A Cool Resource: Pantanal BirdClub Youtube Channel

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you guys know about a useful YouTube channel called Pantanal BirdClub that I found while doing research for my organism presentation. Most of the channel's videos focus on birdlife in the area, but there are also plenty of videos of Giant River Otters, Jaguars and Tapirs. Watching the videos definitely gives you a sense of what kinds of animals we might see in the Pantanal and what the conditions will be like there.

Here, for example, is a video that a group of tourists took while photographing a tapir in the rain. At the end, an anteater comes scurrying by, which demonstrates how easy it is to see a diversity of animals in the area.

Most of their bird videos illustrate both the birds' appearance and its call, such as the following video of a Musician Wren. The videos give you a sense of what we might hear while we are in the Pantanal. Plus, if you have the time, you might even be able to identify birds by their calls by the time we get there!