Brazil, July - August 2022: Pousada Piuval
A great place to spend a few days. Pousada Piuval is a short drive south from Cuiabá, so Brazilians use it as a resort area. A comfy place with a great restaurant and pool, and good forest habitat close by. We got great views of a Giant Anteater, a Fishing Bat, and Yellowish Pipit. We had good looks at Aplomado Falcon and several other raptors.
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| Sunset at Pousada Piuval |
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Capybara. They are habituated
to humans and come close to the lodge here. |
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| Cattle Tyrant. Common on the ground at the lodge. |
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| Chestnut-eared Araçari. |
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Coscoroba Swan. This bird was way
out of range, since it is normally found
to the south; it had been present for
a few days before we arrived. |
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| Ferruginous Pygmy-owl |
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Giant Anteater. An incredible stroke of luck to have one wandering
the fields at Pousada Piuval. Found by one of the cowboys.
(Piuval is a working cattle ranch.) |
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| Giant Anteater |
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| Giant Anteater |
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Narrow-billed Woodcreeper. The only
woodcreeper that likes open areas. |
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| Plumbeous Ibis |
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Seriema, up close and personal
on the lodge grounds |
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| A pair of noisy Seriema |
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| Saying good night to the Capybara |
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| The grounds of Pousada Piuval |
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