02_0527.jpg |
IMG_7626b.JPGEsteban, Zoe, David, Joanie and Mitchell
going onto the Stone suspension bridge
on our last morning at Le Selva
|
DSC_0284b.JPGBoot cleaning station
for the workers at La Selva Biological Research Station |
DSC_0297b.JPGGreen Ibis
in a tree over the river
at La Selva Biological Research Station |
DSC_0304b.JPGGreen Ibis
in a tree over the river
at La Selva Biological Research Station |
DSC_0326b.JPGGreen Ibis
in a tree over the river
at La Selva Biological Research Station |
DSC_0334b.JPGGreen Ibis
in a tree over the river
at La Selva Biological Research Station |
DSC_0378b.JPGGreen Ibis
at first we thought they were
a pair of vultures |
DSC_0382b.JPGGreen Ibis
in a tree over the river
at La Selva Biological Research Station |
DSC_0383b.JPGGreen Ibis
in a tree over the river
at La Selva Biological Research Station |
DSC_0388b.JPGGreen Ibis
in a tree over the river
at La Selva Biological Research Station |
DSC_0394b.JPGOlive-backed Euphonia with a seed |
DSC_0398b.JPGOlive-backed Euphonia |
DSC_0405b.JPGMountain Almond Tree
Macaws like the fruit
and leaf-cutter ants like the flowers. |
DSC_0407b.JPGMountain Almond Tree |
DSC_0410b.JPGGreat Green Macaws
flying over the Biological Station |
DSC_0412b.JPGGreat Green Macaws
at La Selva |
DSC_0430b.JPGCrested Guan |
DSC_0442b.JPGSquirrel Cuckoo |
DSC_0449b.JPGRed-capped Manakin |
DSC_0467b.JPGCollared Aracari |
DSC_0468b.JPGCollared Aracari |
DSC_0475b.JPGCollared Aracari |
DSC_0476b.JPGCollared Aracari |
DSC_0478b.JPGCollared Aracari
scratching an itch |
DSC_0488b.JPGCollared Aracari
There, that's better |
DSC_0501b.JPGOranged-chinned Parakeet |
DSC_0506b.JPGOranged-chinned Parakeet |
DSC_0528b.JPGCollared Aracari |
DSC_0540b.JPGSquirrel Cuckoo |
DSC_0545b.JPGSquirrel Cuckoo |
DSC_0548b.JPGGartered Trogon |
DSC_0554b.JPGMale Variable Seedeater |
DSC_0560b.JPGNest of the Yellow-olive Flycatcher |
DSC_0569b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher |
DSC_0570b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher |
DSC_0587b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher |
DSC_0590b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher |
DSC_0598b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher |
DSC_0614b.JPGFemale and two male Passerini's Tanagers
on the soccer field at La Selva Biological Station |
DSC_0624b.JPGClay-colored Thrush
building a nest |
DSC_0629b.JPGClay-colored Thrush
re-adjusting some grass in a new nest |
DSC_0630b.JPGClay-colored Thrush
nest-building |
DSC_0633b.JPGClay-colored Thrush
shaping a nest |
DSC_0638b.JPGIguana in a tree over the river
at La Selva Biological Station |
DSC_0642b.JPGReclining Iguana
at La Selva |
DSC_0889b.JPGWe stopped for another open-air lunch at Restaurante Rancho Perla
which had ponds and lots of birds in back
Calle 480, Provincia de Alajuela, La Fortuna, Costa Rica |
IMG_7637b.JPGPlants at Rancho Perla |
IMG_7640b.JPGPlants at Rancho Perla |
IMG_7645b.JPGPlants at Rancho Perla |
DSC_0645b.JPGFirst look at one of the Boat-billed Herons
at Rancho Perla restaurant |
DSC_0649b.JPGRear view of a Yellow-throated Toucan
grabbing a bit of Cecropia fruit |
DSC_0656b.JPGYellow-throated Toucan
(formerly Black-mandibled) |
DSC_0659b.JPGYellow-throated Toucan
seemed to like just the tips of the Cecropia pods |
DSC_0666b.JPGYellow-throated Toucan
(formerly Black-mandibled) |
DSC_0667b.JPGYellow-throated Toucan
after another Cecropia pod tip |
DSC_0668b.JPG |
DSC_0669b.JPGYellow-throated Toucan
(formerly Black-mandibled) |
DSC_0670b.JPGRed rump of Yellow-throated Toucan
(formerly Black-mandibled) |
DSC_0672b.JPGYellow-throated Toucan
no wonder they need those long bills |
DSC_0674b.JPGYellow-throated Toucan
(formerly Black-mandibled) |
DSC_0680b.JPGOne of at least three Boat-billed Herons
on the grounds of Rancho Perla restaurant |
DSC_0686b.JPGBoat-billed Heron
was too shy to turn around |
DSC_0697b.JPGTwo of the Boat-billed Herons |
DSC_0705b.JPGMale White-collared Seedeater |
DSC_0709b.JPGScaly-breasted Hummingbird
feeding/drinking from a Heloconia |
DSC_0722b.JPGYellow-throated Toucan |
DSC_0728b.JPGBlue-gray Tanager eating papaya
at a feeder at Rancho Perla
|
DSC_0730b.JPGTwo Blue-gray Tanagers
eating papaya |
DSC_0735b.JPGClay-colored Thrush |
DSC_0738b.JPGBoat-billed Heron |
DSC_0743b.JPGBoat-billed Heron preening |
DSC_0763b.JPGBoat-billed Heron |
DSC_0776b.JPGFemale and male Red-legged Honeycreepers
at papaya feeder at Rancho Perla |
DSC_0779b.JPGFemale and male Red-legged Honeycreepers |
DSC_0781b.JPGFemale and male Red-legged Honeycreepers |
DSC_0782b.JPGFemale and male Red-legged Honeycreepers |
DSC_0784b.JPGMale Red-legged Honeycreeper |
DSC_0787b.JPGBananaquit at an exotic flower |
DSC_0788b.JPGBananaquit at an exotic flower |
DSC_0792b.JPGBananaquit at an exotic flower |
DSC_0795b.JPGBananaquit at papaya feeder |
DSC_0797b.JPGBoat-billed Heron |
DSC_0804b.JPGBoat-billed Heron |
DSC_0832b.JPGBoat-billed Heron |
DSC_0833b.JPGBoat-billed Heron
Mary thought it must be thirsty or hot
because it kept its mouth open a long time |
DSC_0836b.JPG |
DSC_0842b.JPGBoat-billed Heron |
DSC_0846b.JPGYoung Black-cheeked Woodpecker? |
DSC_0853b.JPGStreak-headed Woodcreeper |
DSC_0854b.JPGStreak-headed Woodcreeper |
DSC_0857b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher nest |
DSC_0858b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher |
DSC_0863b.JPGClose-up of Yellow-olive Flycatcher nest |
DSC_0866b.JPGCommon Tody-Flycatcher |
DSC_0876b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher with nest material |
DSC_0879b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher with nest material |
DSC_0881b.JPGYellow-olive Flycatcher with nest material
on the grounds of the Rancho Perla restaurant |
DSC_0890b.JPGThis House Wren was the first bird that greeted us
when we arrived at the Arenal Observatory Lodge |
DSC_0893b.JPGHouse Wren in the rafters
at the entrance of Arenal Observatory Lodge |
20170527_143623b.jpgArenal Volcano with its head in the clouds |
20170527_150828b.jpgSteve and Mary on the deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge
with Arenal Volcano in the background |
20170527_150834b.jpgSteve and Mary
Arenal Observatory Lodge |
20170527_150921b.jpgArenal Volcano |
20170527_163746b.jpgLake Arenal from the deck
of Arenal Observatory Lodge
El Castillo, Provincia de Alajuela, La Fortuna, Costa Rica |
20170527_163757b.jpgArenal Volcano |
20170527_164419b.jpgOur guide, Esteban Biamonte, on the deck
of Arenal Observatory Lodge |
20170527_172635b.jpgArenal Volcano |
IMG_7648b.JPGWendy and Mitchell on the deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge
looking out at Arenal Volcano |
IMG_7651b.JPGOur room at Arenal Observatory Lodge |
IMG_7654b.JPGArenal Volcano |
IMG_7672b.JPGColorful Eucalyptus trees
on the grounds at Arenal Lodge |
IMG_7675b.JPGWhite flower
Arenal Lodge grounds |
IMG_7678b.JPGBlue flowers |
IMG_7683b.JPGPurple flowers
a type of verbena favored by hummingbirds |
IMG_7688b.JPGView of Arenal Lake
from the covered deck at Arenal Lodge |
IMG_7692b.JPGRoof, clouds and deck
at Arenal Lodge |
IMG_7703b.JPGThe clouds lifted from the peak
of Arenal Volcano during the rain. |
DSC_0915b.JPGOrange flower |
DSC_0934b.JPGCrowned Woodnymph
Kannan and I saw on the way to our rooms |
DSC_0940b.JPGCrowned Woodnymph |
DSC_0956b.JPGSocial Flycatcher |
DSC_0965b.JPGSocial Flycatcher |
DSC_0966b.JPGSocial Flycatcher |
DSC_0977b.JPGTwo Social Flycatchers...
...being social |
DSC_0985b.JPGSocial Flycatcher |
DSC_0992b.JPGFemale Great Curassow |
DSC_0994b.JPGFemale Great Curassow |
DSC_0009b.JPGMontezuma Oropendolas |
DSC_0025b.JPGWhite-necked Jacobin |
DSC_0027b.JPGWhite-necked Jacobin |
DSC_0037b.JPGWhite-necked Jacobin |
DSC_0048b.JPGBrown Violetear hummingbird |
DSC_0063b.JPGGray-headed Chachalaca |
DSC_0065b.JPGTropical Kingbird |
DSC_0072b.JPGGray-headed Chachalaca |
DSC_0075b.JPGGray-headed Chachalaca |
DSC_0084b.JPGYellow-orange flowers |
DSC_0097b.JPGHuman
trimming a tree at Arenal Observatory Lodge |
DSC_0100b.JPGColorful Eucalyptus tree bark |
DSC_0101b.JPGEucalyptus |
DSC_0104b.JPGCrested Guan |
DSC_0108b.JPGCrested Guan |
DSC_0112b.JPGCrested Guan |
DSC_0113b.JPGCrested Guan |
DSC_0114b.JPGCrested Guan |
DSC_0116b.JPGCrested Guan |
DSC_0118b.JPGCrested Guan |
DSC_0123b.JPGCrested Guan |
DSC_0127b.JPGOropendola nests |
DSC_0128b.JPGOropendola nests |
DSC_0131b.JPGOropendola at a nest |
DSC_0132b.JPGOropendola at nest |
DSC_0147b.JPGMontezuma Oropendola head-first in a nest |
DSC_0166b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0169b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0173b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0177b.JPGOropendola nests
Is that a tunnel between two nests? |
DSC_0179b.JPGMontezuma Oropendola |
DSC_0181b.JPGMontezuma Oropendola |
DSC_0186b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0187b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0188b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0191b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0196b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0207b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0211b.JPG |
DSC_0212b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0214b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0217b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0220b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0221b.JPGTropical Pewee |
DSC_0224b.JPGBrown Violetear |
DSC_0225b.JPGBrown Violetear |
DSC_0232b.JPGBrown Violetear |
DSC_0244b.JPGLong-tailed Tyrant |
DSC_0246b.JPGLong-tailed Tyrant |
DSC_0247b.JPGLong-tailed Tyrant |
DSC_0250b.JPGLong-tailed Tyrant |
DSC_0252b.JPGLong-tailed Tyrant |
DSC_0257b.JPGLong-tailed Tyrant |
DSC_0279b.JPGBlack-crested Coquette |
DSC_0282b.JPGBlack-crested Coquette |
DSC_0302b.JPGScaly-breasted Hummingbird |
DSC_0307b.JPGBrown Violetear |
DSC_0313b.JPGHummingbird to ID |
DSC_0320b.JPGFemale Passerini's Tanager |
DSC_0324b.JPGFemale Passerini's Tanager |
DSC_0325b.JPGFemale Passerini's Tanager |
DSC_0328b.JPGBlack-crested Coquette |
DSC_0330b.JPGBlack-crested Coquette |
DSC_0352b.JPGBlack-crested Coquette |
DSC_0358b.JPGBlue-throated Goldentail hummingbird |
DSC_0362b.JPGBlue-throated Goldentail hummingbird |
DSC_0365b.JPGBrown Violetear |
DSC_0369b.JPGHead of Brown Violetear |
DSC_0370b.JPGMale Passerini's Tanager |
DSC_0380b.JPGGreat Kiskadee |
DSC_0381b.JPGOur group has something cornered:
Mitchell, Mary, David, Betsy, folks from another group, Bob, Esteban, Joanie, Kim (in back), Jane, Karen, Carolyn |
DSC_0388b.JPGCoppery-headed Emerald hummingbird |
DSC_0397b.JPGPurple-crowned Fairy |