Some Central American Wildlife

My second essay on our stay in Westin resort in Costa Rica concerns local wildlife - both animal and vegetation, which we saw around the resort itself and nearby, and also on a boat trip we took along a river with tropical forests on either side. I'll let my pictures do most of the talking.

Let's start with coastal vegetation alongside our resort. And, below, the view from our boat as we glided up-river through tropical forests.











On the right you can see one of the numerous lizards on a tree branch.



And, the next view on the right reveals a small crocodile floating in the water. Another, below, lays still on the river bank















On the right, a large lizard, maybe an iguana, nestles on a tree branch. And below that, a bird of prey sits on a tree-branch awaiting a meal to reveal itself.

 And on the left can you spot what looks like a camouflaged lizard lying horizontal on a branch?

Below, another lizard suns itself at our resort.

And yet another scans me warily on some rocks near our rooms at the resort. while below something like a raccoon plays on the grass.

Such animals populated the trees around us in abundance and always made for interesting conversation.










Also around in great numbers were monkeys swinging from branch to branch in our surrounding tress.

All up, surrounding nature provided us with a great experience.








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