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Birds > Vandana  > Birds > One of a kind
a bird portrait of each one I have seen and photographed..
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December 29, 2010 - woodpecker feeding on bananas, Arenal volcano area, Costa Rica thank you all for the wonderful comments on my butterfly shot yesterday ! really appreciate it !
December 22, 2010 - Chestnut mandibled toucan. Had a hearty breakfast at Cristal Ballena. Roamed the grounds & spotted this toucan. Cristal Ballena is situated atop a hill, so you get eye-level shots of birds perched below. An ideal birdwatching spot. We left Uvita for the beaches of Manuel Antonio. Arrived at noon, but the room wasn't ready. So spent an hour on the beaches. Manual Antonio is very touristy. Lots of beach activity. I guess this is what CR means to Americans - beach & nightlife. Manuel Antonio has both, which is why most tourists end up here. At the beach, it was very hot & humid. After an hour, we got back to our hotel. The room wasn't ready yet, so spent the next hour sipping pineapple juice! CR is famous for its incredibly tasty frutas & frutas juices. Spent the rest of the day in the room with the Kindle & the TV, capping off the rest day.
December 16, 2010 - Hummingbird at rest, taken at Arenal Manua hotel, near Fortuna
December 13, 2010 - Aracari Toucan in Tortuguero National Park, CR Was having a sparse breakfast at Holiday Inn when we were interrupted by a strange Tico asking our Chinese neighbors if they were the Rahagopalans. Finally V volunteered to be a Rahagopalan for the day. We were told to eat fast & jump into the van, for two impatient Europeans were ready waiting already. So we did so. Our minivan started the 3 hour long drive, beginning with a glorious rainbow across the sky! The Europeans constantly hassled the poor Tico drivers Marcos & Carlos for all sorts of statistical minutaie such as the first tallest mountain, second tallest, third longest river etc etc. We drove through the transnational plantation towns of Del Monte where bananas are farmed en masse by sheer manual labor. A single Tico pulls 250 bunches of bananas on a line tied to his chest! At the end of the potholed drive was a boatride about 2 hours long through the Caribbean backwaters to the famed eco lodge, Tortuga Lodge & gardens. The waters were quite rough & at the end of the boatride, we were confronted by 5 shady Ticos who grabbed our bags & forcibly made us eat lunch, which was a delicious salad & fish sticks. We were then given an orientation, rules & regulations, & escorted to our frooms. No TV. No AC. No internet. No fridge. No microwave. Just a simple rustic eco-lodge. At 6pm, we wore rubber boots & departed on a muddy trail through the swampy muck, when we spotted the Toucan high up in the branches. The trail was a lot of fun after the rubber boots filled up with water. We spotted a red tiny frog that K tried to mess with but was too jumpy & vanished in the undergrowth. Later we learnt it was poisonous ! We came back to a sumptuous dinner, dessert & complimentary wine! Lulled to sleep amidst a rainstorm.
November 29, 2010 - a red cardinal in the backyard
November 20, 2010 - a blue jay comes to visit
November 16, 2010 - backyard birds - don't know the id ?! black-capped chickadee, id thanks to Judith !
November 7, 2010 - where has the food gone ?
November 2, 2010 - some like it yellow
December 29, 2010 - woodpecker feeding on bananas, Arenal volcano area, Costa Rica

thank you all for the wonderful comments on my butterfly shot yesterday ! really appreciate it !
December 29, 2010 - woodpecker feeding on bananas, Arenal volcano area, Costa Rica thank you all for the wonderful comments on my butterfly shot yesterday ! really appreciate it !
December 29, 2010 - woodpecker feeding on bananas, Arenal volcano area, Costa Rica

thank you all for the wonderful comments on my butterfly shot yesterday ! really appreciate it !
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