Today's Jungle New's

  The howlers generally do their howling at first sunlight 5:00am (occasionally 4:22am) and at sundown. This is to let other troops know where they are. Sometimes during the day they will howl if startled by a loud noise or after it rains. They are in the trees behind the house most days.

Today around 10am all heck break loose and they started really howling. There seem to be 2 troops very close together. We watched a couple come over to the one's troops area, making them really howl. 

5:00am wake up

howlers right outside the window

I am watching a Momma & baby howler while having my morning tea. 

Love the face 

A peaceful morning. 

So Sweet 

Monkey's Everywhere

I was fixing dinner at the house looking out the window when I noticed some branches moving.

 That usually means monkeys. Sure enough I spotted a spider monkey right in the trees outside the window I stopped what I was doing, grabbed my camera and went out back to see if I could get a picture of one. They move fast and are very shy making it hard to get a good picture.

As I was watching the spider monkeys swing from branch to branch I noticed a few Capuchin's checking me out from a tree that the spider monkeys just passed through.

Every time I am here I see something new.
 

Today it was the Semiplumbeous Hawk. Now that is a name?

A Sloth in Mi Casa

After spending the morning at the beach in Punta Uva we decided to stop home for some lunch. I was hanging my towel over the railing to dry when I got caught off guard by a sloth sitting at the steps to the house looking up at me.

I have seen plenty of sloths in this country, up in trees, crossing the road, coming down trees, but never have I had one come to the house.

 I grabbed my camera and spent the next 2 hours watching him trying to make his way up the steps.

He did not seem at all bothered by us so we figured we would just watch and see where he wanted to go.

He finally made it up onto the steps, it was nap time. He took a 2 hour nap right there on the step.

The Giant Green Macaw's here at Villa Toucan

 This morning we were woken up by 2 beautiful but very loud Green Macaw's in the tree outside the bedroom window.

 It is a pleasure to have them back in the area and at our house.

Getting ready to take flight, thought they were going to fly right in the window.

Instead they landed on the roof.

It feels like home

We are back in Costa Rica and this time for 2 months in just one spot. Over the years we have visited much of the country and many areas have become special to us but the one spot we have fallen in love with is Puerto Viejo. 

Punta Uva 

  Everything thing you could want is right here is this small area, beautiful beaches, warm friendly people, amazing wildlife, hiking, surfing, and great restaurants. 

It's wonderful to be back, feels like home.

                                                                       Mi Casa