I promised pictures: Birds from our yard in Costa Rica

[LakeArenal]

Last edited Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:34 PM - Edit history (1)

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[dewsgirl]

1. Positively beautiful, thank you, LakeArsenal.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

2. Ay que bella! Pura Vida. Thank you for sharing.

Paz

[MLAA]

3. Wow!

[gademocrat7]

4. Amazing photos!

[AllaN01Bear]

5. ohm myyyyy! .

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. That last watermelon is so cool. Are those the birds

Back feathers? Almost look like leaves

[LakeArenal]

7. That's Gerry.

He’s a cherry lobbed parakeet
We tried calling him/ her Cherry. Bit it didn’t feel right.
Gerry lets me feed him bananas and sunflower seeds from my hand. My neighbor got him to go on her shoulder.
The “parakeets” that folks buy in America are not parakeets. They are budgies originally from Australia.
Those are feathers.

[Nasruddin]

8. ¡Pura Vida!

[lunatica]

9. Those are fantastic and exotic and delightfully colorful!

I can almost hear all the jungle noises just looking at them.

On an aside, you can eliminate all the text you see by deleting those parts Show up as text. Just leave in the html that is not visible because the picture is there (covering it, so to speak).

[LakeArenal]

12. Thanks. I did wonder about that.

[lunatica]

13. You can do it on edit anytime after you've posted them.

[mr_lebowski]

30. Easiest fix moving forward is to not use the particular link choice you're using

on your photo hosting platform. Most of them have various URL versions available for each photo, looks like you're using one that's likely labeled 'for message boards', but that's not the best one for DU, it's meant for less advanced software than what we have here.

Instead use the one labeled 'direct link' or the like. Shouldn't have any tags wrapping it when you paste into the message window of DU, should just be a URL, ending in .jpg.

[calimary]

10. Just WUNNNNNNNNderful!!!

Thank you for these photos!

[johndaly]

11. Hi Neighbor.

Hello, I am Eduardo Gomez of Tierras Morenas. I have lived here for 12 years. If you should need any assistance with anything I would be glad to help. I am fluent in Spanish, English and Dutch. I know many people around here and just wanted you to know that there a is at last one more DUer here. Have a great day.

Pura Vida, Eduardo Gomez

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Omg...she's been wondering if there were real live Dems there. :)

[LakeArenal]

16. Yes. Yes I have! 😄

[LakeArenal]

15. Genial! Gracias.

We have been here since Sept 1.
It’s been our dream for 13 years. It’s coming true almost exactly as dreamed.

Even the craziest parts like a visa run to Nicaragua has been dreadful and awesome at the same time. We go again soon!! 😳

Nice to know you are out there and appreciate you reaching out to us. One meets the nicest people in Costa Rica.

Pura Vida is exactly right!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. We now live in a US world where we can have someone

deliver food to our door because we just don't feel like going to the store. We can order something we don't need on Amazon at midnight and it's delivered by UPS the next day. We can (why?) instantly know that someone is wanting us for some reason, and why.

To go back to a simpler time...To go back to a time when we had to be creative, to use our brains and ingenuity to create what we need, to just 100% chill and relax, and take in the birds and the beauty of nature and simple, human interactions with people sounds so idylic. You are the lucky ones!

[LakeArenal]

25. Si! Blessed even.

[Skittles]

17. oh wow

bird paradise!

[Karadeniz]

18. Congratulations on your decision to live among the natives! Good choice!

[LakeArenal]

19. Phenomenal. Dream come true.

[Talitha]

21. Absolutely stunning!

[Heartstrings]

22. Great pics but....

I miss you!

[LakeArenal]

26. I see you in my dreams.

We always are young and cute!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

23. Thanks, LakeArenal. Love the hummer with white tail feathers.

Miss seeing hummers from my days in the Carolinas.

Please post more when you can.

KY.......

[Rider3]

24. Wow!

Breathtaking!

[Ohiogal]

27. Two words.

Simply gorgeous!

[MontanaMama]

28. So beautiful.

Congratulations on realizing your dream. We’re quite “birdy” in this house...love watching them, feeding them and identifying them. What a treat. The Sun Conure on my shoulder was quite interested in Gerry when I enlarged his photo.

[lunasun]

29. Have you spotted the elusive quetzal yet?

[LakeArenal]

31. Nope. Not yet. But we spend lots of time looking

However there are five toucans in a tree by the lake!!

[lunasun]

32. Beautiful view ! Enjoy

I was just wondering I guess I saw two Qs briefly
I will say I did but all I saw was their tails as they moved on really they moved so fast /Monteverde

[LakeArenal]

33. If I see one or get a pic, I'll let you know.