Leaving the Red Mangrove Forest behind we cruised into the
RED MANGROVE FOREST
and its abundance of Birds and other Wildlife.
SCARLET IBIS
SNOWY EGRET
more SCARLET IBIS
SHORT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER
RUFOUS CRAB HAWK
and AGAIN
OSPREY
CRIMSON-CRESTED WOODPECKER
While eating lunch this strange fish arrived.
It is, I am informed, the South American version of the Japanese
'FUGU' the 'dedly fish only prepared for human consumption
by the most skilled of chefs.
and even better,
the only Kingfisher absent from my 'American List'
RUFOUS and GREEN KINGFISHER
GREAT YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE
Immature LITTLE BLUE HERON
These CACTUS are not native to these swamps, they were brought here and planted by Slaves as fences or boundaries.
Today's trip had been out and back on the same route, but during the
outward journey there had been a tree-fall blocking our return route.
David soon got to work with the chain-saw
and soon we were back to
BASE.
