Volcan to Boquete Day 3

April 3

We checked out a lake that had reports of lots of birds. It was really bad road to get there and ironically the only good part of the road was the airstrip which we had to drive across to get to the lake. We entered the lake area and before we could proceed we had to get out and move a tree trunk off the "road". The lake had quite a few cows in the deep grass. Not very many birds, but it was an interesting stop.

 loading the car - we thought the resident dog was going to jump in....

 town

 lake area

 birding with cows....the black shape is a cow in the deep grass

 cow

 Southern Lapwings

 Slaty Spinetail (bad photo, but it's a new bird for us and the only shot we got)

 young Green Heron

 Northern Jacana

 Northern Jacana

 Streaked Saltator

 Slaty Redstart

 rocky, bumpy road

 we had to wait for the family to pass before we could cross the airstrip

 airport runway

 "airport"

bromeliad in tree

We left there and stopped for lunch at a café and had caprese salads and Strawberry drinks again.

 Café Volcan

 

We took the back way to get to Boquete and stopped in a couple of places to see birds and other sights.

 Oropendola Nests

 Brown-throated Parakeet

 this cute dog was right next to the road wedged under the "grass cave"

 he was missing one eye

 Cherie's Tanager - female with  nesting material

 Cherie's Tanager - female

 Cherie's Tanager - female

 park

 family going to the park

 Bananaquit

White-naped Brush-Finch

Our first impression of Boquete since we were there 6 years ago, was how much it had changed. Lots of traffic and many new stores, shops and restaurants. Boquete Garden Inn was just as beautiful as we remembered. The owners and staff are just terrific welcoming people. We stayed in the same room as 6 years ago. We got unpacked and went to the 6:00 to 7:00 happy hour in their bohio. (1 free drink is included each day)We met a family visiting from Belgium and we chatted with them as well as the owner who remembered us from 6 years ago. We headed out to Big Daddy’s for dinner and the food was very good.



Tomorrow we have a birding hike scheduled with a bird guide.