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BIRD DOG - SURPRISE PACKAGE!
Friends of Sonya, the World Heritage Pointer, Send Drawings of
Their Favorite Pantanal Birds and Animals


World Heritage Site:   Pantanal Conservation Area
State/Province:   Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul
Country:   Brazil
Continent:   South America
Year it became a World Heritage Site:   2000
Maps:   Pantanal  Brazil   
Episodes:   Episode 1   |   Episode 2   |   Episode 3  |   Surprise Package



A surprise package was in the mail box when Sonya got home from Brazil's Pantanal!

It came from the new friends she made at the boarding school on Bahia das Pedras ranch. They sent her drawings of their favorite birds and wild animals.

She loves this gift! What a beautiful memento of her trip to those magical wetlands.

Enjoy these precious photos of the children and their drawings.

Isadora, age 7 - Sunshine and Wild Critters





Carlos, age 7 - Caimans and fish





Jenifer, age 7 - Rheas, flying insects and smiling sun





Francisco, age 7 - Scary piranas





Lucia, age 8 - Caimans, birds, flying insects and two suns!





Marli, age 8 - Baby toucan with mother, fruit tree and flying heart





Rafaela, age 8 - Rhea (South American ostrich)





Samuel, age 8 - Seriemas and smiling sun





Rafael, age 9 - Tuiuiu delivering dinner to chicks and spouse in nest





Adriana, age 11 – Tuiuiu, fish and smiling sun





Ana Paula, age 11 – Tuiuiu (Jabiru stork) and happy sun





Jozelia, age 11 - Rhea, flowers and smiling sun





Wilson, age 12 - Toucan in tree






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