Wild Things

One of my new volunteer cohorts, Nick Gengler, works in wildlife monitoring, and brought some specialized cameras to Paraguay to study the local biodiversity. After visiting my site during PCT he proposed bringing out his cameras to Capilla Cué for a test run.

We teamed up with one my local youth contacts, Nery, and set up the camera traps in the nearby forest…

Zorro | Fox

..and we had great results. We were seeing animals that locals had never seen before and so we kept the cameras rolling.

These are our top favorite finds after nearly two months of photo taking:

Jaguarete´i | Geoffroy’s Cat

Jaguarundi | Eyra Cat

Jurumi | Anteater

If you’re a Peace Corps Paraguay Volunteer interested in studying the biodiversity of your site, you can now check out a camera trap through the Ahecha Camera Trap Program