Tempisque River Tour

[FossilNypa]

The 19th of July we went to take a tour of the Tempisque river in Bolsón, Guanacaste.

Here are some photos my brother (Geonomadude) and I took.

A satellite view (

from Google Maps

) of the area.

A small local boat.

Entrance to the Cañas river (Río Cañas).

This river flows into the Tempisque river.

The small dock.

A clumping

Bactris sp

. spotted from the boat.

A leaning Monkey Pod Tree (which we call Cenízaro),

Samanea saman

.

An

Attalea butyracea

in the riverside.

[FossilNypa]

An iguana enjoying a sunbath.

Finally, we reached the Tempisque river.

Some more

Bactris

palms. These together with the

Attalea butyracea

were very abundant in the riversides.

Some Mangle trees.

A tree with a peculiar treetop.

A cool Basilisk lizard.

A big Monkey pod tree.

[FossilNypa]

More

Bactris

palms.

A very cool leaning

Attalea butyracea

.

A bird nesting in an

Attalea butyracea

's crown.

An

Albizia niopoides

which is known as "Guanacaste blanco".

A closer shot of it's trunk.

A bamboo.

[FossilNypa]

Some howler monkeys watching us pass by.

A fruiting

Attalea butyracea

.

Adolfo will post some more photos later.

[FossilNypa]

Here is a video we created and uploaded to Youtube (click the image).

[Walter John]

That film was bloody great, thanks for the effort and for posting, well done.

[Jeff Searle]

I really enjoyed the tour. I have never been to this area, but I love the country.

Jeff

[geonomaDude]

Returning from the river to land:

The path, that led to where the boats were boarded, went through wetlands or "húmedales". We were almost in the "Palo Verde" National Park, so most of the topography near this part of the river consists of marshes and bogs.

[geonomaDude]

It was very interesting to find palms growing there on marshes, with their feet always wet.

Some clumps of Bactris. This species produces fruit that when ripe is eaten by the locals and it is called "uvita" (in english an "uva" is a grape, it is called that way because it resembles a grape). Luis and I had the opportunity to taste one. It is sour in taste and leaves a sensation of astringency.

More of those bactris:

[geonomaDude]

I would prefer to find the following Bactris more than the ubiquitous Dypsis lutescens, Phoenix roebelenii here in the Costa Rican nurseries.

Take a look at this elegant and beautiful palm:

Luis Diego with the palm:

[geonomaDude]

Some other palm species included Attalea buttyracea and an unidentified fan palm.

I only got to see one individual of that fan palm :

Attalea:

Seeds!

[BS Man about Palms]

Thanks Guys for the cool mini-tour. Its like I was back in CR again!

[FossilNypa]

I'm glad that all of you liked it.

Regards,

Luis Diego.

[paulgila]

amazing stuff--its better than the discovery channel!

[SubTropicRay]

Wonderful tour gentlemen, thank you.

[Jeff in Costa Rica]

Hey guys, great river tour! I especially like the Attalea butyracea leaning out over the river like a coconut.

Thanks for posting these!

[amazondk]

Luis,

Great video. I really liked that. The use of this media is great as it gives more of a feel for a place than an image. I first used this a few days ago on the Peru thread that I made. Now that I know how to do it I will use this in the future. It would be great if more people would do this where ever in the world they are. By the way how do you get the wording before each thumbnail? Nothiing like going out on a river.

Thanks again.

dk

[FossilNypa]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments!

Don,

To put some text before a thumbnail is very easy, here I will explain how:

1. Upload the photo you want. After making that you will receive a success message.

2. From the "Manage Current Attachments" menu you have to select the attachment you want to insert into the text editor and click the icon with the plus sign. Some code will be inserted.

3. Just add some text before the piece of code.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Luis Diego.

[amazondk]

Muchas gracias Luis.

dk

[Steve]

Very cool tour. Great shots of palms in habitat. That must've been a pretty fun expedition.

[KONADANTOM]

Gracias Diego Luis y Adolfo - Me ha encantado el vídeo - buenas fotos - relajante música - muy tranquilo.

Pura Vida!

[FossilNypa]

Gracias Diego Luis y Adolfo - Me ha encantado el vídeo - buenas fotos - relajante música - muy tranquilo.

Pura Vida!

Que bueno que le haya gustado!

Saludos,

Luis Diego.

[FossilNypa]

Here is a video we created and uploaded to Youtube (click the image).

Strangely the image link has disappeared... maybe the image no longer exists.

So here is the link:

[foxtail]

On 8/3/2008, 7:17:38, geonomaDude said:

Some other palm species included Attalea buttyracea and an unidentified fan palm.

 

I only got to see one individual of that fan palm :

 

 

Attalea:

 

 

Seeds!

Can the Attalea B. tolerate soggy soil?

Edited December 27, 2015 by foxtail