Tortuguerro Part Four: Conclusion of our Nature Tour

On our way back out of the canal system, we heard them before we saw them....three Macaws on the wing. I was barely able to get my camera on them in time. Darryl said that it is very rare to see that many Macaws, not to mention that they were together. It is interesting that they were flying in a group of three...I'm not sure what to make of that since they pair mate for life.


Again, heard him before we saw him...here is a little kingfisher. It was so odd to hear his call, because the last time I had heard one of these birds was at my parents' home in Mendham NJ. You can imagine the cognitive dissonance, until I realized that they migrate south during the winter.


This picture is out of sequence, but I thought to throw it in now anyway. The moon was still up while we were on our way out into the canal system:


Upon our return to Casa Marbella, we saw a Tico giving us the "stranger" look:


If you walk out the back of Casa Marbella (which is on the canal side of the tiny island that is the town of Tortuguerro), turn left onto "Main Street" (an overstatement of grandeur if ever there was one) and walk past the little "soda" (small food stand) and then make a right onto the dirt path that you find there, you come to the Carribean beach after about 200 meters:


We saw this green iguana sunbathing while we were enjoying a cold Imperial beer on Darryl's deck. She was "only" four feet long. Apparently the males get quite a bit larger.