New bird species !

After identifying over 400 bird species on the grounds of Fazenda Barranco Alto, every new ID is a great happening.

This time, Claudia Pozzoli had the first documented sighting of an Orinoco goose in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, it's a member of the duck, goose and swan family.

Our list contains now 402(!) species: http://taxeus.com.br/lista/192

Photo by Paulo

Macaws

Macaws are one of our many iconic birds (list). Their loud and colorful presence is a common sighting around here. In this picture you see hyacinth  (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, arara-azul) and red-and-green macaws (Ara chloropterus, arara-vermelha) feeding together on nuts on the ground.

Attractive fruits

If you want to attract birds into your garden, just plant suitable fruit trees, offer them water, wait a little bit and enjoy theses wonderful creatures. In these two pictures we see a crested-oropendola (Japu, Psarocolius decumanus) and a white-woodpecker (Birro, Melanerpes candidus), both feeding on the same jackfruit (jaca, Artocarpus heterophyllus).

Crested-oropendola

White-woodpecker