Skip to main content
LapaAlmondCasa e1510536078466

Lapa Photographed at Casa Lapa

Written by Costa Rica Las Villas on . Posted in Birding, Costa Rica Pictures, Costa Rica tourism, Costa Rica Travel, Las Villas de San Buenas.

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 morning. If you look closely at the photo you can see that this one has the almond between its beak. We planted those trees approximately three years ago and we now regularly have lapas flying in and eating.

Costa Rica lapa san buenas
Lapa (scarlet macaw) enjoying an almond behind Casa Lapas, Las Villas de San Buenas. (c) Nick Halverson

Birding, Birds, Costa Rica, Lapas, Las Villas de San Buenas, Osa, wildlife