Sunday I went to the botanical garden (Jardim Botânico) of Sao Paulo. It is a large and old garden, with everything you expect in a botanical garden. Mostly is a big park with nice ponds en spots to take pictures. It is one of the safer places in Sao Paulo I was told. Sunday morning […]

Continuing the guided tour with Carlos Henrique near Salesopolis. We saw too many birds to include them all, so let me continue with some of the highlights for me. The smooth-billed ani (kleine ani) is one of my favorites. It looks like a primitive bird to me, something from the age of the dinasaurs. Smooth-billed […]

Continuing the guided tour with Carlos Henrique, shop now near Salesopolis. Brazil has many species of herons. Both the whistling heron (fluitreiger) and the cocoi heron (sokoireiger) were new to me. Both birds were pretty far away, generic there a picture from the whistling heron as it arrived. After the big herons our next stop […]

Continuing the guided tour with Carlos Henrique … post #3 from that daytrip. Our next step Carlos was looking for small birds using recorded songs. That gave me nice pictures from the Golden-crowned Warbler (Goudhaanzanger). Golden-crowned Warbler (Goudhaanzanger) But next Carlos became quite excited as he spotted a sleeping common potoo (Grijze reuzennachtzwaluw) on a […]

Continuing the guided tour with Carlos Henrique our next stop near another field. First a picture of the nest of the Rufous Hornero (Rosse ovenvogel), which looks like an iglo made from mud. You can find the nests in trees, but also on telephone poles next to the road as you can see. Rufous Hornero […]