Tag: Chestnut-mandibled Toucan

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ZooAve

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica

 

 

 

 

 

Collared Aracari Toucan
RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica
Emerald Toucanet
RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica
Central American Spider Monkey
RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica
Great Curassow
RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica
Torch Ginger or Etlingera elatior
RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica

Well, there is so much more I could share. It was my second time at this little zoo, gardens, and animal rescue association. I really like it and think it a better (and less expensive) place to visit than La Paz for birds and gardens. Now, La Paz has hummingbirds not here and of course the beautiful 5 waterfalls, but it costs twice as much! And Zoo Ave is just 20 minutes from my house.

 
This was the next to last day for Kevin and I think he likes ZooAve almost as much as I do. Tomorrow will be some simple little local visits and Monday he flies home.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: In 2020 this facility has been “rebranded” to eliminate the zoo concept and is now called Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center.

¡Pura Vida!

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Bird Photos Identified

I didn’t get as many bird photos on this trip, but then it wasn’t the purpose except for two days. Of many bird shots, I have five that are decent and have finally got each bird properly identified. The Volcano Junco is the first posting:

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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, Hotel Rio Mar
Dominical, Costa Rica

Black-billed Nightingale-thrush at Trogon Lodge
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica

Resplendent Quetzal, Trogon Lodge
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica

Collared Redstart, Trogon Lodge
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica

Volcano Junco
Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
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What Makes Costa Rica Appealing?

BEAUTIFUL VIEWS
Of the Pacific from an available lot at Partasol,
An Ecological Development we visited today.
BEAUTIFUL BEACHES
Playa Hermosa on the Pacific Coast South
ACTIVE NEIGHBORS
A surfer at Manuel Antonio Beach today
COLORFUL NEIGHBORS
This morning’s Toucan is so much better than last night’s I think!

INTRIGUING NEIGHBORS
White-faced Capuchin Monkey

And all of this was just today’s visits and photos!
There are 13 of us on the Pacific tour with two more joining us for the Central Valley Tour and Seminar. We are all seriously considering a move to Costa Rica, mostly for retirement. A fun group and great food!
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Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan

A good first day of the tour and over 500 photos coming out of San Jose, a bicycle race, soccer match, Talamanca Mountains, several towns and beaches along the South end of Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast, plus the beautiful grounds of the Villas Rio Mar. But on my late afternoon walk along the Baru River I saw several flocks of Great White Herons flying back to roost, then best of all a huge flock of Chestnut-Mandibled Toucans stopping for snacks in some hotel trees on their way to their roosts. They call it the Toucan Flyover which happens here every evening. They are in the tops of very high trees, but I got one or two usable photos and this is one. Maybe tomorrow I will post a beach photo,