Snake in Naturalista, Costa Rica

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Snake
NF Photos 110210 Naturalista, Costa Rica

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Costa Rica Butterflies

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NF Photo 110206, Restaurante La Georgina. Altitude 3100 möh - Above sea level.

Motorn började koka på vägen upp till restaurangen där vi skulle ha lunch. Sedan fick vi punka så vi fick gå en bit. Den översta fjärilen hittade jag på restaurangen. Den understa liggande död på vägen. Men jag tyckte den var vacker ändå. 
First we our engine was boiling on our way uphill, then we had a flat tire on our way up to the restaurant where we were supposed to have lunch. That made us walk a bit. The first butterfly I found at the restaurant. Tha latter I found dead on the road. Still a beauty in my eyes. 

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Flowers at Heliconia Lodge

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NF Photo 110201 at Heliconia Lodge rainforest, Costa Rica

I found both in the rainforest of Costa Rica a year ago. The first one I don´t know anything about. The second one seems to be related with a flower I have at home. I posted an image a while back of a flower from my plant. It seem to be a large family with much variety.   Lipstick plant

Todays Flower    Macro Monday

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Bougainvillea

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NF Photo 110203, La Ensenada, Costa Rica
Ett vackert träd i La Ensenadas trädgård. Förmodligen flera träd planterade tillsammans för att skapa färgvariationen.
A beautiful tree in La Ensenadas garden. Probably several planted together to create this fine variety of colors.

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La Ensenada bridge

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NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada, Costa Rica
Fåglar gillar verkligen det folk bygger. Eller hur? :)

Birds really like the things human builds. Don´t they?  :)

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La Ensenada red critters

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NF Photo 110203, La Ensenada and salines

NF Photo 110203, La Ensenada on a country road

Ett par av de små jag såg i Costa Rica när jag var där.
Two of the small ones I spotted in Costa Rica when I was there.

If anyone know the names I´d like to know it. :)
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Dragonfly in Costa Rica 110202

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NF Photo 100202 In Solimar, Costa Rica
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I have no idéa what dragonfly this is, but it was large and I found it in the kitchen, where the lunch was served, of the ranch Solimar.
Jag har ingen aning om vad detta är för trollslända. Men den var stor. Jag hittade den i serveringsrummet för vår lunch i Solimar.
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Malta captive birds

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 Probably Green-winged Amazon

Scarlet Macaw, a Costa Rican bird

unknown Macaw

unknown Macaw
All photos 110425 in Mediterraneo Park, Malta.

These guys and gals were the artists in a birdshow I visited in Malta last spring.

Midweek Blues

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Flower at Bosque de Paz

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Wordless Wednesday

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Costa Rica - Panama 110213 Sunday

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Time to go back home :(

San Jose           8.22   ->   Panama City   10.28

Panama City   19.40    ->  Amsterdam

Waking up time the earliest on this trip. 3.45!

Today the lugage was packed in the bus for a fast unloading. So, it was crowded. We had breakfast on the lodge before leaving. Coffe, juice, pancakes and the dripped bread, omelett. At 4 aclock in the middle of the night. Well, most of it ended up in the backpack for eating at the airport.

We drove through the night trying to get another nap. It took about an h to get to the airport. We droped Herman off on the way. And then goodbye to the CR staff.

This time I only got one window seat. But at least it was the first part down to Panama. So the Andes would be in view.

We went through the last birds at the gate while we ate the rest of the breakfast. And waited for boarding to Panama.

In Panama we left the airport as the plane for Amsterdam was not due before 19.40. We were picked up by the local guide they shall have during the stay in Panama.

We headed straight for Panama City. It was a weird town. Lots and lots of sky scrapers that was in strange shapes. And most of them not finished. Maybe they hav e the same tax rules I heard of in another country. That they had reduced taxes as long as it was not finished.

The town is located at the shore  to the Pacific. And I saw a shore with lots and lots of vaders. And we did not stop. My trigger finger scratched. :(

The guide obviousely had something in mind. We stoped at some kind of park. A lawn with a tree. On the ground some yellow finches  was feeding. Saffron Finch!

We continued to the Canal. There were ships and some laughing gulls. People seemed to find it interesting with the ships, but I got bored.

Then we went to an area with marches ans small lakes. Probably close to the Metropolitan Nat Park as we were outside a gate.  There were a brown heron, some jacanas and some other birds. And some ants that wanted to share our lunch. We walked a bit along the small lakes and birded.

We continued to Parque Nacional Soberania, a reserve in the forest. With hummer feeders and "näsbjörn". The best thing I saw there were a huge butterfly. A blue " jungfruslända" three times the size of ours. And I did not get any shot of it as it flew away before I had time to get the camera ready as I hardly believed my eyes.  

  

When we turned back to Panama city and the airport there was trouble on that old railway bridge. It was a one way lane for cars and cars could not meet on the bridge. And now it seemed as the lights was out of order and cars was standing in the middle from both directions and noone wanted to back off. It took 1 min and a polis to get one side to back its cars. Well, luckily we made it to the airport. It was a relief even if we lost some birding time. Then we said goodbye to those who should stay and headed for the gate.

And now all the trouble started. We were checked over and over. There seemed it had been an "incident" on a plane arriving from Amsterdam and now we had to suffer for that.

But that is in another post already written.

Thanks  to HG and Herman Venegas for a great trip to Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica 110212 Saturday Tapanti

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Tapanti National Park

Woke up at 4. We are getting used to our going home times now. And I guess we wanted to get some birdingtime back from yesterdays adventure.  We grabbed some sandwiches and juice from the hotel. And a quick cup of coffee before we left.

We drove through a still dark Cartago towards the Tapanti Nat park. We arrived at the center at dawn. But as we were early we continued to see if we could find any pittas. And they showed themselves, problem was that only 4 of us could see them as the path was narrow and we went in single line.  And I was in the rear so I did not see them. :(

Then we went to the center and had our "breakfast". There was a couple of rooms in the center where animals was on display. I think they were researching too. Some Chestnut-headed Oropendola was building nests in one of the trees. It was fun to watch.

Then we went along the road for awhile. When we neared lunchtime we left for another lodge. Trushas Kiri Tapanti, But I was not hungry so I skiped the restaurant and walked along the stream for a while. I had some of the breakfast left and ate it there. Then I birded.

After that we could choose if we wanted to continue birding or go back to the lodge and start packing for our journey home. All women except me went back to the lodge but I stayed with the guys.

Emil let us off at a coffee plantation. I took some shots of coffee beans and flowers but not much birds. When teh bus returned we headed back to the center and birded along the way. And now it started to rain. The only discomfort , as I had the rain poncho,was that it darkened. So the pics of a Barred hawk was too dark. And the darkness was too bad because Herman discovered a red deer he never seen before. The deer was in a ravine and it was really dark. I did not get shots, only blurrrr. After that I was tired and went into the bus.

Back at the lodge around 16.30 it was packing time. And I went online and sent the journal to myself. This is the first Lodge where I have seen cockroaches. A total of three different ones. And big ones. I hope they will not be in my suitcase.

When we were piced up by the bus it was still raining. And raining hard. We went across the town to  a big restaurant. Today we were invited by our agent, Walter. There were wery loud music and the rain on the roof. It was almost impossible to hear your own thoughts. They had to lower the music. Dinner was good and we had wine to it. I sat at the window and saw that the buildings has no light in the windows. I wouldl only see streetlights wich seemd a bit confusing. Walter gave us presents. Small paintings in frames. I had seen them before at the Quetzals Paradize. It is CR birds painted on feathers. Really great.

We are going up ad 3.45 for departure to the airport at 4.30. No bird lists tonight, we will do it at the airport tomorrow.

Last, short, night in Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica 110211 Friday Copal o Tetey

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Woke up at 5 for an early cup of coffee  and some morning birding. My bed was a bit hard but I slept good none the less. And the room mate, that was supposed to be snoring, turned out to be not disturbing at all. The only trouble was to get up and down as we had three suitcases in that small space. I hope I did not drop anything through the gaps in the floor.

The kitchen staff, two beautiful local females, served us a cup of coffe. Then we headed into the forest.  I figured out why we were up so early all the time. It´s because the birds get quiet around 10. It was so dark when we headed out that we needed the flashlights.  And I only had that small one. Well, better then nothing. We went to the right side of the building.

Breakfast at 7.30 and then we went the same path we was on yesterday. We found some tiny lizards and a tiny frog that was hard do see it was a frog.

We were back at lunchtime. But had a while to capture some more snowcaps and butterflies. The bags should be packed and put down for the car to catch. I put it down and the tube too. But they did not take it. So I should be forced to carry it all the way down to the bus. I never understood why they brought it up in the first place. I did not need it. Well, I complained so Herman took it down. :)

On our way to the last lodge we were visiting a dam where a pair of Bat Falcons lived. They had been there for several years. At least they thought it was the same pair. They were gone for two years I think. But when we continued we got trouble. We were to pass a bridge over the river but they had changed it. Ading some suportive frame on it so the bus was to high. We had to turn around and drive around the lake instead of across. Einar was pissed of course and we lost birding time. We had to drive straight to the next lodge. Tetey Lodge. Getting there it turned out that HG Herman and Einar was staying in an other hotel. The place where we were supposed to eat a little later.

Brita and Karin went to find a shop and returned with cans of beer. So we sat in the lobby drinking beer and chatting when the bus arrived to pick us up.

We were picked up at19.00. It was not far. Food was good but the trouble started when people should pay. Because this was not included. Took a lot of time to sort out. :)

After dinner we used the VIP room for the birdlists. And then was driven back to our lodge.

This lodge had computers and they also gave me a user and pw so I could connect mine. Gave me an opportunity to send the diary to my self by mail. Always great to have a backup.

It is now 22.29 and I am going to bed. We are waking up at 5 again. Outside it is noisy. Lots of traffic and loud teens. What a difference to earlier.

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