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My profession is to always find God in nature.
– Henry David Thoreau
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| Sunset Over the Pacific From our little 12 passenger Sansa airplane on the hour-late flight back to San Jose. Along the West Coast of Costa Rica ¡Pura Vida! |
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| Red-eyed Tree Frog Danta Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica |
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| Long-billed Hermit Hummingbird Sleeping Danta Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica |
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| Baby Basilisk Danta Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica |
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| Tropical Rainforest Frog Danta Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica |
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| Katydid Danta Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica |
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| Fleur-de-lis Spider Danta Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica |
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| Fleur-de-lis Spider hiding in curled dead leaf Danta Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica |
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| Blue Morpho Butterfly Sleeping They are bright blue on top with underside like an owl butterfly Danta Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica |
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| Red-eyed Tree Frog Danta Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica |
I got a new guide for this hike who specializes in night hikes, a more mature man than the 18 year-old David. He was really good and helped make some of the photos. His name is Jairo, but the way everyone pronounced it, sounded something like “Hydel,” I almost backed out of the hike because of the light rain and sure glad I did not. Today’s hike in the park was postponed until tomorrow (Friday) because I was the only one going today and they need a minimum of two to afford it. There’s 5 of us for tomorrow. But they do the night hike solo and I was glad as the only one because I got more attention and probably saw/photographed more creatures!
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| Nice Trees and Plants Along the River from mangroves to forests and plains Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Surrounded by Mountains and the Pacific Ocean Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Tarcoles Teens Headed for School at 7:30 AM Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Welcome to Our Tour Boat Jungle Crocodile Safari Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| A Fishing Village, Thus Boats Everywhere! Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Trees Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Lone Boat Anchored in Mouth of River That’s ocean waves just beyond the boat. Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Why do I want to photograph every boat I see? Low tide on a tidal river close to its mouth Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Other Tour Boats Going Out You have several choices, but ours is the best for birding. Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Our Guide Explaining Something to John Like me, he talks with his hands 🙂 Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Wood Stork Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| White Ibis Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Boat-billed Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Roseate Spoonbill Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Panama Flycatcher Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Great Blue Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Lesser Nighthawk Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Common Black Hawk Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Green Kingfisher female Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow Warbler Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Cuckoo Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Tropical Kingbird Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
This two days of about 20 bird photos are with thanks to the boat facility we used, Jungle Crocodile Safari, my favorite because they emphasis the birds rather than the crocs! I recommend them if in the Jaco area or west-central Costa Rica. And it was only 20 photos, but we saw more like 30 species! I simply cannot get a useable photo of all birds seen on any of my trips!
And tonight I will be setting up a new “Trip Gallery” on this Tarcoles River trip at:
2018-February-27–Tarcoles River
ICE Builds Handicap Accessible Trail at Manuel Antonio National Park.
Online article in English about a new elevated trail in the Mangrove area of park that is wheelchair accessible and all signs include braille for the blind. This is real progress for Costa Rica since most of our tourist activities are not handicap accessible.
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| I love walking by the gardens of my neighbors Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Lots of flowers are always blooming, like this Bougainvillea Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| This morning a toucan flew into that top tree Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| I got as close as I could and zoomed in with only my cell phone camera Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-throated Toucan I then cropped in further at home and mainly have just a silhouette, oh well. My 300mm lens would have done better, but always hard as they usually stay high in the trees. Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| A view of central Atenas from above a different house than I’ve shown before (125). Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| And another neighbor house on top of hill I don’t think I’ve shown before. Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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This was not my most exciting trip nor favorite lodging, but I got 10 new species of birds photographed on this trip, so a big deal! Sometime in the future I will return for 3 or 4 days birding at El Copal when I can get a reservation in their lodge. The two oldest churches here are enough reason for a visit or the spectacular miradors or vistas! That’s if you are not interested in birding. 🙂
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| Aloe Vera with Bloom My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
This particular aloe plant was one of only 2 or 3 plants in my garden when I moved into this house 3 years ago this April. When I planted my big garden I moved this into a big pot, first on my terrace and then here at the end of the sidewalk of my wrap-around garden, the punctuation mark if you please! First the pot was here, then it outgrew the pot and I placed it in the ground and so maybe that is why it is blooming; it likes the ground better than a pot? Or it drains better and they do prefer dry soil. Anyway, I thought this was interesting because I have had aloe plants most of my adult life in TX, TN & FL and this is the first I have seen bloom! Reminds me of a cactus bloom and it may be a type of cactus. Of course it is also important to me as part of my medicine cabinet, my source of treatment of all burns, both physical and sunburn. There is nothing better on the market! And I have another aloe plant not quite this big, plus this one is growing babies! Stop by for a baby aloe!
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| View of Village of Orosi Mirador de Orosi, Costa Rica |
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| View of Reventazón River Mirador de Orosi, Costa Rica |
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| Mirador de Orosi, Costa Rica |
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| Mirador de Orosi, Costa Rica |
More photos of Mirador de Orosi
¡Pura Vida!
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| Tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) I go to a special Cirque du Soleil Musical Show in Alajuela |
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And meanwhile in Atenas people are getting ready for the “Festival of Life” in March:
https://www.facebook.com/atenasfestivaloflife/
Partly to raise money for the children’s home my Nashville friends are coming to work in:
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| A Valentine from Nature Photographed along a road or trail in the El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| Or maybe you prefer an Exotic Wild Flower for Valentines El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| Reventazón River Valley El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| One of Many Tributaries El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| My Guide Cristhian Ureña Martinez El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| More FlowersEl Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| More Flowers El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| More Flowers El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| Mosses and Ferns of the Cloud Forest El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| A Horse Farm Where We Found Birds El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| A Horse Farm Where We Found Birds El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| Isla del Coco, Costa Rica |
This is our island in the Pacific Ocean that is similar to Galápagos Islands of Ecuador without
tourism. It is a national park and research center and many say is more significant scientifically than the Galápagos Islands. (Darwin missed it!) It is also the island that the fictitious dinosaur project was on in the movies of the Jurassic Park. See this brief YouTube video of THE REAL JURASSIC PARK for a 57 second glimpse of the real island.
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| Tapanti National Park It is one of the larger parks including most of the Mountain of Death Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Rio Macho Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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| A Bridge we crossed before entering the park Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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| A Huge Exotic Forest of Color and Contrast Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Great Forest for Birding Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Ferns Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Nest of the Red-faced Spinetail Bird (see bird in my birds post yesterday) Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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| One of several Trails We Hiked Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Green! Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Balance in Nature! Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
Sometimes I share an interesting English Language Newspaper article, but today they all look interesting! 🙂
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Updates from
Costa Rica Star NewsCosta Rica News In the 02/12/2018 edition: |
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