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Collecting in the Savannah 1
An hour or two after we arrived in Magdalena, we were looking for water with whatever net we could find.
It's a 4-cylinder.
Bob Reynolds from Portland, Oregon castnetting. Bob is the ultimate outdoorsman. He can handle any discomfort with a smile and always manages to find something for the gang to eat. And he can filet a Peacock bass faster than I can say 'longitudinal scale count.' I have never traveled with anyone more 'low-maintenance' than him. I've been to Bolivia with him twice and both times, all he brought in his suitcase was his rod & reel, a couple of shirts and toys for the local kids. No sunscreen, no bugspray, no memory cards and certainly no iPod! A tough, simple and generous hombre who has my respect.
Apistogramma cf. similis were common in the roadside ponds and lakes.
I've never been anywhere with more Caimans!
These are the relatively small Spectacled Caimans, capable of growing to about 8 feet long.
We almost stepped on this guy.
A bolsa crossing - the standard method of crossing a river in the Savannah.
A Crested Caracara, a common bird of prey in most of South America's savannahs.
A rarer Yacare Caiman in front of some Victoria lillies.
This pond was the only place where we saw Mikrogeophagus altispinosus, the Bolivian Ram.
All photos by J. Cardwell, S. Jack and V. Kutty
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