Areia

Areia is a county about 50 km north-east of Campina Grande. It is at a fairly high altitude, has quite a bit of good forest and a cool climate. I travelled here today with my Baptist pastor friend Fred to have a bit of a break observing nature. One new bird I photographed was the large East Brazilian Chachalaca (see below). It is as large as a turkey and there was a group of them which really took us by surprise. I photographed an inoffensive cockroach-eating snake too and a sadly dead Skunk.