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April 1, 2019 by Kurt Buzard Leave a Comment

Birdwatching on the Tárcoles River In Costa Rica

American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). Tárcoles River Costa Rica

American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). Tárcoles River Costa Rica

As part of my birdwatching tour of Costa Rica with Tropical Birding, we visited the Tárcoles River, also called the Grande de Tárcoles River or the Río Grande de Tarcoles, in Costa Rica. It originates on the southern slopes of the Cordillera Central volcanic range, at the confluence of Virilla and Grande rivers, flows south-west, passing by the Carara Biological Reserve, drifts into the Guacalillo Mangrove Estuary and eventually empties in the Gulf of Nicoya in the Pacific Ocean. Although the river is somewhat polluted, it is significant for the country’s residents, as nearly 60% of Costa Rica’s total population lives along its basins. The river is perhaps best known for its abundance of American Crocodiles. It’s said that the Tárcoles River has one of the highest populations of crocodiles in the entire world, up to 25 crocodiles per square kilometer. Several tour operators take advantage of this fact by offering river tours that guarantee croc sightings. Much of the time these large reptiles (which can grow to a length of thirty feet) can be spotted swimming through the river or sunbathing along the banks. In addition to the crocodiles, the river also supports more than 300 species of migratory, native and coastal birds. Located on the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, the Guacalillo Estuary and the Tárcoles River offer the chance to observe the one of the richest mangrove forests in the mid pacific coast and the most important conservation area for the Scarlet Macaw in the country.
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Filed Under: Birds, Costa Rica Tagged With: Amazon Kingfisher, American White Ibis, Bare-Throated Tiger Herons, Birds, Birdwatching, Boat-Billed Heron, Brown Pelican, Collared Plover, Costa Rica, Crested Caracara, Crocodile, Double-Striped Thick-Knee, Gray Hawk, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Guacalillo Mangrove Estuary, Magnificent Frigatebirds, Neotropic Cormorant, Osprey, River Tour, Snowy Egret, Spotted Sandpiper, Tárcoles River, Tricolored Heron, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, Yellow-Headed Caracara

August 20, 2016 by Max Distro LLC Leave a Comment

Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt

Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt

Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt

The small town of Kom Ombo is situated on the East side of the Nile, 45 kilometers to the North of the city of Aswan, about 800 kilometers to the South of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Surrounded by fields of sugarcane and corn, Kom Ombo is a pleasant agriculture town that now hosts many Nubians that were displaced after when the water of the Nile flooded their hometowns after the construction of the Nasser Lake. The word “Kom” in Arabic means the small hill and the word “Ombo”, in the Hieroglyphic ancient Egyptian language means the gold. Therefore, the word Kom Ombo, as a whole, means the hill of the gold. The word Ombo was actually originates from the Pharaonic word “Nbty” which is an adjective derived of the word Nebo that meant gold. During the Coptic period, the word was slightly changed to become Enbo and when the Arabic language became common in Egypt, the word became “Ombo”. Egypt's first museum devoted exclusively to crocodiles was inaugurated in 2012 by Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Egypt, Museums Tagged With: Al-Fayoum, Amenhotep III, Ancient Egypt, Crocodile, Fayum, Hathor, Horus, Kiman Farez, Kom Ombo, Museum, Sobek, Sobek-Re

August 17, 2016 by Max Distro LLC Leave a Comment

Kom Ombo Temple Egypt

Double Entrance of Kom Ombo Temple Egypt

Double Entrance of Kom Ombo Temple Egypt

In ancient times, Kom Ombo stood on an important crossroads between the caravan route from Nubia and trails from the gold mines in the eastern desert. During the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC), it became a training depot for African war elephants, which were used to fight the fierce pachyderms of the Seleucid empire. The temple at Kom Ombo was also built at this time, under Ptolemy VI. Since this bend in the Nile was a favored spot for crocodiles to bask in the sun and threaten locals, it is natural that the temple would be dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god. But it is unusual in having a double dedication: it also honors Haroeris, a form of the falcon-headed god Horus. The Kom Ombo basin has significance in the Nile Valley archaeology of the Late (Upper) Paleolithic (c. 15,000-12,000 BC). In the 1920s, Edmun Vignard identified and excavated prehistoric sites having a stone working industry he named Sebilian. Vignard's work has been revised by that of P. E. L. Smith and Fekri Hassan, who have also identified two other industries in the region, Silsillian and Sebekian, which appear to have coexisted with the Sebilian. All the temples buildings in the southern part of the plateau were cleared of debris and restored by Jacques de Morgan in 1893. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cathedrals & Churches, Egypt, Myth, Philosophy and Religion Tagged With: Ancient Egypt, Bast, Bastet, Cleopatra, Crocodile, Haroesis, Hathor, Horus, Horus the Elder, Kom Ombo, Ma'at, Nilometer, Physcon, Ptolemy VI Philometer, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, Ptolemy XII Neo Dionysos, Sobek, Temple, Thoth, Trajan

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