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Birding
& Nature Tours
in South America - 1
in Brazil
in 2009 & 2010
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2009 & in 2010, more FONT birding & nature tours in South America are scheduled
to go to Brazil (with links to itineraries & bird-lists etc
below). And other South American tours will be to Argentina & Chile. In Brazil, during 18 years, there have been 43 FONT birding & nature tours in that country, during which cumulatively 1,031 different birds have been seen. Many of these tours have been to the region of Mato Grosso, in south-central Brazil, with some distinctively different areas ranging from the bird-rich wetlands of the "Pantanal" to the dry habitat of the "Cerrado". In the summer of 2009, if the birds are there, we'll also be at a place where, during our tours in the past, we've seen Harpy Eagles at a nest. FONT Brazilian birding tours also have been to "Amazonian Forest" locales including the Rio Cristalino near Alta Floresta, a place called "Jardim da Amazonia" ("the Garden of the Amazon"), and the region of Manaus. The
"Atlantic Forest" and other habitats of the
Southeast are also
visited during FONT Brazilian Tours, near the coast and further inland in
Sao Paulo State (either at Itatiaia or Intervales). |
![]() Jabiru, a bird of the Pantanal of Brazil
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Itineraries in 2009 & 2010 (with prices):
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BR-1 Mar 1-10, '09 with extension to Mar 14 MINAS GERAIS, MATO GROSSO DO SUL including the PANTANAL A Tour for "Jabiru & Jaguar" and the rare Brazilian Merganser Optional Extension follows in SOUTHEAST BRAZIL until Mar 14, '09
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Tour
BR-2
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Tour
BR-3 Aug 16-24, '09
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BR-4 Oct 10-24, '09 In the states of MINAS GERAIS & RIO GRANDE DO SUL for birds & other nature of inland SE & far-southern Brazil During
this tour we've seen Optional
Extension
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Tour
BR-2
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Tour
BR-3 Aug 22-30, '10
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Birds found during
FONT Tours
in Brazil
(1,031 different):
Part 1: Tinamous to Flycatchers
Part 2: Antshrikes to Grosbeaks
Brazilian Rare Birds
Brazilian
Mammals & Other WildlifeSouth American
Mammals & Other Wildlife
Previous Brazil
Tour HighlightsBirds during
FONT Tours in:Southeast Brazil
(all of these
bird-lists
are with photos)Narratives relating to previous FONT Tours:
"Mergansers, Eagles,
& a Sloth""Hyacinth Macaw,
many other birds,
& a Jaguar"The Tour with the
Most Birds
Photos of Animals
& Birds
(from our
Sep '06 Brazil Tour )Photos of Nature
& Scenery
(from our
Mar '08 Brazil Tour)
Birds in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul,
mostly Egrets & Jabiru Storks,
photographed during a FONT tour in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
It's usually not easy to see an antpitta.
In the 2 photographs above, there's a female Variegated Antpitta
on its nest in the crotch of a tree, in southeastern Brazil.
During a FONT tour in October 2001, as we were walking
along a trail in a section of Atlantic Forest,
we found this bird at eye-level (ours & its), as it was sitting on its nest.
We stood still and enjoyed the rare sight,
and in particular the large antpitta with its big dark eyes.
In these pictures, the antpitta is looking right at us,
with those eyes on each side of the white on its face.
As we walked away, the bird temporarily left its nest.
We looked, before we left, at its blue eggs.
This description written by Armas Hill;
The photograph by Herbert Cutler (above)
and David Cutler (below).
Harpy Eagle in Mato Grosso, Brazil,
photographed during a FONT tour
by participant, Bill Anderson.
FONT Brazilian birding tours have been led
by Armas Hill (who has birded in Brazil during over 40 visits)
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