The Drive (and Walk)

We did a night time drive before this one, the next morning. While we did see some glowing eyes of crocodiles, actually, a lot of glowing things, we also saw some capybaras and their young in the river from a bridge. I did not get any pictures. The rest was driving slowly over a very bumpy road with a search light, hoping to see something. There were a couple of instances where the guide was pointing out some large spidery things. I believe I may have them in these pictures, but can't be sure. Truth is, I would not do that night ride again. It was brutal and you simply can't see enough to justify time and money. I would have been just happy to stay at that bridge and take my time to get the capybaras in the river.

The morning ride, still so harsh, I think one guy's camera fell out of his hand - trashed - but that is the ride to take if you visit here, but you decide.

A Black Faced Ibis, if I remember correctly from El Calafate

This is at the limit of my telephoto lens. The Roseate Spoonbill was on the far side of a lake and I had to yell at the truck to stop for a moment.

Remember, the truck driver sees this sort of thing every day. Yes, I yelled again. He briefly stopped and I got what I saw. A bit far away, but close enough for me. This is an Anhinga. I am very happy with the whole scene. You get the symbolism created by the reflection. They live off the fish in the river.

Our old friend, the life of the party, the Vulture

There was a pair of Southern Screamers in the swampy lake.

Several of these knobby-faced ducks, also known as Muscovy Ducks were around the small lake or wetland pond.

With a face like that, we all would try to hide, but the Wattled Jacana doesn't care.

The real show happened at this swampy lake. I understand that much of the Pantanal looks like this in the rainy season. A native who lived close by, told his friend (our guide) that the day before he saw a large anaconda feeding in that lake