IMG_20180420_061840_1b.jpgLake Arenal, early on Day 6, Friday, April 20, 2018 |
IMG_20180420_065525b.jpgAn early morning look at Arenal Volcano
from the deck of Arenal Observatory Lodge, CR |
DSC_0842b.jpgChestnut-sided Warbler
from the deck of Arenal Observatory Lodge before breakfast |
DSC_0847b.jpgChestnut-sided Warbler |
DSC_0856b.jpgBlack-cowled Oriole |
DSC_0857b.jpgBlack-cowled Oriole |
DSC_0860b.jpgBlack-cowled Oriole |
DSC_0863b.jpgBlack-cowled Oriole |
DSC_0865b.jpgBlack-cowled Oriole |
DSC_0869b.jpgFemale Green Hermit hummingbird at heliconia |
DSC_0871b.jpgGreen Hermit female |
DSC_0879b.jpgMale Red-legged Honeycreeper
eatng papaya |
DSC_0884b.jpgMale Red-legged Honeycreeper |
DSC_0886b.jpgFemale Red-legged Honeycreeper |
DSC_0889b.jpgScaly-breasted Hummingbird |
DSC_0895b.jpgFemale Great Currasow |
DSC_0903b.jpgMale Great Currasow |
DSC_0905b.jpgFemale Great Currasow |
DSC_0906b.jpgMale Great Currasow |
DSC_0908b.jpgFemale Great Currasow |
DSC_0909b.jpgFemale Great Currasow |
P1000436b.jpgFemale and Male Great Curassow sharing a morsel
at the feeder below the deck at the Lodge |
DSC_0924b.jpgFemale and Male Great Currasow |
DSC_0934b.jpgBlack-striped Sparrow |
DSC_0936b.jpgBlack-striped Sparrow |
DSC_0945b.jpgMale Great Currasow |
DSC_0947b.jpgFemale Great Currasow |
DSC_0952b.jpgBicolored Hawk |
DSC_0957b.jpgBicolored Hawk |
DSC_0967b.jpgBicolored Hawk |
DSC_0979b.jpgFemale Great Currasow |
DSC_0987b.jpgFemale and Male Great Currasow |
DSC_1000b.jpgGolden-hooded Tanager |
DSC_1002b.jpgMontezuma Oropendola |
DSC_1012b.jpgHouse Wren |
DSC_1018b.jpgSee the red feet on the Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer |
IMG_20180420_122231b.jpgSome of our group at breakfast in the Lodge dining room
Carolyn, Andy, Barbara, Jerry, Erick, Carl, Mary, Steve |
DSC_1020b.jpgBlack Phoebe
at the creek outside the gate as we were leaving Arenal Observatory Lodge |
DSC_1024b.jpgFasciated Tiger-Heron
along the creek outside Arenal Observatory Lodge |
DSC_1026b.jpgFasciated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_1034b.jpgYellow-faced Grassquit
along the road to Hanging Bridges Park |
DSC_1040b.jpgMale Thick-billed Seed-Finch |
DSC_1042b.jpgWhite Hawk
in a tree along the road to Hanging Gardens park |
DSC_1043b.jpgWhite Hawk |
DSC_1055b.jpgWhite Hawk |
P1000452b.jpgArch at the entrance to Mistco, Arenal Hanging Gardens Park |
DSC_1071b.jpgDusky-capped Flycatcher
near the entrance of Arenal Hanging Gardens Park, CR |
P1000444b.jpgOur group out on the trail at Arenal Hanging Gardens Park
Barbara, Erick, Jerry, Steve, Andy, Vickie, Carolyn |
P1000453b.jpgSteve, Jerry, Carolyn, Erick, on the trail |
DSC_1097b.jpgOchre-bellied Flycatcher |
DSC_1106b.jpgTropical Pewee |
DSC_1109b.jpgTropical Pewee |
DSC_1111b.jpgLooks like the wing and back pattern of a Streak-crowned Antvireo |
DSC_1119b.jpgWhite-throated Shrike-Tanager |
DSC_1128b.jpgWhite-throated Shrike-Tanager |
DSC_1131b.jpgCrested Owl |
DSC_1141b.jpgCrested Owl |
DSC_1147b.jpgFemale Rufous-tailed Jacamar
on the concrete rail of the path
at Arenal Hanging Bridges Park, CR |
DSC_1154b.jpgGray Hawk in a Cecropia tree
as we were leaving Arenal Hanging Gardens Park |
DSC_1164b.jpgGray Hawk |
DSC_1168b.jpgKeel-billed Motmot
near Lake Arenal, CR |
DSC_1169b.jpgKeel-billed Motmot |
DSC_1174b.jpgKeel-billed Motmot |
DSC_1178b.jpgKeel-billed Motmot |
DSC_1180b.jpgKeel-billed Motmot |
DSC_1205b.jpgYellow-throated Toucan stretching
seen from the deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge |
DSC_1207b.jpgYellow-throated Toucan
at Arenal Observatory Lodge |
DSC_1210b.jpgMontezuma Oropendola
at the feeder at Arenal Observatory Lodge |
DSC_1212b.jpgAcrobatic Montezuma Oropendola |
DSC_1220b.jpgGray-chested Dove |
DSC_1221b.jpgGreen Hermit photo-bombing my shot of a Swainson's Thrush |
DSC_1226b.jpgSwainson's Thrush
raising its wings to balance itself |
DSC_1230b.jpgFemale Red-legged Honeycreeper |
DSC_1233b.jpgGolden-hooded Tanager |
DSC_1235b.jpgGolden-hooded Tanager |
DSC_1238b.jpgMale Red-legged Honeycreeper |
DSC_1242b.jpgPraying Mantis
on the deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge, CR |
DSC_1244b.jpgPraying Mantis |
DSC_1245b.jpgCrested Guan |
DSC_1251b.jpgUnidentified hummingbird |
DSC_1255b.jpgRufous-tailed Hummingbird |
DSC_1261b.jpgRufous-tailed Hummingbird |
DSC_1262b.jpgRufous-tailed Hummingbird |
DSC_1267b.jpgEmerald Tanager |
DSC_1271b.jpgEmerald Tanager |
DSC_1276b.jpgEmerald Tanager |
DSC_1288b.jpgMale and female Red-legged Honeycreeper |
DSC_1293b.jpgBananaquit on Jamaican Verbena |
DSC_1300b.jpgBananaquit |
DSC_1306b.jpgBlack-striped Sparrow |
DSC_1309b.jpgGray-chested Dove |
DSC_1317b.jpgGolden-hooded Tanager |
DSC_1321b.jpgBananaquit on heliconia |
DSC_1323b.jpgBananaquit |
DSC_1324b.jpgRufous-tailed Hummingbird |
DSC_1328b.jpgRufous-tailed Hummingbird |
DSC_1333b.jpgEastern Wood-Pewee |
DSC_1335b.jpgRed-billed Pigeon |
DSC_1338b.jpgCommon Tody-Flycatcher |
DSC_1349b.jpgMale White-necked Jacobin
outside our rooms as we started our afternoon walk |
DSC_1351b.jpgMale White-necked Jacobin |
DSC_1353b.jpgMale White-necked Jacobin |
DSC_1357b.jpgFemale Cape May Warbler |
DSC_1358b.jpgFemale Cape May Warbler |
DSC_1362b.jpgFemale Cape May Warbler |
DSC_1369b.jpgBlack-cheeked Woodpecker |
DSC_1375b.jpgTennessee Warbler
eating a berry |
DSC_1381b.jpgTennessee Warbler |
DSC_1382b.jpgTennessee Warbler |
DSC_1391b.jpgGreat Kiskadee |
DSC_1395b.jpgRed-billed Pigeon |
DSC_1398b.jpgBand-backed Wren |
DSC_1401b.jpgBand-backed Wren |
DSC_1406b.jpgGray-capped Flycatcher |
DSC_1409b.jpgMale Gartered Trogon |
DSC_1421b.jpgAnother acrobatic Montezuma Oropendola at a nest |
DSC_1423b.jpgCollared Aracari |
DSC_1427b.JPGNorthern Barred Woodcreeper |
DSC_1428b.jpgSpotted Woodcreeper |
DSC_1429b.jpgSpotted Woodcreeper
with walkingstick insect |
DSC_1453b.jpgMontezuma Oropendola
with its front half into its nest |
DSC_1456b.jpgAfter our group walk, Mary and I found some of the 'rainbow' trees to photograph. |
DSC_1480b.jpgTennessee Warbler |
DSC_1488b.jpgScarlet Tanager |
DSC_1492b.jpgScarlet Tanager |
arenal_lake_b.jpgSunset over Lake Arenal, Costa Rica |
arenal_lake2_b.jpgThe clouds roll in over Lake Arenal Friday evening, April 20, 2018 |