Part 1

  1. Galleries
  2. Land Photos
  3. South America
  4. Chile
  5. 2023-04 Chile #2
  6. Pumas with SouthWild
  7. Part 1
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  • Puma, 9
    Puma, 9
    Puma concolor concolor - we spent almost 2 hours walking with this Puma. She was very relaxed with our presence.
    Estancia Goic, Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0354
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Puma, 9
    Puma, 9
    Puma concolor concolor - getting closer.
    Estancia Goic, Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0359
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Puma, 9
    Puma, 9
    Puma concolor concolor - walking by at about 6 feet.  She only glanced at me when I lowered my camera to watch her pass by.
    Estancia Goic, Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0368
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Puma, 9
    Puma, 9
    Puma concolor concolor - we walked uphill and downhill keeping an appropriate distance, though she often came closer while picking her own path through vegetation.
    Estancia Goic, Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0414
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Puma, 9
    Puma, 9
    Puma concolor concolor - checking a scent mark.
    Estancia Goic, Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0441
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hill
    Hill
    Estancia Goic, Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#8830
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Guanacos
    Guanacos
    Lama guanicoe
    Estancia Goic, Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0506
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Estancia Goic
    Estancia Goic
    The ranch is 185,000 acres with limited, paid access for Puma encounters.
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#8832
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Laguna Amarga
    Laguna Amarga
    Estancia Goic, Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#8835
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spectacled Ducks & Yellow-billed Teals
    Spectacled Ducks & Yellow-billed Teals
    Speculanas specularis & Anas flavirostris - with the Pumas typically napping midday, we went looking for birds.
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0518
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ranch Building
    Ranch Building
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0519
    Larry L. Jackson
  • House Sparrows
    House Sparrows
    Passer domesticus
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0524
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow-billed Teals
    Yellow-billed Teals
    Anas flavirostris
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0526
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spectacled Ducks
    Spectacled Ducks
    Speculanas specularis
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0533
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spectacled Ducks
    Spectacled Ducks
    Speculanas specularis
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0536
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wagon
    Wagon
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#8836
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fire-eyed Diucon
    Fire-eyed Diucon
    Xolmis pyrope - responding to our guide, Naun's bird call.
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0556
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Kestrel male
    American Kestrel male
    Falco sparverius
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0576
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Kestrel male
    American Kestrel male
    Falco sparverius
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0578
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Kestrel male
    American Kestrel male
    Falco sparverius
    Torres del Paine, Chile, April 29, 2023
    2023-04-29#0579
    Larry L. Jackson