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February 15, 2008
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Leo picks me up early and we head to the
Pacific coast. Pattie stayed behind and did her own
thing around the resort. We had a nice breakfast along
the way at Costa Rica's equivalent of a greasy spoon.
We arrived at Carerra National Park around 8, which was a
little late to really see a lot of birds. Actually, it
was tough, and we walked for over 3 hours in the increasing
heat, but managed a few interesting birds, giant iguanas,
and it was a great introduction to the forests of Costa
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Checkout the picture at left, which is the rainforest that
lines the bank of the Tarcoles. There is an American
Pygmy Kingfisher in the picture, which I might add is taken
at full 400mm.
At right, is an iguana, and Leo trying to get a picture of
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After lunch (and a brief rain shower) we went on a cruise
with
Crocodile Man Tours, and Leo and I ended up the only
two on board. We didn't go for the crocodile feeding,
but you can see some amazing pictures on their website --
maybe next time if we bring the kids.
And speaking of kids, these three at left were having some
luck fishing, but no way would I do it with all the crocs in
the river! |
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So, although the Tarcoles River, AKA the Crocodile
River, lived up to its name, with numerous very large
specimens all around us, we instead had a very personalized, productive
river birding tour. |
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