A rain curtain sweeping over a valley seen from the highlands of Campos do Jordão, with an Araucaria tree in the foreground and forested hills fading into misty clouds.
Rain and Araucaria
A White-throated Hummingbird with iridescent green plumage and a bright white throat patch perched on a thin bare branch.
White-throated Hummingbird
A Rufous-bellied Thrush with warm orange belly and grayish-brown back standing upright on a mossy branch against a soft bokeh background.
Rufous-bellied Thrush
A Rufous-bellied Thrush with fluffy plumage peering through lichen-covered branches, its amber eye and orange flanks visible in the dense foliage.
Rufous-bellied Thrush
A Buff-throated Warbling-Finch (Microspingus lateralis), known in Brazil as quete-do-sudeste, perched among lichen-covered pine branches.
Buff-throated Warbling-Finch (Microspingus lateralis) — Quete-do-sudeste
A Rufous-collared Sparrow with a striped black-and-white head and rufous collar foraging on short green grass.
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Two caracaras silhouetted on the bare branches of a dead tree at dusk, with forested hills and a pale gray sky behind them.
Caracara Silhouette
A Bombus brasiliensis bumblebee with black-and-yellow banding collecting pollen from a vibrant orange zinnia flower.
Bombus brasiliensis
A Calliandra flower with a starburst of delicate pink-and-white stamens radiating from the center, surrounded by pinnate leaves.
Calliandra
Clusters of small white and pale-pink flowers in bloom on a slender branch, with a soft bokeh of green leaves and blue sky behind them.
Flower
Two small round pink flower heads of Pink Knotweed among a tangle of thin stems and small round leaves.
Pink Knotweed