
Luca the jaguar giving his mom a hard time
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Tapir
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Capybara
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Giant river otter eating breakfast
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Hyacinth macaw
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Toco toucan
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Aracari toucan
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Baby Luca and his mama
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Curassow
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The caiman & capybara live together in harmony
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Capped heron
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Hyacinth macaw at sunset
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Agouti
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Hyacinth macaws
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Coati
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The caiman always seem to have a grin on their faces
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This jaguar had a ton of personality
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Rhea papa and his babies
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The southern tamandua (or lesser anteater)
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A whole host of caiman!
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Southern tamandua. Here you can see their habit of walking of their knuckles to prevent their claws from dulling.
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Giant anteater mama and baby on her back; she came around our farmhouse lodge on our first night in the Pantanal.
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Southern tamandua. Looks at those claws!!
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Giant anteater mama and baby on her back
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Southern tamandua peeking out at us. Our guides could hear a faint scratching in the distance and were able to locate this anteater deep in the forest. She pretended to be asleep but opened her eye from time to time to check on us!
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Southern tamandua at sunrise
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Some organizations were setting out fruit for the animals because of the lack of food available due to the recent fires in the Pantanal.
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Our guide said this belt-like injury was most likely due to a python attack.
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Greater rheas (Rhea americana)
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Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco)
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Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
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Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
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Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)
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Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
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Jabiru coming back to his HUGE nest.
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Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi)
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Jabiru bringing more materials to her already enormous nest
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Black-crowned night heron (juvenile)
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Capped heron (Pilherodius pileatus)
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Cocoi heron
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Kiskadee
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Grey-cowled wood rail or grey-necked wood rail (Aramides cajaneus)
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Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)
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Guira cuckoo (Guira guira)
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Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata)
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yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata)
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Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata)
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Chestnut-eared aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)
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Currasow (again)
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Jabiru
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Green kingfisher (female)
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Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) (aka snakebird)
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Anhinga
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Greater rhea chick
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Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
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Amazon kingfisher
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Bare-faced curassow (male)
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Bare-faced curassow (female)
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Bare-faced curassow (male)
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Cocoi heron
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Yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima)
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Black-collared hawk (Busarellus nigricollis) catching a piranha
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Lesser yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes burrovianus)
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Female curassow
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Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
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Red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
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Red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
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blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
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Red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
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Red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
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This rufous hornero pair, famous for building mud huts, is also the welcome wagon!
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The agouti is typically a very shy creature!
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Capuchin monkey
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Marsh deer
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Crab-eating fox
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Crab-eating raccoon
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You’ve heard of double-fisting, but have you ever heard of triple-fisting? This Capuchin monkey female is a big fan of leftover pastries at one of the lodges we stayed in.
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Caiman
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Water buffalo 🐃🐃🐃🐃🐃
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Crab-eating fox
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Peccaries
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Capuchin monkey
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Capuchin monkey
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Tegu lizard
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Agouti
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Crab-eating fox
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Marsh deer
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Marsh deer
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This lovely lady lived at our hotel and was apparently not ready for our massage session to be over 😆
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Monk parrots build their nests in the lower portion of the Jabiru stork nests. #WorkSmarter
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A Caipirinha is always a good choice in Brazil, especially around a campfire in the Pantanal
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The official start of the Transpantaneira Highway
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