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Scarlet Macaw (Lapa) Photographed from Casa Lapas

August 24, 2017
There’s a reason we call Casa Lapas, ‘Casa Lapas’. A lapa is the Costa Rican name for the scarlet macaw. We hear and see them almost daily. Below is a photograph of one in an almond tree near Casa Lapa. The photograph below was taken by Nick Halverson in May 2015 from the backyard of Casa Lapa us…

Lapa Photographed at Casa Lapa

August 7, 2015
The photograph below was taken by Nick Halverson in May 2015 from the backyard of Casa Lapa using a Nikon D5000 with a Nikkor 18-140 mm lens. It is of a scarlet macaw (or a lapa as they are known in Costa Rica). There were four lapas eating the ripening almonds from the almond tree in the early m…

Wildlife Author Carrol L Henderson meets with Nick Halverson

July 24, 2015
Earlier this week, Las Villas de San Buenas CEO, Nick Halverson, met with Carrol L Henderson, to exchange Nick Halverson (L) and Carrol L Henderson enjoyed meeting and discussing Costa Rica earlier this week. their experience…