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1983
27 February (continued)
Quiet but once maybe widespread in Guanacaste.
He regards that snake as very mild mannered until
heavily teased or handled. Driving out we saw
several big Ctenosaura on the road and on rock
piles, and a DOR Corophis sp. in grassy part
just W. of the park entrance.
Parque Nacional Rincon de la Vieja, Prov. Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Getting here is tricky, and we begins at a bridge
on the main road going east of Liberia.
T N
"Hacienda"
(HQ for park)
dep sandy ditch
park
Entrance
5th
White house
aquaduct
25.8 km, 1 hr
stream
We stopped to cool off at the aqueduct that
crosses the road a short distance into the park.
Saw a large, fast, brown snake disappear
into a tangle at roadside, and a Buteo
magnirostris fly to a large tree and perch.
Crossed the stream w/ not trouble (rental Toyota
sedan), parked off the road where a trail goes
SW (I think), 100m past the stream. Packed
up to a clearing a few hundred m into the
forest where there is an abandoned outhouse,