One of my favorite photos from this spring, this gorgeous red fox was gathering all the food her mate had stashed around the den area
A turquoise-fronted parrot strikes a pose at sunrise. These beautiful birds are popular in the pet trade, and due to trapping and habitat loss from agriculture, their numbers are in decline. This is your reminder that parrots do not make good pets- they're very loud and extremely destructive
The father of the year award goes to this guy. Despite the loss of his mate, he successfully raised three healthy chicks this spring. Hopefully by next year he'll have found a new lady!
An American pine marten makes an appearance on a rainy day. Typically elusive, this one put on quite a show for us. Yet another example of the magic of Grand Teton
By far, the animal we saw the most in the Pantanal was the yacare caiman. A hugely successful comeback story, these caiman were hunted for their skin until protections were put in place. The population has bounced back, and now they're everywhere!
One of the first animals to greet us on the Rio São Lourenço was this capybara. The largest rodents on earth, capybaras are very common throughout the Pantanal
A male yellow-rumped warbler posed for me in an aspen tree this spring. This is one of the most common warblers in North America, and in my opinion also one of the prettiest
