We had a little down
time after lunch so we went back to the compost pile and sat quietly watching
the birds.
Orange-billed Sparrow
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Around 3:00 p.m.
Danilo was going out again for a short birding walk so we went along. We headed out to the Cara Iguana Trail.
Danilo had a specific
bird that he wanted us to see so we headed right to it. He didn’t tell us what it was before getting
the bird in the scope. It was a
beautiful Spectacled Owl.
Spectacled Owl
After everyone got a
good look Danilo took us to the nest tree of the Owls.
Can you see it?
Can you see it now?
We were not out for very long but did see some great
birds.
Long-billed Starthroat
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Rufous-capped Warbler
Birds seen on the Cara Iguana Trail: Bat Falcon, Tropical Kingbird, Short-tailed
Hawk, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Spectacled Owl, Swensons Thrush, White-tipped
Dove, Rufous-capped Warbler, American Redstart, Black-and-White Warbler, Barred
Antshrike, Buff-throated Saltator, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Yellow-crowned
Euphonia, Broad-winged Hawk, Rufous Motmot, Lessons Motmot, Long-billed
Starthroat, Plain-colored Tanager, Black Vulture, Red-crowned Woodpecker, Southern
Roughwinged Swallow, Tody Motmot, Rosy Thrush-Tanager, Orange-billed
Sparrow. Variegated Squirrel.
Dinner at 7:00 p.m. and was a wonderful meal of fish
over rice with cashews, green beans with almond slivers, sweet plantains,
bread and salad with cake for dessert.
Next time:
Around 3:00 a.m. we change our plans for the day.
Oooh, intrigue! :)
ReplyDeleteI love plantains and have noticed you are eating them quite frequently. I'm not adventurous to buy them and cook them but the thought is gaining ground.
They were cooked several different ways. My favorite was out of a bag - like potato chips!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that sounds good.
DeleteIt looks from the picture that a strong wind could snap the upper portion of the tree where the owl nest is.
ReplyDeleteAgain, great pictures. I should just stop saying that, because you always seem to have great pictures.
Thank you! Mark really likes his camera.
ReplyDeleteThe birds probably do lose their nest tree often and have to start over.