Hello!
Well, I may post the side walk pictures, only tomorrow…
Today, I had a change on my plans…I went to a near by village , called CIANORTE, where I spent my childhood…It took me one hour driver thru. farm country: Lots of corn, which just got harvested.
I saw lots of Eared Doves and some Souther Crested Caracaras.
Best Regards,
Paulo Boute.
I have very good news: I’m cured from my pneumonia!
Thanks God!
I got a “fresh” x-ray , yesterday.
So, yesterday night, I took a overnight bus ride from Sao Paulo City & came to Campo Mourao.
It’s is not far from Iguassu Falls. Here lives my mother ( 86 years old!!!) and sister and her daughter.
Tomorrow, I intend to post some pictures of the side walks of this village – It has silhoute of Martins!!!
In the past, this village was been visited by huge flocks of Gray-breasted & Purple Martins!
Bye for now,
Paulo.
Hello!
Yesterday, I went for the Scarlet Ibis, with Prof. Marcelo Cardoso. We had a great time watching this magnificent bird – We spent about 20 minutes there…
By the way, we found a young man, watching birds too. He didn’t have a pair of binoculars so, he used on of ours.
Prof. Marcelo told me this particular individual has been seen in the Coast of the State of Sergipe for the past five years. Always alone, having a very erratic behaivour.
Any how, anyone birding in Aracajú can have hopes of seeing the Scarlet Ibis. Isn’t that great?
Best Regards,
Paulo.
Hello!
Today, I shall go back to the egret & heron roosting place, trying to have a second look at the Scarlet Ibis.
I may have the Company of my very good friend: Marcelo Cardoso.
In the past, the Scarlet Ibis was a commom bird in Brazil ( about 500 years ago). The Brazilian Indians were even doing dresses with their feathers!!!
Polutions & destruction of their Natural Habitat, made them almost disapear…But, there are some places they still can be found: Marajó Island ( where the Amazon River flows into the Atlantic Ocean) and in Cubatão village , near São Paulo City.
Best Regards,
Paulo Boute.
Hello,
Just a few minutes ago, I had my first Scarlet Ibis in Aracajú.
I went to visit a roost for Great & Cattle Egrets, when, I found one Scarlet Ibis, among them.
What a nice surprise!!!
Here is a link for a nice photo, that I just found on the NET:
http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00J/00JgeM-34625084.jpg
Best Wishes,
Paulo Boute.
In time: The location of Aracajú, can be seen at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracaju
Hello!
Today, doing a morning walk with my four year old son, we stoped to watch about 10 caws there were grazzing, mostly of them were followed by cattle egrets. There was a particular one that has two cattle egretts, a bit away from the other, when it started grazzing in a taller grass, aparently, a bit more bug productive, two more cattle egrets, joined them…the first one , was OK but, the second one chased away a previous one…which attracted one more cattle egret…I got impressed with this "Fierce Competition"!
Since the cattle is not that bad…We tend to think the cattle behaviour would be "contagious"…Another thing I noted: There where NEW egrets joining the flocks…apparently, they are not true to a particular flock…instead, keeping searching for food watching other flocks/individuals…
I wish everyone a great weekend!
Yours,
Paulo Boute.
Hello!
Today, I would like to mention how impressed I got, with the success of PERMETHRIN.
I went to the Pantanal, recently, with a couple.
They, both, were using PERMETHRIN. I didn’t. Instead, I trusted my leather boots to keep chiggers & ticks away from me.
It didn’t work!
I ended up catching three ticks…
They got none!
The good thing about PERMETHRIN is : You don’t need to use it directly on your skin, only on clothes.
From now on…I will recommend it to my guests.
Very Best Regards,
Paulo Boute.
