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Costa Rica, Day 6, April 20, 2018

We started the day birding from the deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge. After breakfast at 7am, we went to Arenal Hanging Bridges Mistco Park, then returned to the Lodge by way of Arenal Lake. After lunch, we walked the grounds around the Lodge on trails we had not covered before.
Lake Arenal, early on Day 6, Friday, April 20, 2018
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Lake Arenal, early on Day 6, Friday, April 20, 2018

An early morning look at Arenal Volcano
from the deck of Arenal Observatory Lodge, CR
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An early morning look at Arenal Volcano
from the deck of Arenal Observatory Lodge, CR

Chestnut-sided Warbler
from the deck of Arenal Observatory Lodge before breakfast
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
from the deck of Arenal Observatory Lodge before breakfast

Chestnut-sided Warbler
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Chestnut-sided Warbler

Black-cowled Oriole
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Black-cowled Oriole

Black-cowled Oriole
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Black-cowled Oriole

Black-cowled Oriole
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Black-cowled Oriole

Black-cowled Oriole
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Black-cowled Oriole

Black-cowled Oriole
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Black-cowled Oriole

Female Green Hermit hummingbird at heliconia
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Female Green Hermit hummingbird at heliconia

Green Hermit female
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Green Hermit female

Male Red-legged Honeycreeper
eatng papaya
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Male Red-legged Honeycreeper
eatng papaya

Male Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Male Red-legged Honeycreeper

Female Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Female Red-legged Honeycreeper

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
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Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Female Great Currasow
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Female Great Currasow

Male Great Currasow
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Male Great Currasow

Female Great Currasow
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Female Great Currasow

Male Great Currasow
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Male Great Currasow

Female Great Currasow
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Female Great Currasow

Female Great Currasow
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Female Great Currasow

Female and Male Great Curassow sharing a morsel
at the feeder below the deck at the Lodge
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Female and Male Great Curassow sharing a morsel
at the feeder below the deck at the Lodge

Female and Male Great Currasow
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Female and Male Great Currasow

Black-striped Sparrow
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Black-striped Sparrow

Black-striped Sparrow
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Black-striped Sparrow

Male Great Currasow
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Male Great Currasow

Female Great Currasow
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Female Great Currasow

Bicolored Hawk
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Bicolored Hawk

Bicolored Hawk
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Bicolored Hawk

Bicolored Hawk
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Bicolored Hawk

Female Great Currasow
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Female Great Currasow

Female and Male Great Currasow
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Female and Male Great Currasow

Golden-hooded Tanager
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Golden-hooded Tanager

Montezuma Oropendola
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Montezuma Oropendola

House Wren
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House Wren

See the red feet on the Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
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See the red feet on the Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Some of our group at breakfast in the Lodge dining room
Carolyn, Andy, Barbara, Jerry, Erick, Carl, Mary, Steve
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Some of our group at breakfast in the Lodge dining room
Carolyn, Andy, Barbara, Jerry, Erick, Carl, Mary, Steve

Black Phoebe
at the creek outside the gate as we were leaving Arenal Observatory Lodge
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Black Phoebe
at the creek outside the gate as we were leaving Arenal Observatory Lodge

Fasciated Tiger-Heron
along the creek outside Arenal Observatory Lodge
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Fasciated Tiger-Heron
along the creek outside Arenal Observatory Lodge

Fasciated Tiger-Heron
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Fasciated Tiger-Heron

Yellow-faced Grassquit
along the road to Hanging Bridges Park
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Yellow-faced Grassquit
along the road to Hanging Bridges Park

Male Thick-billed Seed-Finch
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Male Thick-billed Seed-Finch

White Hawk
in a tree along the road to Hanging Gardens park
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White Hawk
in a tree along the road to Hanging Gardens park

White Hawk
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White Hawk

White Hawk
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White Hawk

Arch at the entrance to Mistco, Arenal Hanging Gardens Park
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Arch at the entrance to Mistco, Arenal Hanging Gardens Park

Dusky-capped Flycatcher
near the entrance of Arenal Hanging Gardens Park, CR
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Dusky-capped Flycatcher
near the entrance of Arenal Hanging Gardens Park, CR

Our group out on the trail at Arenal Hanging Gardens Park
Barbara, Erick, Jerry, Steve, Andy, Vickie, Carolyn
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Our group out on the trail at Arenal Hanging Gardens Park
Barbara, Erick, Jerry, Steve, Andy, Vickie, Carolyn

Steve, Jerry, Carolyn, Erick, on the trail
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Steve, Jerry, Carolyn, Erick, on the trail

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
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Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Tropical Pewee
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Tropical Pewee

Tropical Pewee
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Tropical Pewee

Looks like the wing and back pattern of a Streak-crowned Antvireo
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Looks like the wing and back pattern of a Streak-crowned Antvireo

White-throated Shrike-Tanager
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White-throated Shrike-Tanager

White-throated Shrike-Tanager
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White-throated Shrike-Tanager

Crested Owl
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Crested Owl

Crested Owl
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Crested Owl

Female Rufous-tailed Jacamar
on the concrete rail of the path
at Arenal Hanging Bridges Park, CR
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Female Rufous-tailed Jacamar
on the concrete rail of the path
at Arenal Hanging Bridges Park, CR

Gray Hawk in a Cecropia tree
as we were leaving Arenal Hanging Gardens Park
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Gray Hawk in a Cecropia tree
as we were leaving Arenal Hanging Gardens Park

Gray Hawk
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Gray Hawk

Keel-billed Motmot
near Lake Arenal, CR
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Keel-billed Motmot
near Lake Arenal, CR

Keel-billed Motmot
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Keel-billed Motmot

Keel-billed Motmot
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Keel-billed Motmot

Keel-billed Motmot
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Keel-billed Motmot

Keel-billed Motmot
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Keel-billed Motmot

Yellow-throated Toucan stretching
seen from the deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge
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Yellow-throated Toucan stretching
seen from the deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge

Yellow-throated Toucan
at Arenal Observatory Lodge
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Yellow-throated Toucan
at Arenal Observatory Lodge

Montezuma Oropendola
at the feeder at Arenal Observatory Lodge
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Montezuma Oropendola
at the feeder at Arenal Observatory Lodge

Acrobatic Montezuma Oropendola
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Acrobatic Montezuma Oropendola

Gray-chested Dove
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Gray-chested Dove

Green Hermit photo-bombing my shot of a Swainson's Thrush
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Green Hermit photo-bombing my shot of a Swainson's Thrush

Swainson's Thrush
raising its wings to balance itself
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Swainson's Thrush
raising its wings to balance itself

Female Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Female Red-legged Honeycreeper

Golden-hooded Tanager
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Golden-hooded Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager
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Golden-hooded Tanager

Male Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Male Red-legged Honeycreeper

Praying Mantis
on the deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge, CR
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Praying Mantis
on the deck at Arenal Observatory Lodge, CR

Praying Mantis
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Praying Mantis

Crested Guan
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Crested Guan

Unidentified hummingbird
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Unidentified hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Emerald Tanager
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Emerald Tanager

Emerald Tanager
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Emerald Tanager

Emerald Tanager
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Emerald Tanager

Male and female Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Male and female Red-legged Honeycreeper

Bananaquit on Jamaican Verbena
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Bananaquit on Jamaican Verbena

Bananaquit
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Bananaquit

Black-striped Sparrow
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Black-striped Sparrow

Gray-chested Dove
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Gray-chested Dove

Golden-hooded Tanager
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Golden-hooded Tanager

Bananaquit on heliconia
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Bananaquit on heliconia

Bananaquit
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Bananaquit

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Eastern Wood-Pewee

Red-billed Pigeon
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Red-billed Pigeon

Common Tody-Flycatcher
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Common Tody-Flycatcher

Male White-necked Jacobin
outside our rooms as we started our afternoon walk
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Male White-necked Jacobin
outside our rooms as we started our afternoon walk

Male White-necked Jacobin
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Male White-necked Jacobin

Male White-necked Jacobin
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Male White-necked Jacobin

Female Cape May Warbler
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Female Cape May Warbler

Female Cape May Warbler
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Female Cape May Warbler

Female Cape May Warbler
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Female Cape May Warbler

Black-cheeked Woodpecker
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Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Tennessee Warbler
eating a berry
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Tennessee Warbler
eating a berry

Tennessee Warbler
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Tennessee Warbler

Tennessee Warbler
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Tennessee Warbler

Great Kiskadee
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Great Kiskadee

Red-billed Pigeon
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Red-billed Pigeon

Band-backed Wren
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Band-backed Wren

Band-backed Wren
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Band-backed Wren

Gray-capped Flycatcher
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Gray-capped Flycatcher

Male Gartered Trogon
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Male Gartered Trogon

Another acrobatic Montezuma Oropendola at a nest
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Another acrobatic Montezuma Oropendola at a nest

Collared Aracari
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Collared Aracari

Northern Barred Woodcreeper
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Northern Barred Woodcreeper

Spotted Woodcreeper
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Spotted Woodcreeper

Spotted Woodcreeper
with walkingstick insect
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Spotted Woodcreeper
with walkingstick insect

Montezuma Oropendola
with its front half into its nest
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Montezuma Oropendola
with its front half into its nest

After our group walk, Mary and I found some of the 'rainbow' trees to photograph.
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After our group walk, Mary and I found some of the 'rainbow' trees to photograph.

Tennessee Warbler
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Tennessee Warbler

Scarlet Tanager
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Scarlet Tanager

Scarlet Tanager
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Scarlet Tanager

Sunset over Lake Arenal, Costa Rica
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Sunset over Lake Arenal, Costa Rica

The clouds roll in over Lake Arenal Friday evening, April 20, 2018
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The clouds roll in over Lake Arenal Friday evening, April 20, 2018