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Green iguana eating

Having seen the near-total lack of wildlife pictures from Costa Rica, I decided to upload some of my own.

This was a very unusual place- a bar at the side of the road that apparently \'farms\' iguanas. By farming, I think it means that wild iguanas are encouraged to breed in the area, as there were no containment fences and a large number of iguanas.
Having seen the near-total lack of wildlife pictures from Costa Rica, I decided to upload some of my own.

This was a very unusual place- a bar at the side of the road that apparently \\\'farms\\\' iguanas. By farming, I think it means that wild iguanas are encouraged to breed in the area, as there were no containment fences and a large number of iguanas.
 
I now have also been there! :D

It luxuriates in the not-over-imaginative name of 'Restaurant las Iguanas'. We were dropped off there for a bathroom break on the way to Caño Negro. Still dozens of fat, pampered (but still wild) iguanas - and some nice birds in the little river valley at the back (Buff-rumped Warbler, Northern Jacana, Streak-headed Woodcreeper).
 
and some nice birds in the little river valley at the back (Buff-rumped Warbler, Northern Jacana, Streak-headed Woodcreeper).

Nice birds there- of those three I only saw the Northern jacana on my visit, standing in the middle of a roundabout.

How many species of bird did you see in total? Managed to get 66 (all but 2 were lifers) when we went.
 
Nice birds there- of those three I only saw the Northern jacana on my visit, standing in the middle of a roundabout.

How many species of bird did you see in total? Managed to get 66 (all but 2 were lifers) when we went.

I've got a few photo ID's to go through, but we saw about 140 species of bird - all but about 20 being lifers - plus 16 mammals (which is unbelievably lucky for 11 days - and we were within moments of seeing two more...) and about two dozen herps.

Was a very good trip!
 

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