We woke on our second day at Aymara by exploring the grounds and entrance road some more. In the poor early morning light we had our best looks at the Planalto Woodcreeper but again it was too quick.
Planalto Woodcreeper
Planalto Woodcreeper
Bare-faced Curassow
Undulated Tinamou
Black-striped Capuchin
South American Coati
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Green Kingfisher
Sunbittern - this is a species that everyone tries to get with open wings. I don't think anyone in the group came away with very good open-winged shots.
Pale-legged Hornero - these were much less common than the Rufous Horneros.
Black-striped Capuchin
Black-fronted Nunbird
We hit the road relatively early but made a bunch of stops on the way further south along the Transpantaneira.
Jabiru with young.
Plumbeous Ibis
Plumbeous Ibis with a Roseate Spoonbill
Plumbeous Ibis adult with begging young.
It's amazing how far down the bill of the young goes into the adult's throat.
Bare-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Upon arrival at the Hotel Pantanal on the Rio Pixaim we were supposed to go on an afternoon boat ride to look for local specialty birds like the Kingfishers but also the Agami Heron. However, mother nature kicked up some serious wind and intermittent rain that forced us to postpone for the next morning. That didn't stop me from exploring the grounds.
Spirit Ground Snake - oddly I couldn't find much of anything on this snake except some pics from the pantanal that helped seal the ID.
White-lined Broad-nosed Bat
Giant Ameiva
Vermilion Flycatcher
The lime-green wings of Wattled Jacanas are gorgeous but hard to capture.
Peach-fronted Parakeet
Safron Finch
Greater Thornbird
Grayish Baywing
Unicolored Blackbird
Bare-faced Ibis
Sayaca Tanager
Purplish Jay
White-winged Swallow
Blue-gray Saltator
Jabiru with a Crested Caracara for perspective.
Striated Heron
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
White-rumped Monjita
White-lored Spinetail
As the light faded on another day in Brazil, some nighthawks came out to feed over the Rio Pixaim.
Band-tailed Nighthawk - I couldn't believe my luck with this shot (ISO 6400).
I wasn't crazy about Hotel Pantanal at the time, but now I realize some of my better photos came from there.
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