Thursday 5 May 2016

F is for Farewell: leaving the sights and sounds of Costa Rica

Some of the unique wildlife of Costa Rica.

Beyond the birds, I was in awe of the sounds of the forests, Howlers do howl, Spiders bark, we so enjoyed whatever crossed our path as we travelled around Costa Rica:

Brown-throated Sloth, Honduran White Bats, Mantled Howler, Central American Spider Monkey, Red-tailed Squirrels, Variegated Squirrels, Central American Aguoti, Crab-eating Raccoon, White-nosed Coati, Tayras, Margay, Collared Peccaries, Green Iguanas, Emerald and Brown Basilisk Lizards.

Even ants were worth watching, the industrious leaf-cutter ants but is was the army ants that brought out all the birds! And a fiery nip to them too.

C is for Checklist: my Costa Rica numbers

Paradise for birding - indeed!
I have spent most of our recharge day in San Jose managing my checklist and updating my IOC world list numbers.

Here they are:

Number of Costa Rica sightings: 348
Lifers: 289
World list: 1832

Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher

G is for a Garden: Hotel Bougainvilla, a splendid oasis


A magnificent garden surrounds our Hotel,
A day resting up after our birding extravaganza in Costa Rica. We are back where we started, San Jose. Hotel Bougainvilla is special because of its gardens, immaculate and beautifully laid out, and we have had a gentle day enjoying it's bounty.

We leave tomorrow to make our way to Hawaii and another adventure.

Floral glory


My favourite - lady's slipper creating a floral pagoda.
Simple beauty.