This lodge is well place to see many birds of the Caribbean lowlands. It has extensive grounds provide plenty of opportunity for birding. The weather here was sunny, hot and dry.
17th Feb - We arrived too late in the day for any birding but we had a nice meal to compensate!
18th Feb - Birding all day in the grounds of the lodge. Later we said goodbye to our guide Carlos who left late afternoon, so we did some birding on our own in the evening and were fortunate to get good views of a White-throated Crake.
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| A river near the Lodge. |
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| Spectacled Owl - A chance encounter with a pair in the extensive lodge grounds early morning. |
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| No apologies for posting several photos of these impressive birds! |
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| They hung around allowing plenty of photos to be taken. |
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| Fasciated Tiger Heron - Found in rocky streams from Costa Rica through parts of South America. |
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| White-whiskered Puffbird - The only one we saw. From from Mexico through to Peru. |
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| Bright-rumped Attila - Seen on several days during the trip. A widespread species from Mexico to much of the northern half of South America. |
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| Cattle Egrets One of the more frequently seen birds during our trip. Probably the most widespread bird in world range of any on our trip. |
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| Green Heron - Seen on many days. Another widespread Heron/Egret species. |
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| Black-faced Grosbeak - A species restricted to Central American countries. |
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| Scaly-breasted Hummingbird - A fairly widespread hummingbird in Central Mexico and into areas of Columbia. |
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| Black-cheeked Woodpecker - Common in Costa Rica as we saw this species on five days. |
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| Cinnamon Becard - This species has a fairly similar world range to the Black-cheeked Woodpecker. |
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| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - One of the widespreadof the Hummingbirds. It has a very similar range to the Cinnamon Becard above. |
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| White-collared Manakin - Only seen on one day. This species ranges along the Caribbean cost of southeast Mexico south to westernmost Panama |
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| Long-tailed Tyrant - Seen along the walkway to our rooms! Our only sighting of this species. |
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| Gray-capped Flycatcher - Three sightings on our trip. Widespread in parts of South America. |
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| Orange-billed Sparrow - Seen on three days The range is from Mexico south to northern Peru. |
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| Wood Thrush - Seen from a walkway between the lodge reception and the rooms! |
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| White-throated Crake - A scarce and difficult to see bird! |
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| We were lucky to come across this bird as it crossed the track several times. |
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| An adult with a chick either side of the track. |
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| Purple Gallinule - Seen crossing the same track as the Crake. |
19th Feb - We met with new guide Alfredo before heading to the La Selva Biological Station where we spent all day birding. Here resident guides are allocated to groups and we had the excellent services of Octavio.
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| Broad-billed Motmot - A fairly widespread species from Costa Rica south to Bolivia and Brazil. |
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| Pied Puffbird - Costa Rica is at the northern end of this species range, which extends to Brazil. |
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| Tiger Heron Sp. |
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| Red-throated Ant-Tanager - We only saw this species in this area. Only found in Central American countries and just into Columbia. |
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| Collared Aracari - We saw this species on just two days. |
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| Black-mandibled Toucan - We saw this species on nine days, so fairly common. It occurs from southeastern Honduras south to western Ecuador, |
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| Gartered Trogon - WEsaw this specie son just two days. A split from "Violaceous" Trogon. Distributed from central Mexico throughout Central America, Colombia, western Ecuador, northwestern Peru and parts of Venezuela. |
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| Slaty-tailed Trogan - We saw this species on just one day. Occurs from southern Mexico south through Central America to northwestern South America in humid lowland rainforest. |
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| Rufous Jacamar - A very distinctive species. \Fairly widespread in central and parts of South America. |
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| Crested Guan - Wecame across this species on five days during our trip. It has a range through Central America into the northern countries of South America. |
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| Great Tinamou - Rather an amazing experience. This family of birds is extremely hard to view, so to have one walking around in front of us for a minute or two was exceptional. Howevr it does have a wide range in Central and the northern half of South America. |
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Black-throated Trogon - A widespread species in parts of Central and South America.
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| Rat Snake ? - This sat motionless on a log as we walked past. Not venomous. |
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| Eye-lashed Pit Viper - A very small snake but extremely venomous! |
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| Green Iguana - A very large retile! |
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| Black River Turtle Rhinoclemmys funerea |
After finishing the tour at La Selva we headed back to Sueño Azul Lodge to check out and then proceeded onto Tram Lodge which was not too far in distance but higher on the Caribbean side of the mountains.
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