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Get All The Advice You Need At A Hunting Video Website

In: Recreation & Sports

17 Jul 2010

Whether you are a newcomer to the sport of hunting, or an experienced hunter looking to up your game, you can get all the advice you need at a hunting video website. These sites provide clips and DVDs to purchase and download, covering a range of topics from how to care for your gun, what equipment you will need for specific types of hunting, and where to go for your next expedition.

Getting To The Osa Peninsula

In: Travel & Leisure

9 Jul 2010

Just to try something new my husband and I decided to head off to the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. I had heard stories about how remote yet interesting this area was so to be honest we didn’t know what to expect. After thinking a lot about that comment we finally decided to fin out what the Osa Peninsula really was and off we went.

Fun Facts About Common Black Hawks

In: Travel & Leisure

9 Jul 2010

Common Black Hawks are successful predatory birds. The short tail is black with a single broad white band and a white tip. The bill is black and the legs and cere are yellow. It has very broad wings, and is mainly black or dark gray.

Fun Facts About Cattle Egrets

In: Travel & Leisure

9 Jul 2010

The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron. The non-breeding adult has mainly white feathers, a yellow bill and grayish-yellow legs. During the breeding season, adults of the western subspecies develop orange-buff plumes on the back, breast and crown. These guys are found all over Central America and in Costa Rica they can be found in the Manuel Antonio National Park.

Animal Facts – Green Heron

In: Travel & Leisure

9 Jul 2010

The Green Heron is a small bird (44 cm.) that likes to stalk it’s pray. Native populations can be found all over Costa Rica as well as in most of Central America. Adults have a glossy, greenish-black cap, a greenish back and wings that are grey-black grading into green or blue, a chestnut neck with a white line down the front, grey under parts and short yellow legs. The bill is dark with a long, sharp point. These birds appear in their breeding ranges at the same time they did 100 years ago. They are quite common in habitats that go along water bodies such as mangroves, beaches and rivers.

Central America Wildlife – Spectacled Caiman

In: Travel & Leisure

5 Jul 2010

The species’ common name comes from a bony ridge between the eyes. It gives the appearance of a pair of spectacles. It is a crocodilian reptile. Al though they are one of the smallest crocodilian species these guys are fierce predators. It lives in a range of lowland wetland and riverside habitat and can tolerate salt water as well as fresh. In Guatemala it can be found in the northern department of Petn. It can be found in much of Central and South America.

Animal Facts – Turquoise Browed Motmot

In: Travel & Leisure

5 Jul 2010

The Turquoise-browed Motmot is a migratory bird very well-known in its range. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico mostly the Yucatn Peninsula, to Costa Rica, where it is common and not considered threatened. It lives in fairly open habitats such as forest edge, gallery forest and scrubland.

Fun Facts About Ocelots

In: Travel & Leisure

5 Jul 2010

The ocelot’s appearance is similar to that of the domestic cat. Its fur resembles that of a Clouded Leopard or Jaguar. These guys receive many names and some are: McKenney’s Wildcat, Jaguatirica, Jaguarete, Tigrillo, Cunaguaro, or Manigordo (in Costa Rica and Panama). It has a tawny to reddish brown coat marked with black spots and rosettes. The fur is short, and lighter beneath. There is a single white spot on the back of each of its ears. There are two black lines on either side of its face and has a black-banded tail.

Animal Facts – Raccoons

In: Travel & Leisure

10 Jun 2010

Raccoons are medium-sized mammals that learned to live close to humans. The dense under-fur accounts for almost 90% of the raccoon’s grayish coat.

Central America Wildlife – Kinkajou

In: Travel & Leisure

10 Jun 2010

They are also known as honey bear, because when tin captivity they seem to enjoy eating honey. Kinkajous are related with the raccoon and coati.


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