Gray Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira)

Gray Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira)

Astonishingly this gray brocket (Mazama gouazoubira) was not startled by my approach (a 4x4), so I was able to take a couple of shots before it decided to move…


Gray Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira)

Gray Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira)

Once again I was in direct eye contact with a gray brocket (Mazama gouazoubira) that regarded humans as no threat whatsoever. I was watching from the other…


Gray Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira)

Gray Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira)

A gray brocket (Mazama gouazoubira) focused on a a possible danger other than me. It's uncommon to see wild animals focusing on other (wild) elements. Usually…


Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)

As I was slowly moving on the river of Fazenda San Francisco I noticed this black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) in a dense thicket on the…


Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

The walk on the "marsh pier" - a long wooden trail raised more than 2 metres to provide dry footing during the wet season - came to an end way too soon. This…


Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Fazenda San Fransico is around 150 square kilometres large, and around 50% of it is left wild! Basically all the higher areas are used for farming, and the…