Thursday, March 29, 2007

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Butterfly in Chapada dos Guimarães


Giant River-otter

Giant River-otter - Pteronura brasiliensis.

Savannah Hawk

Savannah Hawk - Heterospizias meridionalis.

Bare-faced Curassow (female)

Bare-faced Curassow (female) - Crax fasciolata.

Bare-faced Curassow - male

Bare-faced Curassow (male) - Crax fasciolata.

American Wood-Stork

American Wood-Stork - Mycteria americana.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill - Ajaja ajaia.

Red-and-Green Macaw

Red-and-Green Macaw - Ara chloroptera.

Pygmy Kingfisher

Pygmy Kingfisher - Chloroceryle aenea.

Peach-fronted Parakeet

Peach-fronted Parakeet - Aratinga Aurea.

Palm Tanager

Palm Tanager - Thraupis palmarum.

Neotropical Cormorant

Neotropical Cormorant - Phalacrocorax Olivaceus.

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes angustirostris.

Monk Parakeet

Monk Parakeet - Myiopsitta monachus.

Lineated Woodpecker

Lineated Woodpecker - Droycopus lineatus.

Green-barred Woodpecker

Green-barred Woodpecker - Colaptes melanocloros.

Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owl - Speotyto cunicularia.

Chestnut-eared Aracari

Chestnut-eared Aracari - Pteroglossus castanotis.

Blue-headed Parrot

Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus.

Blue & Yellow Macaw

Blue & Yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna.

Urucum - Lipstick tree flower

The flower of Urucum - Lipstic tree - Bixaceae bixa orellana.

Banana-tree flower


Thursday, March 01, 2007

Reminder of the "good old times"

Diamante Clube Sociedade Recreativa - Diamond Club Recreative Society building, one of a few reminders of the dimond times of Pochoréo.

My friend`s ranch near Pochoréo

Rolling hills of the municipality of the Pochoréo offers rolling hills that resembles the lanscape of Switzerland.

Old diamond mine - Pochoréo

Pochoréo was in the first half of the 20th century a very rich town with large open pit dimond mines. Now this part of town is abandoned and the area lost its economical importance.

Lime tree

The lemon is virtually unused in Brazil, but everyone uses the lime and the lime trees are common site in Brazil.

One from the Orchids Family

ORCHIDACEAE family is the largest family of plants with over 25 thousand species. This is one of them from the Brazilian Cerrado.

Spider net and the morning dew


Another Pantanal flower


A flower in Pantanal

The beauty of the flowers is not often appreciated by the visitors to Pantanal, who come here mainly for bird-watching.

Living in the hole

Nystalus chacuru - White-eared Puffbird digs the hole in the ground, where it builds the nest.