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| A photo from the river trail in Tambor not used yet and a fun effort at nature poetry by Charlie Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
For more of my nature poems as see Haiku Nature
Or my photo gallery called Flora & Forest
2018 – Year of the Bird
National Geographic has joined with The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and other organization to help call attention to the importance of birds in the life of the earth with a Year of the Bird emphasis and an even more fun emphasis in National Geographic Kids.
Read your National Geographic magazine every month this year for more about birds and . . .
See this very short Thank You Video from The Cornell Lab. Or go to Cornell Lab Website to see how you can participate in helping birds.
Or just for fun, browse through my collection of Birds photos since moving to Costa Rica . . .
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| Screen Shot of BIRDS gallery opening page |
Birds are indicators of the environment.
If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble.
~Roger Tory Peterson
The USA Today article on Costa Rica, the Country Without an Army & the Happiest Country
Thanks to Larry Yarborough for sharing this article! And one quote from the article:
“Blessed is the Costa Rican mother who knows her son at birth will never be a soldier.”
International Living magazine again ranks Costa Rica the #1 Place to Retire!
Thanks to Larry Yarborough for sharing this article! And one quote from the article:
“Blessed is the Costa Rican mother who knows her son at birth will never be a soldier.”
International Living magazine again ranks Costa Rica the #1 Place to Retire!
Tambor Tropical Resort
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| Sunrise Over Tambor Bay You don’t expect a sunrise over the Pacific, but it depends on angle of peninsula or bay! When no clouds on horizon, you see the big orange ball at the end of that point on right. See below. Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| My House for a Week! (downstairs) Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| My House at Night this Week (the downstairs part) Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| My Room, bath on left and kitchen on right Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| My Dining Room this Week Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Looking towards ocean from dining area Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Our grass and brown sand beach Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| The Hammock I Never had Time to Use But I did get a massage one day in the Spa! Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Scarlet Macaw Several families literally lived on hotel property with 3 nest boxes. It could easily be called the “Scarlet Macaw Hotel” 🙂 Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Scarlet Macaws always in trees around cabins and pool! Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Interesting People Too! Last night a family from Nashville checked in with their Tico relatives! Small World! Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| And Beautiful Flowers!
Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
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| Sunrises are different each morning if you get up early enough! Tambor Tropical Resort, Costa Rica |
They host several birding tours a year plus the Cornell annual bird count and it is known as a good place for birders with an on-property nature trail and 3 public trails along the river beside the hotel. And now the “Tambor Turtles” volunteer program takes place on the beach by the hotel with opportunities for guests to collect eggs or release babies at the right time of year.
My trip gallery for this trip: 2017 Christmas Week Tambor Bay
This is my blog post about the hotel and I hardily recommend it as a hotel and the area for both birding and relaxation! I just spent 5 nights and can’t imagine staying fewer! You need time to get to know a place and benefit from it! 4 or 5 nights is my minimum stay almost anywhere in Costa Rica!
¡Pura Vida!
Curu Wildlife
Curu Wildlife Refuge
Paquera, Costa Rica
Tuesday, 26 December 2017
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| Roadside Hawk Juvenile Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Double-striped Thick-knee Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Green Kingfisher female Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Pale-billed Woodpecker Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Lineated Woodpecker Yes it is different from the one above! Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Spotted Sandpiper Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Brown-crested Flycatcher Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Cattle Egret Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| White-tailed Deer Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Common Basilisk “Jesus Christ Lizard” We watched this one “walk” run across the stream. Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Variegated Squirrel Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| One of the Heliconias I’ll Name Later Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Tiny Lizard Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Crab-eating Raccoon Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Baby Raccoons with above mother Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica And yes, we saw a lot of Coatis and one Agouti, just no photos |
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| What a Wildlife Refuge Looks Like Here! Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
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| Guide Ruth & Driver Larry Curu Wildlife Refuge, Paquera, Costa Rica |
The website of the wildlife refuge (1st one in Costa Rica): http://www.curuwildliferefuge.com/
My trip gallery for this trip: 2017 Christmas Week Tambor Bay
Or my birds and wildlife galleries at Charlie Doggett’s COSTA RICA
Christmas Creatures
From both hotel grounds and the river trail again, on Christmas Day . . .
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| Streaked Flycatcher Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Black-headed Trogon Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Black-headed Trogon Juvenile Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Side view – He’s looking left Very difficult to photograph in bamboo cane. Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Squirrel Cuckoo Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Boat-billed Heron Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Cattle Egrets Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| American Crocodile Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Striped Iguana On this same rock every day at hotel. Tambor, Costa Rica |
As always, you can click on any photo to make it larger.
My trip photo gallery: 2017 Christmas Week Tambor Bay
Charlie Doggett’s COSTA RICA. Making photos is my passion, hobby and fun.
My guides take me to Curu Wildlife Reserve tomorrow for hopefully some new birds and other wildlife. It is near the water like the hotel, so there will be some overlap!
A King Vulture for Christmas Eve!
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| King Vulture Adult Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| King Vulture Juvenile Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Social Flycatcher Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Olive Sparrow Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Rufous-capped Warbler Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Barred Antshrike Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Possibly a Greenish Elaenia Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Blue-throated Goldentail Hummingbird Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Painted Buntings They would not let me get close enough for a good photo Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| White-nosed Coati Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Helicopter Damselfly Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Black Vulture These guys circle a dead animal and attract the King Vulture Raptor Ridge, Tambor, Costa Rica |
My trip gallery for this trip: 2017 Christmas Week Tambor Bay
And my photo gallery Costa Rica Birds .
MERRY CHRISTMAS! FELIZ NAVIDAD!
New Birds Second Day
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| Scarlet Macaw Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Collared Aracari Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Hummingbird to identify later Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| White-winged Dove Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Rufous-naped Wren Tambor, Costa Rica |
My trip gallery for this trip: 2017 Christmas Week Tambor Bay
And my photo gallery Costa Rica Birds .
MERRY CHRISTMAS! FELIZ NAVIDAD!
I Release Baby Turtles this Morning
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| At the Right Place at the Right Time As I headed for the birding trail before breakfast this morning, the turtle man told me that 12 new Olive Ridley turtle eggs hatched last night and he was ready to release them. New Morning Plans! I got to pick up all 12 from their nest and put in box for taking to beach. Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| 12 Babies Ready for the Beach! Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| One by one we take them from the box and sit each one on the beach. Instinctively the head for the water, some in a big rush! Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| What a privilege to participate in helping save an endangered species! Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Once on water’s edge the next wave carries them out to sea. They swim for a full day before stopping to eat. Because of predators (birds & fish) only one in a thousand make it to adulthood. Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Once eggs are laid on the beach, volunteers bring to this sheltered fenced area to protect eggs from predators. Behind a chain-link fence each clutch of 30-80 eggs is netted, dated and watched by volunteers. Eggs take about 45 days to hatch, thus they know when most will hatch. Most already have. They are expecting 100+ hatchlings on Christmas Day. Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| A small building was constructed by local volunteers who watch the eggs around the clock. Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| A Mouse Pad here + T-shirts are sold to raise money. Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| There are government regulations on turtles, but no money to help. This volunteer group meets both national & international standards. Tambor, Costa Rica |
They are a new program and do not have a website yet, but will eventually have something similar to nearby MontezumaBeach.com to promote support and volunteerism and they are wanting to affiliate with a university somewhere for research as well as volunteers. They do have a Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Tortugas-Bah%C3%ADa-Tambor-120575518588150/ Though my effort to post photos did not work well with one put as a “Visitor Post” in the right hand column.
They plan to also post more information about the program on the hotel website: Tambor Tropical Resort.
And I will eventually have these photos posted on my trip gallery for this particular trip: 2017 Christmas Week Tambor Bay. And maybe in my other animals gallery eventually! 🙂
First Day Birds
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| Turquoise-browed Motmot Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Black-headed Trogon Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Lineated Woodpecker Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Hoffman’s Woodpecker Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Hoffman’s Woodpecker Feeding a Baby Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Common Black Hawk Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Roadside Hawk Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Cocoa Woodcreeper Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Little Blue Heron Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Great-tailed Grackle Tambor, Costa Rica |
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| Brown Pelican Tambor, Costa Rica |
My trip gallery for this trip: 2017 Christmas Week Tambor Bay
See also my Costa Rica Birds Photo Gallery.
By tomorrow I will post photos of my room and hotel grounds, and more. Today I got a 30 minute taxi to airport and the 30 minute flight to Tambor. They are not full, so my room was ready this morning and I got settled, ate a second breakfast and finished reading the Washington Post. Then hiked the River Trail for most of these birds and rested in the afternoon and sorted photos. I’ve scheduled birding guides for Sunday and Tuesday and a massage for tomorrow. Great first day! Tambor Tropical Resort.
Bright Flowers & Happy People
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| A half block uphill from the Roca Verde main gate is one of the smallest and poorest houses in Boqueron Barrio. But in front of the little house is this beautiful array of bougainvillea that blooms the most in dry season. And behind it is the happy chatter and laughter of little children, some on summer vacation from school. Atenas, Costa Rica |
See my photo gallery Flora & Forest for more flower photos.
Or my photo gallery People & Fiestas for more happy people.
And I just became aware of the new website for our Su Espacio Spanish Atenas Classes. Nice!
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Ship That Ran Aground in Manzanillo, near where I spent a week a year ago September. It could have been weather or a sloppy boat captain (doesn’t say), but it looks like some heavy work will be needed to get it back out to sea. Click the photo in article to see it enlarged.
Paddling Across the Gulf of Nicoya is an interesting article about a group of all ages of Ticos who used paddle boards to paddle across the 17 mile wide Gulf of Nicoya near where I will be vacationing during Christmas. Here paddle boarding has become a popular substitute for surfing, especially for novices or as surfers get older, though this trip was in the relatively calm waters of a bay in the morning, 5-11 am as opposed to the open Pacific Ocean where some people use them.
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ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT MOVING ABROAD?
Five Things People Will Say When You Tell Them You’re Moving Abroad (Other than “You’re crazy.”)
As a non-member of “InterNations” it will take you to a join page where you just click “Maybe Later” and then it takes you to the article. Some of the 5 things you face in this article are more true for younger persons still employed and planning to work overseas, but generally what lots of Americans will ask/say to everyone moving. Somebody asked me every one of these questions before my move. 🙂
And somewhere nearer the beginning of this blog, 2014-2015, I tried to answer every one of them.
And somewhere nearer the beginning of this blog, 2014-2015, I tried to answer every one of them.