March 4 – Tamarindo Mangrove Cruise

Today we headed out on another Mangrove Cruise, this one on the in the estuary of the Playa Grande.  As with our other cruises there was a lot of wildlife to be seen.

Photos of the mangroves and estuary

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Eagle Ray

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Green Heron

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Little Tri-Colored Heron

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Snowy Egret

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Stingray

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Blue Heron

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Yellow-Crested Night Heron (a new species for us on this trip)

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Willets

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Osprey (another new species).  The second time we saw him he had a fish

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Black Vulture

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Iguana

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American Crocodile

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Spider Crab

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Howler Monkeys

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Plumbeous Kite (also a new species for us)

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An Unknown Heron

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That night we went to a Mexican restaurant across the street.  May of the restaurants along this stretch of the main street are owned by the same company and we can put the meals on our room.  How convenient.  A mariachi group showed up to play…they were very clear, they play for tips.  So, we tipped and got a mini-concert.

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