We met at 5:30AM again and Chito had heard an owl, so we walked over to the road. On the west (I think) side of the road was an open field that still had fog from the high humidity and cool air overnight.

We didn't find the owl, but a Scarlet Macaw flew over in the morning fog before we got on the bus to go back to the Rio Rincón bridge.

When we arrived at Rio Rincón, there was a Yellow-headed Caracara in the middle of the bridge.

The Yellow-headed Caracara hopped up to the rail of the bridge before flying away.

We had come to see the Yellow-billed Cotinga and we were not disappointed.

This male Yellow-billed Cotinga sitting atop a tree in the morning sun gave us great looks.

Male Yellow-billed Continga

Male Red-legged Honeycreeper, on a flowering tree

Male Red-legged Honeycreeper

Male Red-legged Honeycreeper

A couple of Red-lored Parrots flew overhead.

As the sun rose, birds like this Yellow-throated Toucan flew back and forth across the river.

In the river below, we saw a Bare-throated Tiger-Heron.

On the wire above the bridge, a Gray-capped Flycatcher flaired its tail feathers for us.

Gray-capped Flycatcher

Gray-capped Flycatcher

This male Variable Seedeater was in the bushes near the far end of the bridge.

Male Variable Seedeater

Male Variable Seedeater

There were several birds in the shade at the end of the bridge, including this Common Tody-Flycatcher.

Common Tody-Flycatcher
Looking from the top, its bill is surprisingly broad.

Back view of the Common Tody-Flycatcher

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, walking back onto the bank of the river

Mary caught this look at the river environs in the early morning light.

Chito dressed for a hot morning in the sun.

This Long-billed Hermit hovered among the bushes alongside the bridge.

Long-billed Hermit

Chito told us a common behavior of the cotingas was to fly back and forth among the trees. At one time, we saw as many as 6 males and females, but I was only able to get 4 in one photo--3 males and a lone female off to the right.

Male and female Yellow-billed Cotingas, in a far tree

Two of the male Yellow-billed Cotingas

The male Yellow-billed Cotingas seemed to be keeping their distance from the female (below).

A Fiery-billed Aracari flew from one side of the river to the other.

This Great-crested Flycatcher perched on the opposite bank of the river.

A Tropical Gnatcatcher flew into a bush beside the bridge.

On the line overhead, we heard and saw Gray-breasted Martins.

Gray-breasted Martin

There were also some Mangrove Swallows perched on the wire.

Farther down the bridge, in the top of a tree, a Boat-billed Flycatcher perched.

A Yellow-headed Caracara flew along the bridge above us, perhaps, the same one we'd seen on the bridge when we arrived.

Yellow-headed Caracara, flying across Rio Rincón, Costa Rica

We got one last look at a Yellow-billed Cotinga in this pink-flowered tree.

Male Summer Tanager, in the trees along the river

Male Summer Tanager

Male Summer Tanager

Back view of the male Summer Tanager

Chito tried some digiscope photos of an Amazon Kingfisher, but it was far up the river and I don't think he had his glasses on when he was focusing :-).

The back side of an Amazon Kingfisher, along Rio Rincón
Digiscope photo taken by Chito Motina using his Leica spotting scope and my Pixel phone camera

Down river, a Little Blue Heron and Roseate Spoonbill were keeping company.

Roseate Spoonbill

Little Blue Heron

Back at the lodge, this Postman butterfly was sucking up nectar from the tropical verbena.

From the safety of the palm trees in a cluster in front of the dining pavilion, this Riverside Wren checked us out while we had breakfast.

Riverside Wren

Riverside Wren

Back view of the Riverside Wren

Riverside Wren, near the dining pavilion at breakfast

There were also a couple of Gray-cowled Wood-Rails walking around after breakfast.

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Gray-cowled Wood-Rails

We gathered for a walk of the grounds at the lodge about 9AM and found a Chestnut-sided Warbler in the trees that stayed around long enough for photos.

Chestnut-sided Warbler, at Danta Corcovado Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler
Pretty cooperative for a warbler

Bananaquit, on a flower petal

Bananaquit

Bananaquit

We took the variously-spelled Basiliscus trail for our walk.

Chito was talking about bats that live under palm leaves, but when he looked, this leaf had been appropriated by a nest of wasps.

Small wasps and small nest (a little bigger than a golf ball) under a palm leaf

Bats and/or insects will chew the ribs of palm leaves so they droop and provide better protection for whoever is sleeping underneath them.

We walked to a stream flowing gently through the grounds and, while we were standing on the bridge over it, this Purple-crowned Fairy hummingbird hovered in front of us briefly. I took lots of photos, but with the light and background--and unsteady hand--never got a sharp shot.

Purple-crowned Fairy hummingbird, hovering over the creek running across Danta Corcovado Lodge's Basiliscus Trail.

Purple-crowned Fairy hummingbird

Purple-crowned Fairy hummingbird

Purple-crowned Fairy hummingbird

The Purple-crowned Fairy hummingbird had a syncopated fluttering motion unlike other hummingbirds; Chito had pointed out the flight pattern to us when we were at Finca Cántaros.

Purple-crowned Fairy hummingbird

On the other side of the bridge, on a branch across the stream, sat the namesake of the trail, a Basilisk lizard.

Mary was interested in this vine with leaves that hug the tree; from her reading, it could be a 'shingle' vine or raphidophora.

Chito called this a philodendron.

Anybody else want to weigh in?

The canopy was very thick above the trail.

We passed more than one of these palms with spines on the trunk.

Farther up the trunk, the spines go much thicker.

An interesting palm in the canopy

It could be very noisy in the forest and cicadas were some of the noise makers. The shed 'skins,' like this one we found along the trail, are what entomologists call “exuviae,” what remains when the cicada molts from the nymph stage into an adult.

At one stop along the trail, we saw a Yellow-throated Toucan sitting just above us.

Yellow-throated Toucan

There were also some interesting toadstools along the trail.

Mary and I both took photos of the toadstools.

Toadstool

Toadstool--looks sort of like a pancake with ketchup on it
At this point, since most of the birds seemed to be resting out of sight, Chito suggested we take a break until lunch.

On our way, from our cabin to the dining hall after our break, we passed Fran and Tom sitting on their deck observing this woodcreeper, which they pointed out to us. Merlin did not give me a photo match, but looking at their photos makes me think this is a Wedge-billed Woodcreeper.

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper?

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper?

This Great Crested Flycatcher was also near Fran and Tom's place.

The Great Crested Flycatcher seemed to be sucking down the last antenna of some hapless insect.

Great Crested Flycatcher

The Great Crested Flycatcher looks different from every angle.

After lunch, a few of us saw this Double-toothed Kite perched in a tree on the grounds.

Double-toothed Kite

Double-toothed Kite

I decided to take a walk back along the Basiliscus Trail after lunch and was rewarded by this Lesson's Motmot standing on the path ahead of me.

There was also a White-tipped Dove that photo-bombed the motmot.

Lesson's Motmot, on Basiliscus Trail at Corcovado Lodge, Costa Rica

Then the motmot surprised me by getting down in the dirt to take a dust bath.

Lesson's Motmot, taking a dust bath on Basiliscus Trail

The motmot got up and poke around on the ground and found something.

Lesson's Motmot

Lesson's Motmot

Lesson's Motmot, with a nugget in its bill

A little farther down the trail, this female Black-throated Trogon perched in the trees to my left.

Female Black-throated Trogon

The cicadas were silent in the afternoon heat and it was very quiet while the female Black-throated Trogon sat and looked around.

Female Black-throated Trogon

I moved to get a better view of the trogon's tail.

Female Black-throated Trogon

Female Black-throated Trogon

Eventually, she flew to the other side of the trail and showed me her left side.

The White-tipped Dove stayed around too.

You can see the blue around the eye of the White-tipped Dove.

White-tipped Dove

I crossed the same stream we'd passed in the morning, but no hummingbird or basilisk.

At 3PM, our group gathered again for our afternoon walk. Chito found three Baird's Trogon's along the trail, this male, a female and a juvenile.

The male Baird's Trogon seemed determined to keep his more camouflaged back to us, but turned to check us out.

We tried to move around him to get a photo of his brightly-colored breast and belly.

Male Baird's Trogon

Male Baird's Trogon

Nearby, a female Baird's Trogon was also perched, also reticent to show her bright colors.

Female Baird's Trogon

Male Baird's Trogon

Back view of the male Baird's Trogon

Male Baird's Trogon

Small monkeys passed through the trees above us near the trogons.

Monkey

Monkey

Female Baird's Trogon

Female Baird's Trogon

Male Baird's Trogon

And then the less shy juvenile showed us its front side.

Carlos, one of the young lodge staff, came along on our walk to take us to an area where an owl had been seen recently. He talked to us about the native red Costa Rican Passionflower.

Carlos led us to an opening in the forest where a giant Kapok tree stood; Chito referred to it as the 'tree of life.'

Kapok tree

Mary noticed the Split-leaf Philodendron growing up its side.

And Chito pointed out a cactus and epiphytes growing from some of its high branches.

Chito also found a cavity in the tree where Scarlet Macaws were nesting.

There was a boardwalk across the open area and from it we could this Laughing Falcon sitting in another tree.

Laughing Falcon

Laughing Falcon

A female Shining Honeycreeper was poking around a flower in the same tree.

Female Shining Honeycreeper

Female Shining Honeycreeper

Female Shining Honeycreeper

Shining Honeycreeper, in silhouette

Laughing Falcon

Chito got very excited when he saw the red eye and red legs that identify this Crane Hawk.
Digiscope photo taken by Chito Motina, using his Leica spotting scope and my Pixel phone camera

Crane Hawk
Digiscope photo taken by Chito Motina, using his Leica spotting scope and my Pixel phone camera

A Streaked Flycatcher captured a cicada.

Streaked Flycatcher, with cicada

We also had a couple of Scarlet Macaws fly by.

Scarlet Macaw

Red-lored Parrot

The Laughing Falcon stayed in its place for our whole visit to the area.

Head of the Laughing Falcon

Laughing Falcon

Carlos did not re-locate the owl, so we headed back along the trail where we saw these fuzzy seed heads on the ground.

Interesting seed head

Carlos let us know we were close to the lodge's observation tower, so, even though it was getting darker, we all agreed to take a side trip to see it.

Most of us climbed right to the top, but Chito and Jody kept their spotting scopes on the ground--for a while.

Tom tried out one of the corner seats along the rail.

A couple of Yellow-throated Toucans flew into a nearby tree.

In a far off tree, a couple of Golden-hooded Tanagers and a male Blue Dacnis perched.

Close-up of the Blue Dacnis

After Chito came to the top of the tower, he took some photos of a male and female Blue Dacnis through his spotting scope.
Digiscope photo taken by Chito Motina, using his Leica spotting scope and my Pixel phone camera

Male and female Blue Dacnis
Digiscope photo taken by Chito Motina, using his Leica spotting scope and my Pixel phone camera

A male Black-crowned Tityra flew into a tree closer to the tower.

Male Black-crowned Tityra

We got back to our room after dark and this female katydid was there to greet us in our bathroom.

Female katydid

We went to dinner and afterwards took a short owl walk and found this Black and White Owl on the grounds, not far from the dining pavilion.

On the walk back to our room, Mary and I found this big wolf spider on the rock path.

Wolf spider, last observation of the day--well, there were probably some unphotographed insects in the bathroom when we got back to the cabin