The morning was overcast and misty.
I had 3 cameras to use and still did not manage to take the pictures I wanted to take. Either the lighting was not right, the subject was too close and I had no macro, it was too far and I had no long lens, it moved, blah, blah, blah. Mike had 1 camera that captured the entire trip… no issue with distance, light, subject, etc…. (Not posting his pictures with mine….too depressing!) Mike will post his once he has selected the best ones from his 4000 photos. Camera envy!!!
Ok so maybe it is my photography skills that are lacking!
The Pousada has an area of 7,000 hectares of land (1 hectare = 10,000 square meters) (17,297 acres).
They are focused on sustaining the environment and have a working farm and vegetable gardens. We wee there during the beginning of the dry season so we could walkabout. During wet season you need to boat around parts of the property.
The fence posts were covered in dew-kissed webs. I spent about 15 minutes trying to use my 2 good cameras to take a photo, one was borrowed from Philipe. Finally used my iPhone and viola! I have a photo!
The pigs have prominent lodging close to the pousada.
Cattle everywhere. They were curious and would watch us, stand defiantly and refuse to move out of the way, but, reach out your hand to pat them and they bolted.
Where there are cows there is dung, dung creates mushrooms.These particular ones were perfectly white.
No dung beetles though!
We explored the area outside of the pousada for an hour and a half and did not get very far. The varoious flora and fauna that we saw were so abundance, new to use and simply beautiful!
I love pictures of fruit,
flowers,
trees,
butterflies,
holes in the ground,
and other odd sightings.I took this picture and then realized there were things in the picture other than fruit. Do you see them?
2 Yellow-chevroned Parakeets, fruit eaters.
Ok so now that we know that birds can hide easily in trees….
Do you see anything in this tree?
Neither did I! I liked the way it was leaning.
The strangler fig is found in tropical areas and dark forests. Birds eat the seeds and disperse them in the tops of trees. The seeds then germinate sending their roots down to the ground. They use their host to support their growth. Sometimes the fig completely smoothers the host causing the tree to die. Max called them parasites and did not like them at all.
Dad this one is for you! The picture is not close enough but the bird was beautiful. He was elusive and we tried to get better pictures of him for 10 days. This is a red crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata) which reminds me of the first bird that my dad taught me about or at least the first bird I remember him teaching me. It has a beautiful, easily recognized song. He liked to play and flit all over the fruit trees. He is not a true cardinal more like a tanager.
The Rufous Honero is the national bird of Argentina (watching the World Cup game as I blog, score 1-0 – Argentina vs. Belgium) and Uruguay.
Horneros are monogamous and build their nests together. The nest looks like a clay oven and some people call this bird the Red Ovenbird because of its color and house.
Southern Crested Carcara, bird of prey in the falcon family. Preys on small mammals (puppies, sheep) hangs out with vultures!
There are songs about the Carcara. This is by Jon Valley in 1965 and played by Maria Bethania. When you translate the song the predominate words are “Handle, kill and eat”. Taken from YouTube:
Buffed neck ibis
Time for breakfast. Max commented that he loves guests like us because we get excited over EVERYTHING!
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