Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Home Sweet Home and a Super Cool Reptile!





Hello Friends,

My wife Magdalena and I are now back home in sunny Costa Rica, more like rainy Costa Rica! We had a wonderful visit to the USA! It was great to be with our parents. We both had a blast seeing the spectacular birds and wildlife in the states. It was also nice to spend some time with our friends from the state of North Dakota. It would be hard to find nicer people than the folks there. The state is just full of Genuine, Friendly, Kind, Honest and Hard Working People! We are looking forward to returning and visiting some different areas sometime soon. Thanks so much to everyone for making our trip so enjoyable!


I'm sure some people were beginning to think that this blog was just dedicated to the birds and wildlife of North Dakota. But we are actually covering our personal travels and experiences. It just so happened that I started this blogging thing before our vacation to the states. That is the reason why all of our stories and photos thus far have been from those areas. The next couple of months, we will be focusing on the tropical paradise - which is Costa Rica!


In the evening of June 18, Magdalena called me out to the back porch of our house. She had found a tiny gecko species crawling around in our garden. I was thrilled to see my first ever species of Banded Gecko! The official name of this reptile is the Central American Banded Gecko (Coleonyx mitratus). It is apparently an uncommon species from the drier Guanacaste region of the country. We photographed this little dude for about 15 minutes and came up with these shots!

That's all for now!

Good Birding or should I say Reptiling,

STEVEN EASLEY





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