From the Serra de Baturite to Maranguape

 On winding roads down from the Serra to the hot plains and towards Fortaleza.


Slash-and-burn agriculture on poor tropical soil has left its marks.

 

Cattle farm near Maranguape

Water is a constant problem!

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melanbrotus)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Black vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Coragyps atratus

Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)