organs Range National Park but not really) and the Dedo de Deus (Finger of God)…
A few more night skies from Death Valley NP.
I originally went to Chiricahua National Monument to see the Coati, but the rock formations were quite impressive too. I wish I had scheduled more time to explore the area more.
Some Harbor Seals basking in the Californian sun.
A variety of crustaceans from the Pacific Northwest waters…
I managed to find several spiders while in Death Valley National Park…. The first two were pretty well hidden, but just catching a glint of light off of their webs and a little patience looking for them worked well. I would have loved to have…
This coyote hung out with me for a good amount of time… I was sitting in my car while it wandered back and forth in the fields on both sides of the dirt road I was on. Right up until some other guy pulled up…
These Squat Urchin Shrimp (Gnathophylloides mineri) are usually pretty tricky to get a decent photograph of… they tend to be pretty shy and with all those spines, they have plenty of places to hide….
Baby bison are called Red Dogs
