The rivers overflow and flood two thirds of the plane. The landscape becomes a truly alive and fluid painting in which the high waters mirror the sky at each sunset in a uniquely colorful show. It's the moment in which fauna and flora are reinvigorated and it's easy to observe aquatic birds like the jabiru stork, the wood stork, ducks and wading birds. The mammals migrate to higher areas of the Pantanal and animals like capybaras, lobinhos, stags and caatinga deer can usually be found.