Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:26 AM

LakeArenal (27,715 posts)

I promised pictures: Birds from our yard in Costa Rica

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I promised pictures: Birds from our yard in Costa Rica (Original post)	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	OP
Positively beautiful, thank you, LakeArsenal.	dewsgirl	Jan 2020	#1
Ay que bella! Pura Vida. Thank you for sharing.	RestoreAmerica2020	Jan 2020	#2
Wow!	MLAA	Jan 2020	#3
Amazing photos!	gademocrat7	Jan 2020	#4
ohm myyyyy! .	AllaN01Bear	Jan 2020	#5
That last watermelon is so cool. Are those the birds	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2020	#6
That's Gerry.	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	#7
¡Pura Vida!	Nasruddin	Jan 2020	#8
Those are fantastic and exotic and delightfully colorful!	lunatica	Jan 2020	#9
Thanks. I did wonder about that.	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	#12
You can do it on edit anytime after you've posted them.	lunatica	Jan 2020	#13
Easiest fix moving forward is to not use the particular link choice you're using	mr_lebowski	Jan 2020	#30
Just WUNNNNNNNNderful!!!	calimary	Jan 2020	#10
Hi Neighbor.	johndaly	Jan 2020	#11
Omg...she's been wondering if there were real live Dems there. :)	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2020	#14
Yes. Yes I have! 😄	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	#16
Genial! Gracias.	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	#15
We now live in a US world where we can have someone	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2020	#20
Si! Blessed even.	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	#25
oh wow	Skittles	Jan 2020	#17
Congratulations on your decision to live among the natives! Good choice!	Karadeniz	Jan 2020	#18
Phenomenal. Dream come true.	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	#19
Absolutely stunning!	Talitha	Jan 2020	#21
Great pics but....	Heartstrings	Jan 2020	#22
I see you in my dreams.	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	#26
Thanks, LakeArenal. Love the hummer with white tail feathers.	KY_EnviroGuy	Jan 2020	#23
Wow!	Rider3	Jan 2020	#24
Two words.	Ohiogal	Jan 2020	#27
So beautiful.	MontanaMama	Jan 2020	#28
Have you spotted the elusive quetzal yet?	lunasun	Jan 2020	#29
Nope. Not yet. But we spend lots of time looking	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	#31
Beautiful view ! Enjoy	lunasun	Jan 2020	#32
If I see one or get a pic, I'll let you know.	LakeArenal	Jan 2020	#33
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jan 2020	#34

Response to LakeArenal (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:57 AM

dewsgirl (14,960 posts)

1. Positively beautiful, thank you, LakeArsenal.

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:21 PM

RestoreAmerica2020 (3,393 posts)

2. Ay que bella! Pura Vida. Thank you for sharing.

Paz

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:29 PM

MLAA (15,893 posts)

3. Wow!

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:41 PM

gademocrat7 (10,359 posts)

4. Amazing photos!

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:42 PM

AllaN01Bear (13,117 posts)

5. ohm myyyyy! .

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:57 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (42,258 posts)

6. That last watermelon is so cool. Are those the birds

Back feathers? Almost look like leaves

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:05 PM

LakeArenal (27,715 posts)

7. That's Gerry.

He’s a cherry lobbed parakeet
We tried calling him/ her Cherry. Bit it didn’t feel right.
Gerry lets me feed him bananas and sunflower seeds from my hand. My neighbor got him to go on her shoulder.
The “parakeets” that folks buy in America are not parakeets. They are budgies originally from Australia.
Those are feathers.

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:20 PM

Nasruddin (648 posts)

8. ¡Pura Vida!

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:20 PM

lunatica (53,410 posts)

9. Those are fantastic and exotic and delightfully colorful!

I can almost hear all the jungle noises just looking at them.

On an aside, you can eliminate all the text you see by deleting those parts Show up as text. Just leave in the html that is not visible because the picture is there (covering it, so to speak).

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:23 PM

LakeArenal (27,715 posts)

12. Thanks. I did wonder about that.

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Response to LakeArenal (Reply #12)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:27 PM

lunatica (53,410 posts)

13. You can do it on edit anytime after you've posted them.

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Response to LakeArenal (Reply #12)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:47 AM

mr_lebowski (33,643 posts)

30. Easiest fix moving forward is to not use the particular link choice you're using

on your photo hosting platform. Most of them have various URL versions available for each photo, looks like you're using one that's likely labeled 'for message boards', but that's not the best one for DU, it's meant for less advanced software than what we have here.

Instead use the one labeled 'direct link' or the like. Shouldn't have any tags wrapping it when you paste into the message window of DU, should just be a URL, ending in .jpg.

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:07 PM

calimary (78,082 posts)

10. Just WUNNNNNNNNderful!!!

Thank you for these photos!

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:18 PM

johndaly (19 posts)

11. Hi Neighbor.

Hello, I am Eduardo Gomez of Tierras Morenas. I have lived here for 12 years. If you should need any assistance with anything I would be glad to help. I am fluent in Spanish, English and Dutch. I know many people around here and just wanted you to know that there a is at last one more DUer here. Have a great day.

Pura Vida, Eduardo Gomez

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:28 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (42,258 posts)

14. Omg...she's been wondering if there were real live Dems there. :)

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:36 PM

LakeArenal (27,715 posts)

16. Yes. Yes I have! 😄

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Response to johndaly (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:30 PM

LakeArenal (27,715 posts)

15. Genial! Gracias.

We have been here since Sept 1.
It’s been our dream for 13 years. It’s coming true almost exactly as dreamed.

Even the craziest parts like a visa run to Nicaragua has been dreadful and awesome at the same time. We go again soon!! 😳

Nice to know you are out there and appreciate you reaching out to us. One meets the nicest people in Costa Rica.

Pura Vida is exactly right!!

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Response to LakeArenal (Reply #15)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:40 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (42,258 posts)

20. We now live in a US world where we can have someone

deliver food to our door because we just don't feel like going to the store. We can order something we don't need on Amazon at midnight and it's delivered by UPS the next day. We can (why?) instantly know that someone is wanting us for some reason, and why.

To go back to a simpler time...To go back to a time when we had to be creative, to use our brains and ingenuity to create what we need, to just 100% chill and relax, and take in the birds and the beauty of nature and simple, human interactions with people sounds so idylic. You are the lucky ones!

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #20)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:39 AM

LakeArenal (27,715 posts)

25. Si! Blessed even.

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Response to LakeArenal (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 07:52 PM

Skittles (151,340 posts)

17. oh wow

bird paradise!

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:09 PM

Karadeniz (21,455 posts)

18. Congratulations on your decision to live among the natives! Good choice!

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Response to Karadeniz (Reply #18)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:28 PM

LakeArenal (27,715 posts)

19. Phenomenal. Dream come true.

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:51 AM

Talitha (6,016 posts)

21. Absolutely stunning!

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:29 AM

Heartstrings (7,349 posts)

22. Great pics but....

I miss you!

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Response to Heartstrings (Reply #22)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:40 AM

LakeArenal (27,715 posts)

26. I see you in my dreams.

We always are young and cute!

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:42 AM

KY_EnviroGuy (14,409 posts)

23. Thanks, LakeArenal. Love the hummer with white tail feathers.

Miss seeing hummers from my days in the Carolinas.

Please post more when you can.

KY.......

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 10:53 AM

Rider3 (919 posts)

24. Wow!

Breathtaking!

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:42 AM

Ohiogal (29,281 posts)

27. Two words.

Simply gorgeous!

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:44 AM

MontanaMama (22,627 posts)

28. So beautiful.

Congratulations on realizing your dream. We’re quite “birdy” in this house...love watching them, feeding them and identifying them. What a treat. The Sun Conure on my shoulder was quite interested in Gerry when I enlarged his photo.

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:47 AM

lunasun (21,646 posts)