Friday 1 March 2024

COSTA RICA Part 5 CATIVO LODGE

Another long drive south along the Trans Pacific Highway to Golfito where a transfer by water taxi to Cativo Lodge was waiting.On the way we cruised past these Pelicans and the White Ibis family.

BROWN PELICAN
BROWN PELICANS
BROWN PELICANS
WHITE IBIS

THIS IS MORE LIKE IT
A SLIGHTLY BETTER VIEW.

CHERRIES TANAGER Identical to Passerinis Tanager from Arenal on the eastern side, but the females are quite different.
ROADSIDE HAWK
BANANA PLANT
HOUSE WREN
BLACK HOODED ANTSHRIKE female
BLACK HOODED ANTSHRIKE male
PECCARY
-HEALTH AND SAFETY COSTA RICAN STYLE,
 
WHITE IBIS



BAND TAILED BARBTHROAT
GOLDEN ORB SPIDER Can you spot the small spider near the abdomen?thats not a baby thats the male and after mating he will be eaten by her.
GREAT CURASSOW female several females were often seen strutting around the garden


GREAT CURASSOW
GREAT CURASSOW
GREAT CURASSOW
SCARLET DRAGONFLY

As the tide receded exposing the coarse sand a lot of butterflies came down to extract salts and minerals.I haven`t identified all of them yet  but have given some names myself.
MANY BANDED DAGGERWING
MBD
WILLET Surprisingly few waders were encountered on the shoreline apart from the Spotted Sandpipers just this Willet and several Turnstones were seen.


WILLET
WILLET
-LEMON DAGGERWING(my name for it)
GREAT KISKADEE 
-SUNSPOT EMPEROR(my name)
RED SHORE CRAB
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YELLOW HEADED CARACARA
-ORANGE ADMIRAL(MY NAME)
ROADSIDE HAWK
CHERRIES TANAGER female Markedly different from Passerinis Tanager below.
PASSERINIS TANAGER (female) from Arenal.

NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH -Not in Essex either.
RED LORED PARROT


SCARLET MACAW-Painting in the dining room.

 -THE REAL MACAW,
SCARLET MACAWS About 100m away in the tall trees in the garden.
CLAY COLOURED THRUSH Believe it or not this is the National bird of Costa Rica - we were told it was chosen for its song rather than its looks.
WHITE HAWK high above the garden.
GREAT CURASSOW Male I think he had a harem of about three hens.
Strutting through the garden.
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MARPESIA MEROPS a Daggerwing family member.
MARPESIA MEROPS
MARPESIA MEROPS

ORANGE ADMIRAL(my name)
WHITE BEAUTY(my name)



EMERALD DAGGERWING(my name)
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Another EMERALD DAGGERWING.
BLACK VULTURE
BLACK VULTURE
TROPICAL KINGBIRD
TROPICAL KINGBIRD
VARIABLE SEEDEATER
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATE BIRDS
WHITE PEACOCK
LITTLE BLUE HERON
SNOWY EGRET
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
RED CROWNED WOODPECKER


-EXOTIC TROPICAL PLANTS WERE COMMONPLACE.
SCARLET MACAWS AT NEST HOLE


SCARLET MACAWS
OUR MODEST LITTLE HOUSE

THE HOTELS PRIVATE BEACH.
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THE VIEW AT BREAKFAST


AND FOR SUNDOWNERS
THE LAST SUNSET.
CHEERS.
A FITTING END TO A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY IN A FABULOUS COUNTRY.