Boat-billed heron, estuary, Puerto Arista.
Male anhinga in the estuary, Puerto Arista. [Thanks to our friend Allen Hale for bird identification.]
Female ahinga in the estuary, Puerto Arista. [We thought this was a cormorant -- thanks again to Allen for setting us straight!]
Boat-billed heron chicks outgrowing their nest, estuary, Puerto Arista.
Small birds in estuary, Puerto Arista.
Mangrove trees, estuary, Puerto Arista.
Egrets, estuary, Puerto Arista.
Boat-billed herons, estuary, Puerto Arista.
Sunset on the beach at Puerto Arista. The beach runs east to west, so the sun rises at one end and sets at the other.