Last week, I spent some time in San Pedro La Laguna. I had a few meetings and was writting and editing a couple of my essays, but obviously also had chance to swim every morning.
I swim from outside my hostel, to the end of a rocky outcrop and back (a few times). Anyway last week, almost at the end of the rocks, I noticed that there were 2 big fluffy chicks sat on a rocky ledge - and sometimes they´d go behind a bush. So every morning I would see the chicks - who were loosing a bit more fluff each day, and occasionally visited by their parents!! From the water, I thought they were something like eagles (but I´m not much of a bird watcher)..... one day I scrambled over the rocks on foot, and managed to get these photos of one of the parents.... and once I´d consulted with a bird book, I realised that they´re actually vultures. But it was great being able to see the chicks every morning, and on the last day, they were doing a lot of jumping up and down, and flapping their wings, obviously getting ready to fly.
Also seen last week -- a white heron ... and a kingfisher..... the best view is always from the water, but generally a bit tricky to have a camera with me whilst I swim!
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