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Tapanti National Park

My Guide, Virgilio Calderon, and I took a one day trip to Tapanti National Park. It is about a 2 1/2 hour drive from Rancho Naturalista, and at a higher elevation, in true cloud forest. The vegetation was lush and green, with the trees laden with mosses, ferns, bromeliads and other epiphytes. It rained off and off, which made bird photography difficult, although we did see a good variety of birds. The highlight was a single Green-fronted Lancebill at a small stream.
Forest at Tapanti 1.JPG
Forest at Tapanti 1.JPG
Virgilio at Tapanti 1a.jpg
Virgilio at Tapanti 1a.jpg
Stream at Tapanti 1a.jpg
Stream at Tapanti 1a.jpg
Tapanti River 1.JPG
Tapanti River 1.JPG
Flowers L1a - Tap.jpg
Flowers L1a - Tap.jpg
Morning Glory - Ipomoea sp. 1a -Tap.jpg
Morning Glory - Ipomoea sp. 1a -Tap.jpg
Fungus H1 - Tap.JPG
Fungus H1 - Tap.JPG
Black Vulture in flight 3a - Tap.jpg
Black Vulture in flight 3a - Tap.jpg
Red-billed Pigeon 1a - Tap.jpg
Red-billed Pigeon 1a - Tap.jpg
Green-fronted Lancebill 3a - Tap.jpg
Green-fronted Lancebill 3a - Tap.jpg
Lizard A1a - Tap.jpg
Lizard A1a - Tap.jpg
White-nosed Coati 7a - Tap.jpg
White-nosed Coati 7a - Tap.jpg