Creeks, Channels and Sea Shore

Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
I didn't Post the Blog on time
It's nobody's fault but mine

feat. Led Zeppelin

Only because my knicks blew off the dhobie-line and I had to seek access to recover them did I meet local business woman Sarl Horth; I had started yet another transit day half-cock; not posting the Blog and giving no thought to gaining the Internet at my destination hence the default yesterday. However; Sarl has kindly offered the use of her office facilities but as may be noticed the keyboard is a little alien to what I am used to: Nevertheless and still a few days in arrears; here is today's offering: Hope we can make it again tomorrow??



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Through the Creeks and Canals to the open sea

Alive here with MUD SKIPPERS and

a variety of CRABs

ROSEATE SPOONBILL

WHITE-WINGED SWALLOW

BLACK VULTURE

and our first sight, this trip, of YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

which were soon spooked.

BLACK SKIMMER

were a lot more obliging,

then so were the NIGHT HERON

GREATER YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE

and once again, back to base!

Your Outside Correspondent reporting from deepest Suriname.

Commewijne River - Black Mangrove Habitat

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.