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 Pantanal, 2011
 
 
 
	
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other inverts
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people
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misc
 
  
 
 
 
Landscapes
 
 
Swamped in the Pantanal
Water hyacinth 
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Spring, 2019
Reflecting on the Pantanal
The Pantanal
Getting over the Pantanal
The Pantanal
Hammock
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Pantanal sky
The Pantanal
When the situation becomes cloudy
On the flight to Sao Paulo
The Pantanal
April 2, 2011
 
transpantaneira
 
 
The Transpantaneira "Highway"
The Pantanal
One of hundreds of bridges on the Transpantaneira highway
The Pantanal
Stick in the mud
The Transpantaneira Highway
March 30, 2011
The push
The Transpantaneira Highway
 
Mammals
 
 
  
Capybara - these pictures and lots more
 
 
Rodent of unusual size
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) 
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 2, 2011
When parent and child do not see eye to eye
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
The Pantanal
March 29, 2011
Canon rebel T1i
Can they read??
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
The Pantanal
Capybara and Darwin
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Darwin and the species
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April, 2011
 
Acquatic mating
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Transpantaneira "highway"
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Canon Rebel T1i
Acquatic mating
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Transpantaneira "highway"
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Canon Rebel T1i
bird, capybara, hyacinth, grass
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Transpantaneira "highway"
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Canon Rebel T1i
  
Foxy use of the highway
	
Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous)
Family: Canidae
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Fox by day
With power step
	
Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous)
Family: Canidae
The Pantanal
Fox by night
	
Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous)
Family: Canidae
Night drive
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Relaxing
	
Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous)
Family: Canidae
Night drive
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Hare raising experience
Forest rabbit, tapeti (Sylvilagus braziliensis)
Night drive
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Canon rebel T1i
ID by John Flux
Note the tumor on this rabbit's lip.
Myxoma?
Jaguar printed - real-ly
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
Jaguar printed - really
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
A story tracked
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Pantanal
Domestic
Bovine sign
Zebu
Branded
The Pantanal
Bovid nocturne
Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
from Asia
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
This picture has been seriously doctored but I like it anyway.
This nocturnal scene was so dark that these animals were invisible.
With a little illumination from our light, these is very much as I remember the scene.
Given the fact that we were looking at water buffalo, 
this scene was altered long before this picture was ever taken.
I like the eyes in the upper right.
Aynore horses around
Roberto shows his stuff
The Pantanal
Adapted to water
The Pantanal
Strutting
The Pantanal
Bob gets into deep water
 
Birds
 
 
Caracara
Caracara
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 2, 2011
Fake right
Caracara
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 2, 2011
Caracaracara
Caracara
Araras Lodge
April 2, 2011
Plumbeous ibis
Plumbeous ibis (Theristicus caerulenscens)
Family: Threskiornithidae (ibis and spoonbills)
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 2, 2011
Great horned owl
Great horned owl 
Bubo virginianus
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Night jarring experience
Night jar ()
Night drive
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Night jarring experience
Night jar ()
Night drive
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
 
Screaming to the south
Southern screamer (Chauna torquata)
The Pantanal
March 29, 2011
Canon rebel T1i
Screamers on the wing
Southern screamer (Chauna torquata)
The Pantanal
March 29, 2011
Canon rebel T1i
Ringed king
Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
 
The Pantanal
Kingfisher
Kingfisher
The Pantanal
Jabiru stork
Jabiru stork ()Jabiru mycteria)
The Pantanal
Jabiru stork
Jabiru stork ()Jabiru mycteria)
The Pantanal
The flight of the jabiru
Jabiru stork ()Jabiru mycteria)
The Pantanal
Jabiru a deux
Jabiru stork ()Jabiru mycteria)
The Pantanal
Greater rhea
Greater rhea ()
The Pantanal
Hyacinth macaw
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The Pantanal
Araras
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Pool Shower
Kwicksdraw Macaw
Blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
The Pantanal
Two Macaws
Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
The Pantanal
Amazon out of the Amazon
Blue fronted Amazon / Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva)
The Pantanal
Amazon times two
Blue fronted Amazon / Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva)
The Pantanal
March 30, 2011
Cocoi heron (white-necked heron)
Ardea cocoi
among the water hyacinth
The Pantanal
Egret and reflection
Heron ()
Transpantaneira "highway"
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Canon Rebel T1i
And boy is he pissed.
Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), aka Soco-Boi
The Pantanal
Snail kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Family:	Accipitridae
Male
The Pantanal
Hawk
The Pantanal
Vulture
The Pantanal
Guira Cuckoo
Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira)
The Pantanal
Jacana and 
duckweed 
Jacana 
Duckweed
The Pantanal
Jacana 
Jacana 
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Jacana eggs
Jacana 
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Gallinule
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)
Purple  "swamp hen" - rail family (Rallidae)
The Pantanal
2011
Yellow-billed cardinal
Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata)
 
Family:	Thraupidae
Despite the name, it is actually a tanager, family - Thraupidae
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Rufous hornero
Rufous hornero (Furnarius rufus)
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Male white-bellied seedeater
Sporophila leucoptera)
Thraupidae family
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Barred antshrike
Male barred antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Renter
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Doesn't know the words
Black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
LBJ
Needs ID
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
 
Reptiles
 
 
 
 
Caiman
 
She caiman through the bathroom window
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
Transpantaneira highway
The Pantanal
March, 2011
Caiman stayed
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
Transpantaneira highway
The Pantanal
March, 2011
Caiman captured
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
Night drive
Transpantaneira highway
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Man-eating caiman
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Road snake
The Pantanal
March, 2011
Serpentine scrutiny
	
Mountain Keelback (Helicops)
Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
Transpantaneira highway
The Pantanal
March, 2011
Fangs
	
Mountain Keelback (Helicops)
Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
Transpantaneira highway
The Pantanal
March, 2011
Iguana
Iguana
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Tegu
Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae)
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Tegu
Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae)
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Camouflage
Amazon Racerunner / Giant Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)
The Pantanal
 
Frogs
 
 
One frog
Southern Orange-legged leaf frog (Pithecopus azureus)
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Spring 2011
Two frogs
Southern Orange-legged leaf frog (Pithecopus azureus)
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Red eyed frog
The Pantanal
Spring 2011
Sound system
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Spring 2011
Toad
Cururu Toad (Rhinella diptycha)
Family: Bufonidae (true toads)
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
Spring 2011
Watch toad
Araras Lodge
Araras Lodge
 
Butterflies and moths
Finger ornament
Hieroglyphic moth (Diphthera festiva)
Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
March, 2011
Moth
 
(Psilopygida walkeri)
Family: Saturniidae (emperor, royal, moon, and giant silk moths)
Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
March, 2011
Caterpillar
Jaguar Lodge
The Pantanal
March, 2011
Fritilling away the time
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Spring, 2011
The Pantanal
Butterfly's eyes
Blue morpho (Morpho helenor)
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
 
Bugs
 
 
Nested genes
Days later, this species would attempt to bring about my demise
Transpantaneira Highway
The Pantanal
March, 2011
The place was bugged
Night drive
A state of bee-ing
Night drive
>/h5>
Brazilian dragon
Dragonfly
The Pantanal
Termites
Termighty
Termites
The Pantanal
Mounds of evidence
Termites
The Pantanal
Termite highway
Termites
The Pantanal
Wrapped in silk
Night drive
The Pantanal
Pantanal wide web
The Pantanal
 
Other inverts
 
 
Snail
Night drive
 
Flora
 
 
Night blooming cactus
Nightblooming Cereus (Peniocereus greggii)
Family: Cactaceae
Night drive
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Canon rebel T1i
Closer
Nightblooming Cereus (Peniocereus greggii)
Family: Cactaceae
Night drive
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Canon rebel T1i
Nightblooming Cereus (Peniocereus greggii)
Family: Cactaceae
Night drive
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Canon rebel T1i
Night blooming water lily
Night drive
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Waterlily bud
Waterlily ()
Transpantaneira "highway"
The Pantanal
April 1, 2011
Canon Rebel T1i
Hyacinth (without macaw)
 
Water hyacinth 
Araras Lodge
The Pantanal
2011
Flower, ant, dew
Fruit
Araras Lodge
April 2, 2011
Where apple custard comes from
Custard apple (Annona reticulata)
Spring, 2011
Mimosa
Open and
shut case
Mimosa flower
Mimosa flower
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Bee on mimosa
Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Red flower
Purple flower
Passion in the Pantanal
Passiflora giberti
Family:	Passifloraceae
The Pantanal, Brazil
2011
Yellow ixora
Ixora
The Pantanal
On a glorious morning
Morning glory
The Pantanal
Wetlands flora
 
Fungi
 
 
When fungi become shelfish
Pycnoporus sanguineus
The Pantanal
ln(fungi)
A natural log function
The Pantanal
 
People
 
 
Roberto following the parrot attack
Our guide Robert was repeated attacked by a pair of green parrots.  
Through a series of (painful) tests, he determined that did not like the 
green shirt he was wearing. 
Do we look alike?
The Pantanal
Eric and Rachel
The Pantanal
Hanging out
The Pantanal
 
Places
 
Aluminum boat
 
Boat
The Pantanal
April 2, 2011
Canon Rebel T1i
House boat
 
House boat
The Pantanal
April 2, 2011
Canon Rebel T1i
 
 
 
The lab
 
 
Abandoned lab
Jarring experience
 
The tower
 
 
Observation tower
 
Araras
 
 
Araras
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
 
Wasp encounter
 
 
Stung
The Pantanal
March 30, 2011
Swollen
The Pantanal
March 30, 2011
 
Misc
 
 
Siesta
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Dog daze
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Our salad daze
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
Sunset on the Pananal
The Pantanal
Spring, 2011
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