5 Dec 2014
Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)
This was a brief encounter with a green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros) as I was about to leave SouthWild Pantanal and go to Chapada dos Guimarães -…
3 Dec 2014
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
This is a critical moment for the Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus). It's a large fish and from my vantage point it seems unlikely it would…
2 Dec 2014
Ludwigia bonariensis
Ludwigia bonariensis is a common species in Pantanal, and this I found right outside the buildings of SouthWild Pantanal. Native range is southern USA to…
2 Dec 2014
Ludwigia bonariensis
Ludwigia bonariensis is a common species in Pantanal, and this I found right outside the buildings of SouthWild Pantanal. Native range is southern USA to…
2 Dec 2014
Ludwigia bonariensis UV
In the light we humans see, this flower is uniformly yellow, with a hint of variance in the centre. In UV this variance is very dark and different from the…
27 Nov 2014
Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris)
This was the only encounter with the pale-crested woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) during my stay in Pantanal, and is a female seen a few hours upstrem from Porto…
16 Nov 2013
Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris)
Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris) is the only species of woodpecker I encountered while at Pousada Xaraés. This was the second and last, and being the last…
16 Nov 2013
Mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides)
Native range of mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides) is Mexico to Paraguay.
16 Nov 2013
Mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides)
I found none in bloom, so I wonder when the mosaic flower (Ludwigia sedioides) does bloom, as soon the locations they grow in will be under water again. Native…
15 Nov 2013
Ludwigia sp
The soil on this part of Pantanal (between Corumbá and Miranda) is in many places fine sand - just like a desert or a beach. Just after a couple of hundred…