On last holiday, Jun 8th, I travelled with my wifeto Guarapuava, Paraná state. It was pretty cold, 8 degrees Celcius, which is too cold to me. I visited the Parque das Araucáreas, a local park that still preserves the Araucaria angustifolia, or Parana pine,which used to be very common in this state, butunfortunatelyisthreatenednowadays. Inside the […]
Author: Jefferson Silva
Jefferson Silva is based in Brazil and is a project manager for software development projects. He has been birding since 2004. Jefferson has created the first Brazilian birding website, which was kept running from 2005 to 2009. He has created the birding group for Campinas and region, with around 20 members. Since 2011, Jefferson has traveled searching for new species, photographing as many as he can, and sharing all experiences, trying to make people understand how important any form of life is.
Birding in Brazil – time to leave the Serra da Canastra National Park
Before leaving, we tried the humminbirds once again. I could get the photos below. And and we were on the road, a final photo: thePlumbeous Seedeater, which I tried during the prior four days. With this photo, I finish the trip to Serra da Canastra National Park. If you missed the prior reports, […]
Birding in Brazil – fourth of four days photographing in Serra da Canastra National Park
Day 22, the fourth day On the last day in the Serra da Canastra, our goal was Brazilian Merganser, Mergus octosetaceus. As it could not be any different, we left early from the hotel towards the Casca D’Anta waterfall, and on our way we would make some stops to try to see the duck. First […]
Birding in Brazil – third of four days photographing in Serra da Canastra National Park
The first two days were very nice, with several lifers photographed. But this third day kept the best emotions. The goal was to leave São João Batista and go towards the entrance of Sacramento, and therefore we would cover virtually the entire park. Early in the morning we saw some interesting animals, like the Yellow-faced […]
Birding in Brazil – second of four days photographing in Serra da Canastra National Park
Our second day in the Canastra Mountains region was inside the Serra da Canastra National Park. The first of two days there. The road is not that good, so we had to contract one guy that would take us there. Ronam would be our driver. A nice guy, patient and very dedicated. Helped us in […]
Birding in Brazil – first of four days photographing in Serra da Canastra National Park
The Serra da Canastra National Park is located in the Canastra Mountains, in the Minas Gerais stateof southwestern Brazil. The headwaters of the São Francisco River begin inside the park. The altitude ranges from 900 m to 1,496 m. I took some days off, and decided to have 4 full daysphotographingthere. Geiser Trivelato, an experienced […]
Birding in Brazil – a short tour to the Itatiaia National Park
This holiday I am in my mother’s house, 1 hour by car from the Itatiaia National Park. So, I wake up this morning and went to the park. I took my wife and my brother to have a breakfast in a hotel, and while in the hotel, I went for birding. It […]
Birding in Brazil – Dourado and Itirapina cities, Sao Paulo state
Last weekend I went to a two days birding in Dourado and Itirapina, located in Sao Paulo state, about 100 miles away from my city. Itirapina still has a savannah area, and that is the only area where a few species can be found inside the state. March 17, Day 1 Hideko and Arthur were […]