El Torogoz, the beautiful national bird of El Salvador, chose to nest at a friends house very close to El Roble. We are all doing our absolute best to care for them. |
Lippy, one of the more ferocious types of fauna to be found at El Roble ! |
A very young hummingbird, seemingly out for its first time. We watched it struggle for several hours to attain the power of flight |
Praying Mantis |
Adult froggies ..... |
....and baby froggies |
Lagartito |
Dragonfly |
One of the local lizards, out looking for mosquitoes (...we hope !) |
This beautiful bird, taking advantage of our bird baths at El Roble, is locally known as a Chiltota |
Tadpole with newly evolved arms and legs |
.... and the final product. One of many tree frogs to be seen around the hostel |
Hummingbird, recently nested under our roof |
Mariposa´s (butterflys) seen around El Roble |
Aloe Vera for when the sun has got ya reddenin`! |
Some frogs in the very early stage of development from tadpoles. These guys are around 3 months old. |