More special out of the way places in the Monteverde Region A total delight was the Orchard Garden Tour where we were handed a…
El Tigre day hike, Monteverde
Up and down for hours! Swimming in cold pools and walking through sun and rain. This was a wonderful hike – almost never level.…
Monteverde Butterfly Garden
One of Santa Elena’s extra sites worth visiting. The tour in this delightful establishment was one of the highlights of the trip. The young,…
Monteverde, Costa Rica, Day 2
Our home for the week Day one in the Rain Forest, we were greeted by a very inquisitive (“Where’s the food?”) Coatimundi, a member…
Costa Rica day 1
Beautiful birds right in town, 20 minutes from the airport! Exhausted from travel and relieved to have managed to pick up the car and…
Bremen’s other birds, big and small
From the Great Cormorants and ubiquitous gulls, to the little song birds, Bremen birds gave great delight. The most common of the little birds…
Coots in Bremen, Blässhüner
They are called Blässhüner (pale chickens) in German and are a member of the Rail family. They pick along the grass for tidbits like…
The Magpie in Bremen
The magpie isn’t found in the northeastern US but very common in the west and in Europe. They are in the crow family but…
Tufted Ducks in Bremen
Cute ducks we don’t have in Amherst! I love their tufts when they hold their heads up! Bobbing along in calm and choppy waters.…
Rails, Common Moorhen
These little birds were very shy and I saw their rear ends more than their lovely beaks! Only fun to photograph in the sunlight,…