The Legendary Green Frog

Photographed at Bosque Santa Lúcia some years ago.  Considered to be a rare find.  I took several shots and I believe that I've never published this one.

Caju

                                                  Bosque Santa Lúcia - Santarém - Pará

Guaraná

Frond

Something new and Fresh
Bosque Santa Lúcia
Santarém - Pará - Brasil

Bougainvillaea - Mararu - Pará

Planting trees

On June 17, Maureen Duncan, representing the San Diego Rotary Club, sponsored a tree planting project at Bosque Santa Lúcia.  Some 25 Rosewood trees were planted in the area across from the main entrance to the reception center.  Some of Marina's students from her visit here ten years ago participated in the event.  Obrigado!

Crown of Christ, flowers

                                           Santarém - Pará - Brasil.  June 2018

Crown of Christ

Santarém - Pará - Brasil.  June 2018

Tamuatá

Tamuatá, the common name of the fish I showed yesterday.   Compliments of my friend Jaciara Marinho, Department of Fisheries at the Federal University of Pará, Santarém.  31 May, 2018.

Catfish, Teleósteo siluriforme

Identification by Jaciara Marinho, student of Fisheries at the University Federal of Pará, Santarém.

Pink hibiscus - Bosque Santa Lúcia 29 May 2018

Mussendra red - 2018

Buds at Bosque Santa Lúcia

Stock - 2016

Bosque Santa Lúcia - April 2018

Amazon on fire - 18 February 2018

This photo was taken from downtown Santarém, where the Tapajos and Amazon Rivers come together on their way to the Atlantic Ocean.  The meeting of the waters is spectacular, as are the sunsets this time of the year.

Seed-pod, Pará-pará tree - Bosque Santa Lúcia

April 2018

Some tree species at Bosque Santa Lúcia

Pouso Alto - Cipoal - Santarém

April 29, 2018

Pouso Alto - Cipoal - April 2018

Pousada Alta - Cipoal - Planalto

Roadside Beauty - Bosque Santa Lúcia

14 April 2018

Bosque Santa Lúcia

Orchid

Arundina bambusifolia - Bosque Santa Lúcia - 14 April 2018

Amizade volunteers visit Bosque

Amizade volunteers representing West Virginia University visited Bosque Santa Lúcia on 14 April 2018, under the leadership of Geli Weiss, front, far left.  The group invited local guide, Adriano Lira, far right, to guide the forest tour.

Trees - Coutarea hexandra

14 April 2018 - Bosque Santa Lúcia

Mandioca (Manihot esculenta)

Bosque Santa Lúcia - March 2018

Wet powderpuff 20 March 2018

Musseandra Red

Rain ....... and more rain

A flooded bridge is nothing new this time of the year but unfortunately this week a falling tree destroyed the bridge.  It was bad news for us because the bridge is the main connection between the Bosque Santa Lúcia Reception Center and the main forest trails.  We were able to get some groups to the forest via another route but the mud got so bad, we had to abandon the effort.  Thankfully, there's a lot see in and around the Reception Center.  Thanks to our guides and woodsmen, we were able to complete the tours.

Legendary Muiraquitã frog

One of our woodsmen at Bosque Santa Lúcia discovered this juvenile frog in the nearby forest at Bosque Santa Lúcia.  It's a very rare frog, maybe in extinction.  Passengers from the cruise ship, VIKING SKY were indeed fortunate to see this frog.  Many had seen paintings of the frog in the Santarém Museum before coming to the Bosque.

Fashion at Bosque Santa Lúcia

Sunset on the Amazon

Sunset playing with rainclouds upriver in the Juriti area.  18 February 2018.

International tourism

Our younger son, Arthur Daniel, at Bosque Santa Lúcia today.  He was helping us with two groups of British passengers from the cruise ship Adonia.

Unexpected storm at the Bosque

Given that this storm targeted only the Reception Center at Bosque Santa Lúcia, it must have dropped out of the sky in the form of a tornado.  Several large trees were felled with damage to the round-house, the Casa de Caboclo and the bridge.  The tree we see on the ground is a taperebá (Spondia lute)

Bosque Santa Lúcia - Poço Branco - Pará. 06 de February de 2018

Happy Caladium

Caladium - Bosque Santa Lúcia - Poço Branco - Pará.  06 February 2018

Blue Moon over the Tapajós and Amazon Rivers, 31 January 2018 at Santarém, Pará - Brasil

Dr. Jerry Campbell

Revisiting Bosque Santa Lúcia, Dr. Jerry Campbell, professor of anthropology at Roger Williams University.  Accompanying Jerry are Dr. Áurea Lúcia Alexander and Clelson Mello, manager at the Bosque.  19 January 2018.

Alamanda

Alamanda flowers at Bosque Santa Lúcia, Poço Branco, Pará.  19 January 2018.

Passengers from the cruise ship "Viking Sea"

Passengers from the cruise ship "Viking Sea" return from a tour of the Bosque Santa Lúcia forest.  December 24, 2017.

Unidentified palm at Bosque Santa Lúcia

05 December 2018

Livistona

Livistona - Bosque Santa Lúcia - 05 January 2018

Guaraná (Paulina cupana)

Pau Brasil foliage

Pau Brasil (Caesalpinia echinata) - Bosque Santa Lúcia - Poço Branco - Santarém - Pará
05 January 2018