Vagabonds in Brazil Episode Four (the last)

[goosequill]

Splendid stuff. I really enjoyed that!!!

 

Thank you very much Mr.Vagabond.

[blindog]

Billliant reading and pictures,

 

Very enjoyable 4 posts

[theguyfulla]

absolutley the best report i have read on the forum for a long time , soooooooooo jealous now dave hope to get a first hand report from you the next time your up at LA BRILLIANT !!

[Davy Holt]

Half-right Davy, The fish is Pseudoplatysoma fasciatum but the English name is Striped Sorubim, not Tiger Sorubim (which is Pseudoplatysoma tigrinum)

 

Sorubim and Shovelnose are two names used for the same group.

 

The most obvious difference is that Striped Sorubim have spots on the head, Tiger Sourubim do not. As you can see from my pic of the cat in the water, the fish has a spotty head. The stripes on the side are different in the two fish.

 

Have a look at this link which shows both fish, although the illustration of P. fasciatum is not very good,and they call it Barred Sorubim

 

You need to scroll the page well down.

 

http://www.fishbase.org/identification/spe...ns=&c_code=

 

Gawd I wish we had fishbase when I kept the cats

 

All we had then was the brand spanking new "Catfish of the World" by Dr David Sands.. that was our Bible

[merlino bill]

OI OI,

Absolutly brilliant trip we can only thank you for your efforts & blinding photo's.

also it was very educationel (close) thank's again MR& MRS VAGABOND im looking foward to your NEXED holday.

 

[Vagabond]

Gawd I wish we had fishbase when I kept the cats

 

Know the feeling Davy, all I had was Axelrod and Sterba in my fish-keeping days - and the two books often differed.

 

Norma says it is the same with wild flowers - with just one field guide you are fine. Lay hands on three or more and they will have conflicting information!

[Tony U]

Dave

Re: "Cryptic Forest Falcon – a bird so recently discovered that it has not yet been allocated a scientific name."

 

The species has been named the Cryptic Forest-falcon Micrastur mintoni and the formal description appears in the December 2002 issue of The Wilson Bulletin.

http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2003/08/...est-falcon.html

 

Regds

 

Tony

[Vagabond]

The species has been named the Cryptic Forest-falcon Micrastur mintoni and the formal description appears in the December 2002 issue of The Wilson Bulletin.

 

Thanks Tony. Norma was writing up the birds yesterday, and found the same link.

 

Its not in the recently-published "Birds of Brazil"

[Steve Burke]

Absolutely brilliant Dave!

 

When on earth are you going to write that book!

[Janet]

What an absolutely enthralling read. Inspiring.

 

Janet