Around 2:30 am on Tuesday, August 12, I was woken by the noise of a tropical thunderstorm – the rain was hitting our roof, and the thunders rumbled like bombs. I watched the storm, which also woke Lilach and Daniel up at some point, until suddenly, within a minute, the rain stopped and everything was […]
Tag: birds
From Monteverde to Manuel Antonio (August 3-4)
Sunday, August 3rd, was very rainy. In the morning, Lilach and I hiked in the cloud forest reserve. We started the trail in a light rain and ended it in a light rain, with a couple of hours of moderate to heavy rain in between. We didn’t dare take our binoculars or camera out of […]
Birds, monkeys and another snake! (July 31)
We woke up early and went out to the balcony to the sound of birds. And indeed, there were quite a few in sight including several large black vultures. One of them shared a nearby tree with a Yellow-throated Toucan. Lilach, Daniel and I headed out before 7, for an early morning a swim in […]