Sunday, July 3, 2011

Saturday morning



This morning, we started off by trying to get a group picture . . .


Then, we boarded 2 small boats and did an eco tour of the natural reserve of the mangrove swamps. Here are a few images . . .



once we were aboard, we saw 3 kinds of mangrove trees (white, red, and black); volcanos in a distance, some beautiful flowers that were like water lillies, and a variety of birds

mangroves


water lillies


volcano in background
one of several kinds of birds which included cranes, oriels, and egrets
(the oriels are larger here than in Indiana . . . .)

and large termite nests in the mangroves . . . some bird (sorry, forgot which one right this minute) builds their nest in the bottom of these termite nests and feasts on the termites.

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