Dr. Ferreira’s
presentation could well be named ‘Birds from Around the World’ as his 341(!) seven
second each photos of birdlife began in Brazil and finished in Australia. Each
segment was punctuated with stories of inter-esting and humorous situations he
found himself in during his bird photography trips. As well as birds many other
animals, insects and flora were incorporated into his address including jaguar,
caiman, snake, deer, water buffalo, capybara, river otter, fox, giant snails,
bees, lizards, fish (piranha!) and frogs.
His Brazilian
trip in 2013 encompassed three distinct regions: The Pantanal, a huge tropical
flood plain and wetland in the western state of Mato Grosso; the Ubatuba, a
coastal forested area on the Atlantic north of Sao Paulo; and the Itatiaia
National Park, in south-eastern Brazil’s Mantiqueira Mountains. The following
are just some of the bird types that were shown: guan, trogan, ant shrike,
woodpecker, toucan, heron, ibis, humming-birds, tanager, eagle, and finch. Some
of his photos have been prize-winning, capturing birds in typical, or odd and
funny poses, in flight, in pairs, and in flocks.
The countries
Dr. Ferreira covered next were Hawaii, England, New Zealand, and South Africa,
finishing in local and far western and northern regions of Queensland. In each,
he showed us birds that were the most uni-que or beautiful of that country.
This was an impressive, breathtaking at times,
whirlwind presentation backed up by digital photo books of each of his trips
for us to browse through afterward. This was roughly only 20% of his total
collection, so I’m sure we can look forward to inviting him back to show us
more in the future.
(Report by Lauren Marlatt)
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