Another fantastic day here in the Pantanal with Panthera and Pantanal Nature. We went out on the boat in the morning and in the afternoon.
We had a breathtaking Jaguar encounter with a wild, un-habituated male. We followed him from a distance for a while.
He pounced on a Cayman but missed. Wow.
We also had a lovely time with a Giant Otter family group during torrential rain – we ended up as wet as the otters.
Photos, even videos don’t do them justice. The way the move in the water, their breaths, the contact calls – just brilliant.
We had lots of birds today (eBird checklist here), but I still feel we are just skimming the surface. There was no shortage in quality and in colour today:
Hyacinth Macaws
Sunbittern
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
So many images to edit, so little time…
Yoav Perlman
I have been birding since the age of 9, and from the age of 15 I started working professionally in birding. I have been working for the Israeli Ornithological Center since 1998. I was a member of the Israeli rarities committee between 2001 - 2007. I have an MSc in Ecology from the Ben Gurion University. I did my research on the ecology of Nubian Nightjars in Israel, and spent hundreds of nights with these fascinating birds. I lead tours in Israel, and especially focus on Nubian Nightjars obviously. I traveled and birded Asia extensively, and also Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and North America. I am married to my lovely wife Adva and father to two sons - Uri and Noam, and one daughter - Libby. Currently I live in Norwich, where I am starting a PhD project at UEA.
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