It is incredible to think how much we packed into our first day of this fabulous holiday. After the morning activities described in previous posts, we headed to a cafe near the Tarcoles River for lunch. This site is famous for it's views of the large American crocodiles:
However we were equally pleased to find Black-bellied Whistling Geese, Kingfisher, and this Yellow-Headed Caracara perched on a log at the edge of the river :
Next we headed to Tarcoles beach where we found magnificent Scarlet Macaws feeding in the trees:
We returned to Hotel Villa Lapas for a well earned siesta, but were out again at 4pm to meet together to explore the attractive grounds and gardens. These pictures below give a flavour of the setting, and perhaps illustrate why it was such a good location for birds with a good variety of vegetation and habitats leading to a great diversity of species.
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| View of the hotel gardens |
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| Plenty of iguanas |
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| A small river flows through the grounds |
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| Our room at Villa Lapas |
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| Courtyard and Church within the grounds |
Perhaps my favourite bird form the gardens was this lovely Yellow-throated Toucan:
On our first day we had managed to see an amazing total of 95 species.
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