Porto Jofre – Yaguará Patricia and Mikaela

22 Sept 2024

Natural alarm clock, not to be ignored!

I awake to an opera of birds. One cannot describe it as a symphony as it is too discordant, too raucous. The Curicaca’s endless squabbling as they chase about the grounds and into the trees will wake the soundest sleeper. It begins at first light and continues for hours. The beautiful pair of blue Hyacinth Macaws and the Taco Toucans cannot compete.

Also in the yard is Eddie. I call him this because I cannot look at the floppy long-eared jackass and not think of Shrek, the movie. Eddie silently stares, calmly ignores the monkeys and scurrying birds at his feet, and continues to search for a blade of grass.

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Porto Jofre – Searching for Yaguará

21 Sept 2024

The native Tupí-Guaraní word for jaguar is yaguará or “he who kills with one leap.” When it comes to jaguars, this is an excellent description. To watch a jaguar stalk and pounce is a unique experience.

Boating the rivers of the Pantanal, I was fortunate to witness two such hunts. Not all jaguars were lazing in their special cool spots. Some were hunting, some were arguing, all were doing what jaguars do.

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