Close ups

this is a close up of a preening peacock's neck. Isn't he beautiful?

The above are close ups of photos I took. As I didn't have a zoom lens, I had to get very close to my subject. Below are my friend's photos. She had a zoom lens but not a telephoto one with her so she didn't need to get as close

the dragon's eye soccer stadium

I think this thrush is their national bird. Of all the colorful candidates, they chose this one

iguana from a distance

Zarcero

more topiaries

mama and baby sloth

white faced monkey high in a tree

anhinga drying its feathers

osprey  These have been re-introduced to Michigan. Some of them are radio tracked and some end up in Costa Rica though the Michigan ones seem to favor Cuba

official Nicaraguan border

motmot bird Notice tennis racquet tail feathers

spider monkeys

a row of well camouflaged parrots

waning crescent moon It looked much more impressive the day before when only a bit was lit up orange just over the ocean, which was to our west. Here the moon rises in the East

hidden iguana  

crocs

flying macaws

blue heron  Not the same as our blue herons

Halloween crab

squirrel monkey

our tram was above this one

nesting macaws

oropendula and nests. He is a 20 inch long oriole. They did have Baltimore orioles flying around too (though not here) 

orange fronted parrot

mama and baby squirrel monkeys

anhingas

me out for a stroll