Bit of a disaster day in Puerto
Cortes as I knew exactly where I wanted to go, taxi driver assured me he
knew where the Nature Reserve was, agreed a price then two and a half
hours later he starts asking the locals if they knew where it was. Not a
good sign! Well, that's as maybe and we did see a few birds but not the
Macaws and Toucans promised.
Wherever this tiny coastal village was it wasn't where we needed to be!
I felt the taxi driver was now well enough trained to know to stop at the mere sight of a bird and did so for this overflying
ROADSIDE HAWK
which conveniently perched in a nearby tree.
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
BLACK VULTURE
BROWN JAY
RED-CROWNED WOODPECKER
BUTTERFLY may be same as a couple of days ago?
ORCHARD ORIOLE
and a small flock of WOOD STORK (5)
(4)
(3)
(2)
(1)
and
finally, this hapless RODENT had 'fallen' to the local children who,
despite a cash incentive, where not prepared to release to poor beast.
However, that was a league better than what was met further ahead, c10
White-fronted Parrots confined to a cage and 'for sale' by the roadside!
