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Hello!

Today, I would like to recommend a Bird Trip to the Pantanal, in May.
This is an incredible time to visit the largest wetland of the World.
Reasons: It is already dry season, that means the risk of rains will be minimum. Besides, you still can get the good side effects of the previous rain season, such a luxuriant green vegetation, blue sky - free of smoke and haze.
Another good point would be the lack of tourists in that time of the year. Which helps...

Paulo Boute

Hello !

Very Good News: My guests saw the Pink-legged Gravateiro - Very Well !!!

It was a pair of adults with a juvenal.

Apparently, the best months to see this incredible bird - would be the months of December and January, when they are nesting, and, since their nests are right by the road, any one can see them quite easily!

Enjoy the Weekend!

Yours,

Paulo Boute.
www.boute-expeditions.com

Paulo Boute

Hello !

One of the tour participants, managed to see the Pink-legged Gravateiro !
It was on a mixed flock !!!
Tomorrow, our last day, here we will make a special effort to find it again.

Yours,

Paulo Boute.
www.boute-expeditions.com

Paulo Boute

Hello !

I'm in Serra Bonita!
This is the home of a very rare & Brazilian endemic bird: The Pink-legged Gravateiro.
We found already several nests, near the lodge but, NO birds... :-(

Tomorrow, we shall explore the lower part of the area...Where we hope to have better luck.

Enjoy the Weekend!

Yours,

Paulo Boute.
www.boute-expeditions.com

Paulo Boute

Hello !

Well, the road was too bad!
We couldn't get to the very end of it.
So, we birded the lower part, which access is OK.
The main problem with the last part of the road is: It is NOT a road but, a cattle track...without any gravel. The mud on it is very sticky, adding layers to the tire making the tire to lose contact with the ground & making the driver to loose control of the vehicle.
And, walking that strecht takes about two hours - Also a very...

Paulo Boute