Egrets & Herons in Nicaragua

Snowy Egret flies in to Tricolored Heron
Selva Negra Mountain Resort, Nicaragua

Little Blue Heron,  Lake Nicaragua at Granada

Green Heron, Lake Nicaragua at Granada

Black-crowned Night Heron, Lake Nicaragua at Granada

Bare-throated Tiger Heron, Lake Nicaragua at Granada

Tricolored Heron, Lake Nicaragua at Granada

Snowy Egret, Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua

Snowy Egret, Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua

Great Egret, Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua

“Patience” is what the egrets and herons seem to say to me! 


The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

~Ecclesiastes 7:8 NKJV

Laughing Gull for April Fool’s Day :-)

Laughing Gull,  Lake Nicaragua near Granada

Cornell’s All About Birds on the Laughing Gull

Labeling these bird photos is not always an exact science and here I have some doubts, though this is the name my guide gave it. The books show more of a black cap or hood than this bird has but the first year juveniles don’t have it and this one does look young.

2 Motmots & 1 Kingfisher in Nicaragua

Tourquoise-browed Motmot was common at Montibelli Reserve, Nicaragua

Blue-crowned Motmot at Montibelli Reserve, Nicaragua

Blue-crowned Momot taking a dust bath at El Jaguar Reserve, Nicaragua

Read About Motmots on Wikipedia


Belted Kingfisher on Lake Nicaragua at Granada, Nicaragua

Belted Kingfisher Flying, Lake Nicaragua

Read About Kingfishers on Wikipedia


Too Much Seen to Report it All!

Today’s Volcano Mombucho has many more photos but I’m settling for the orchid growing near the top! Yesterday’s boating trip had about 20 different species of birds photographed and I’m settling on just the Limpkin, my first to see or photograph in the wild! Plus one of the monkeys we saw on an island. And at dinner tonight more Holy Week pageantry. Tomorrow after breakfast I leave on my birding tour, so in the rainforests the next 6 days. And MAY NOT HAVE INTERNET MUCH OF THE NEXT WEEK.

Orchid growing wild on Volcan Mombucho
Limpkin camouflaged in tree on Lake Nicaragua
Monkey eating apple on an island in Lake Nicaragua
Tonight’s Semana Santa pageantry in addition to a carnival at the church.
Again with the large volunteer brass band playing and parading with the above through streets.

It’s an awesome place!
Nicaragua!

Nuestras experiencias más encantadoras son las más breves; es mejor que no sean comunes . . .