The Brazilian Pampa near Uruguay

South American coati or ring-tailed coati

Coatis are fast-moving guys and very difficult to photograph.

These fotos and short movies were the best I could do when I suddenly happen to see them crossing the harvested fields or feeding near the forests.

As you can see, it is very hard to approach without frightening them.

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

These fat capybaras were grazing a lush pasture of ryegrass near the river.

As we approached them, they ran and hid themselves on the forest.

I entered the forest and followed a trail down the river. Suddenly, I listened sounds of bodies diving in the water.

My heart started to beat faster and I took this picture just before starting to film.

This is a detail of the previous picture.

This one was taken after the shooting of the 38-seconds-film.
Enjoy it, and feel some of the thrill I felt when I was shooting it!
Pay attention at 1'48'' 

Southern lapwing (quero-quero) flying near Pampas fox (graxaim-do-campo)

Southern lapwing (quero-quero, Vanellus chinensis). You can see the spurs (esporões) on the top of the open wings.

Suddenly, this quero-quero decided to fly, and I had the luck to capture some unusual photographs. See below.

Southern lapwing (quero-quero) & Pampas fox (graxaim).

Southern lapwing (quero-quero) & Pampas fox (graxaim). Brazil, State of Rio Grande do Sul.

Southern lapwing (quero-quero) & Pampas fox (graxaim).
Both species were feeding on a recently harvested plot of soybeans.

Southern lapwing (quero-quero) & Pampas fox (graxaim).
On the top of the picture, you can see a crop of soybeans, ready to be harvested.

Pampas fox (graxaim-do-campo) II

Pampas fox (graxaim-do-campo) I

These fotos were taken yesterday (April 19, 2018) afternoon.

Two graxains were hunting.

They were roaming over a recently harvest soybeans field.

There are two species of wild canids in RS.

This one here, if I am not mistaken, seems to be the "graxaim-do-campo", or Lycalopex gymnocercus.

Here he or she stopped to eat something.

The wild canid bordered a soybeans plot that was not harvested yet.

Information about this species can be found here.

These pretty animals are well-adapted to the seasonal cycles of

agriculture and livestock practices and since there are native and planted forests around,

they also have a lot of places to hide themselves.

This blog explains how to distinguish the two species of graxaim.