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Parnaiba Headwaters National Park
Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
Hyacinth Cliffs and
Valley.
Photo:
Pete Oxford.
More about Hyacinth Cliffs
By Dr. Charles A. Munn, ornithologist and vice president of the BioBrasil Foundation.
Climate
Hyacinth Cliffs has no malaria anywhere nearby, it has virtually no mosquitoes, and in April through October it has almost no rain (and in May through September, you have about a 97% chance or 99% of having no rain during any given 3 or 4 night stay. Also, the wildlife is low, at ground level, making it easy to photograph.
Maned Wolves
The Maned Wolves seem to encounter so much wild fruit and mice in November or Dececember through, perhaps, February or March that they may become unreliable at that time, but whenever I have gone to the site in April through October, I have seen the Wolves on the first night and every night.
Hyacinth Macaws
Also, the Hyacinths really are seen in large numbers on the ground and in low trees at close range from February or March through the end of July, but from the beginning of August through the end of January, they may or may not be on the ground at feeding spots, but are more reliably at their nest sites, which means pair by pair in individual nest holes. We believe that it might be possible to have a small number (8-16) on the ground at 10-15 yards or meters even through the nesting months, but that is a hypothesis that we have only partially tested.
Greenwinged Macaws, or Red-and-Green Macaws
The red macaws -- which means the Greenwinged Macaw or Red-and-Green Macaw (two names for the only red macaw found in that part of South America) -- can be guaranteed year round at our feeding spot at Greenwing Valley (named in honor of the abundance of those macaws there). But it will be ongoing work for us to make sure we have enough of their favorite nuts (which we have to buy and store and stockpile and dole out bit by bit the rest of the year) to be able to ensure that these macaws will always be available.
Amazing wildlife photography
We believe (and I believe that independent analysts would agree) that the amount of amazing, trophy photo wildlife at the Hyacinth Cliffs lodges exceeds that that one can photograph well in any other location in Brazil. To get wildlife treasures at close range in such good light with such a high degree of predictability in other parts of Brazil requires that you cobble together visits to a variety of locations rather than just one destination.
Once again, our wildlife treasures include what biologists generally consider to be the world's most beautiful wolf or wild canid of any kind (it is the best place in the world to see Maned Wolves in the wild but only from April through September or October -- and it is an endangered species!).
Hyacinth Cliffs also offers what is absolutely the world's largest photographable flock of Hyacinths and the best photo angles, light, and backgrounds for this endangered species.
Hyacinth Cliffs is the ONLY spot in the world to photograph the Einstein monkeys doing their thing with the rock tools.
And the red macaws -- well, Hyacinth Cliffs is currently the best place in Brazil, and quite likely the best place in the world, to photograph the Greenwinged Macaw well at close range in perfect light and also while flying in excellent light on predictable flight paths with beautiful backdrops.
Brazil's Parnaiba Headwaters National Park
Hyacinth Cliffs is the ONLY entity of any kind who is patrolling the new park. We are in touch with the Brazilian National Park Service about their putting in rangers, but 32 months after the creation of this park on paper in Brasilia, there still is not a single warden or guard station! So we are IT, for the time being. I hope this changes, but as we are in the best location in the park, or one of the best locations from a handful of best locations, we are in a good location to protect the best stuff in our part of the park, which is 1/3 the size of New Jersey! And we are in the only part of the park that both is great for wildlife and is reachable in less than 6 hours from any jetport.
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