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Pixaim River and Fazenda St Tereza

Pantanal wetlands, Brazil
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Getting ready to go fishing<br />
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Jabiru stork pair getting ready to leave the nest at sunrise, Fazenda St Tereza, Pantanal, Brazil.
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Getting ready to go fishing

Jabiru stork pair getting ready to leave the nest at sunrise, Fazenda St Tereza, Pantanal, Brazil.

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  • Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) on the banks of the Pixaim River, Pantanal, Brazil
  • Large flock of suphur butterflies (Phoebis senae) on a sandbar on the Pixaim River, Pantanal, Brazil (best larger)
  • Hide and seek (note the other vulture hiding in the bushes)<br />
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American black vulture (Coragyps atratus), Pixaim River, Pantanal Brazil
  • Sulphur butterflies
  • Swarm of green and yellow cloudless sulphur butterflies (Phoebis senae) on a sandbank, Pixaim River, Pantanal, Brazil (best larger to see the details)
  • Solitary sandpiper
  • Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) in a hurry to eat its fish, Pixaim River, Pantanal, Brazil
  • Down the hatch<br />
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Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) swallowing a fish, Pixaim River, Pantanal, Brazil
  • Float like a butterfly<br />
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Sulphur butterflies (Phoebis senae) feeding on minerals on a sandbank, Pixaim River, Pantanal, Brazil (best larger)<br />
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Other photos of creatures from the river bank can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/j1Nzn5">http://goo.gl/j1Nzn5</a><br />
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01/04/15  <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Look up, way up!<br />
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Canon photographers practicing their synchronization skills, Pixaim River, Pantanal, Brazil<br />
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Other photos of the Pantanal wildlife can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/dwDL9o">http://goo.gl/dwDL9o</a><br />
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05/04/14  <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Got it!<br />
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Cocoi heron catches a fish in the Pixaim River.  <br />
I'm not used to seeing heron fishing in such deep water.  Here in BC the Great blue herons that I've seen are fishing in much shallower water.<br />
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Other photos of large birds in the Pantanal can be seen here, including a nice sequence of Jabiru storks: <a href="http://goo.gl/sbAjLU">http://goo.gl/sbAjLU</a><br />
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15/04/15  <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Wings up<br />
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Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) getting its fish back to shallower water to eat it.
  • Hey mister, got any fish?<br />
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This pair of Jabiru storks have a nest on the Fazenda St Tereza on the Pixaim River in the Pantanal, Brazil.  When the boats came back to the Fazenda in the late afternoon they are always there on the beach to greet the boats and beg for leftover fish.
  • Jabiru stork returns to its nest at sunset.<br />
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One of a pair of Jabiru storks that have a nest on the Fazenda St Tereza on the Pixaim River in the Pantanal, Brazil.  After begging for fish at the beach, they return to the nest at sunset.
  • Honey, I'm home!<br />
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The mate of a pair of Jabiru storks that have a nest on the Fazenda St Tereza on the Pixaim River in the Pantanal, Brazil, returns to the nest.
  • Storks at dusk<br />
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The pair of storks had a nest on the grounds of Fazenda St Tereza and returned to their nest each evening after a day of fishing on the Pixaim River, Pantanal, Brazil
  • Jabiru storks
  • Getting ready to go fishing<br />
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Jabiru stork pair getting ready to leave the nest at sunrise, Fazenda St Tereza, Pantanal, Brazil.
  • Getting ready to go fishing<br />
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Shortly after this shot was taken this pair flew off to the Pixaim River to go fishing for their breakfast.
  • Jabiru stork on its nest at sunrise, Fazenda St Tereza, Pantanal, Brazil
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