That is quite a scare!
This Golden Tegu, by no means, scared this Black Vulture at the ocelot feeder. It almost gave it a heart attack by sneaking up to him from behind. While looking through all the video's and pictures from the ocelot trap cam, I came across these pictures of the Black Vulture and the Golden Tegu. It all happened in a split second, but those were such pretty pictures to share. These Red-fan Parrots skillfully avoid the thorns of this Awarra Palm tree. Can you do that too? I certainly can't.
Sometimes you only get one chance to meet them. For me it was the Collared Puffbird.
On January 6, 2017 near the lodge, a large group of Silver-beaked Tanagers were loud and energetic. They were hiding in the trees while chattering and between all these tanagers there was one quiet bird too, the Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis). It was traveling with them alone. I only had seconds to act fast and so I grabbed my camera and took a shot. When I wanted to take a second shot, the Collared Puffbird was already gone. It is known that these puffbirds like to sit quietly inside the forest or dense vegetation awaiting their prey to come by. Their meal usually consist out of large insects, small frogs or small lizards. Meal that it easily can find inside the forest or bushes. Noticeable were its large beak and black collar. You may also like the following post: This year started out very well. 2017 was only 2 days old when I spotted this remarkable bird out in the open; the Great Tinamou.
Our previous meetings were inside the dense forest, where sunlight barely appears. This made it for me quite impossible to take a decent shot of this shy bird, but at the same time the Great Tinamou gave me ample time to see it clear with my own eyes. Only via trap cams I was able to see this forest bird or just only his eggs near a tree. On my way to the River Cabin, January 2 2017, on the driving trail I first saw the Tinamou from behind so I thought that it was a dry big leaf that fell on the ground. But when it looked at me I couldn't believe my luck for the day. There it was, seen in plain sight and it didn't move for some minutes. I took several pictures from this Great Tinamou but they all show the same pose like seen above. Just when I wanted to take a step closer it rushed right back into the dark bushes. You may also like the following post: These 'tree huggers' have so much in common but are also so different from each other: Woodpeckers and Woodcreepers.
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