Pair of Cinnamon Becards at their nest outside the dining room at Selva Verde Lodge
Heredia Province, Costa Rica

Pair of Cinnamon Becards at their nest outside the dining room at Selva Verde Lodge

Pair of Cinnamon Becards at their nest outside the dining room at Selva Verde Lodge

Gartered Trogon
on our pre-breakfast morning walk
at Selva Verde Lodge

Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Streak-headed Woodcreeper
We walked across the highway to a botanical garden
where the Selva Verde Lodge Bungalows are located.

Streak-headed Woodcreeper

Masked Tityra
going into a nest hole in a power pole

Bright-rumped Attila with a lizard
waiting to go into its nest to feed chicks

The mate of the first Bright-rumped Attila

Red flower in the botanical garden

Black and White Butterfly

Ginger flower

Red flowers on a tree

Bright-rumped Attila with another lizard

Bright-rumped Attila showing the bright rump

Tropical Gnatcatcher

Female Gartered Trogon

Female Gartered Trogon

Slaty-tailed Trogon

Piratic Flycatcher
We crossed back to "our side" of the highway
and were looking back at the other side.

Piratic Flycatcher

Brown-headed Parrots
flew into a tree across the highway

Brown-headed Parrots

Collared Aracari
flew into the same tree
and chased away the parrots

Collared Aracari

One of three Buff-rumped Warblers
along a trail on the way back to the dining room

Three Buff-rumped Warblers

Buff-rumped Warbler

Buff-rumped Warbler

Stripe-throated Hermit hummingbird
in the garden outside our room

Cinnamon Becard at the nest

Cinnamon Becard
a last shot before leaving
Selva Verde Lodge, CR

Red-winged Blackbird
spotted by Erick as we drove toward La Fortuna

Harris's Hawk
along the highway to La Fortuna, CR

Harris's Hawk

EcoCentro Danaus
nature preserve entrance

EcoCentro Danaus entrance sign

EcoCentro Danaus

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
just outside the entrance to EcoCentro Danaus
Heredia Province, Costa Rica

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Pink Ginger flower

Rufous-winged Woodpecker

Enclosed Butterfly Garden at EcoCentro Danaus
Vickie, Jerry, Andy, Carolyn and Steve behind the plants

Steve, Catherine and Carl in the Butterfly Garden at EcoCentro Danaus, CR

Butterflies sampling the plantains

Butterfly

Butterfly

Butterfly

Butterfly

Butterflies

Butterfly

Blue Morpho butterflies

Butterfly

Butterfly

Vickie, Mary, Jerry, Carl, Erick and the rest of our group
back out on the birding trail at EcoCentro Danaus, CR

Vickie, Mary et alii

Keith, Jerry, Andy, Carolyn, Carl

Two of several Boat-billed Herons nesting and roosting
at a pond at EcoCentro Danaus, CR

Boat-billed Herons

Boat-billed Herons

Two immature Boat-billed Herons on their nest

Boat-billed Heron making its presence known

Boat-billed Heron

Boat-billed Heron

Boat-billed Heron

Boat-billed Heron

Chicks on the nest

Adult Boat-billed Heron settling onto a nest

Rufous-tailed Jacamar at the same pond

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Boat-billed Heron on its nest

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Broad-billed Motmot

Broad-billed Motmot

Broad-billed Motmot

Gray-chested Doves
crossing the trail

Gray-chested Doves

Gray-chested Dove

Large Cicada

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
with one of those big cicadas

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Orchids

Mary liked the orchids

Flame Violets

Part of the gallery of photos
on the wall at "The Best Grill"
where we stopped for lunch in La Fortuna, CR

The whole gallery of photos
at "The Best Grill"

A closer look at the photo gallery, part 2

A closer look at the gallery, part 3

Rufous-collared Sparrow
in the grass next to our open-air dining area
at "The Best Grill" in La Fortuna, CR

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Is this the Scaly-breasted Hummingbird?

Is this the Scaly-breasted Hummingbird?

Broad-winged Hawk?

Broad-winged Hawk?
a Roadside Hawk was reported here, but this looks more like a BWHA to us

Great-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Male White-necked Jacobin

Green-breasted Mango

After lunch we drove to the Lake Shore Trail
at Arenal Lake to look for the Great Potoo to no avail.
Steve (far left), Catherine, Vickie, Carl, Andy and Jerry

Crested Guan

Crested Guan

Crested Guan

Thick-billed Seed-Finch

Thick-billed Seed-Finch

Long-tailed Tyrant

Keel-billed Toucan
We took what seemed to be a back road into Arenal Observatory Lodge
with fields, trees, cattle and horses on either side of the road.

Keel-billed Toucan

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Wasp nest on a fence post

Tropical Kingbird

Black Phoebe
along the bridge over the stream
leading into Arenal Observatory Lodge

Black Phoebe

Male White-necked Jacobin
outside our room at Arenal Observatory Lodge

Montezuma Oropendula
outside our room

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Crested Guan
on the lawn at Arenal Observatory Lodge

Crested Guan

Western Wood-Pewee
only the base of the mandible is orange

Common Tody-Flycatcher

What a glare from the Common Tody-Flycatcher

Common Tody-Flycatcher

House Wren

Which hummingbird?

White Hawk
flying over Arenal Observatory Lodge

White Hawk

Clay-colored Thrush

Gray-headed Chachalaca
calling from the tree in front of our room

Collared Aracari
on the way to the lounge to go over checklists for the day