We woke up at the crack of dawn today to hike up into the forest to try to find a Resplendent Quetzal. It ended up being a 4 hour hike uphill (1,000 ft elevation gain in 82°). Sadly, the only view we got of a possible quetzal was of a bird in the top of the canopy which only hung around for about 5 minutes.
We moved to the Paraiso Quetzal Lodge and hired a guide to take us at sunrise tomorrow morning to see known quetzals. The lodge has turned out to be a great birding spot.
We are up to 218 species for the trip, 18 were added today, of which 10 were lifers!
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| Speckled Tanager |
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| Acorn Woodpecker - same species that is in Orange County, California |
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| Violet Sabrewing |
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| Silver-throated Tanager |
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| Green Hermit |
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| Ruddy Quail-dove - Avi spotted this beauty - lifer! |
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| Fiery-throated Hummingbird -lifer! |
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| Another Fiery-throated Hummingbird |
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| Talamanca Hummingbird - lifer! |
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| Scintillant Hummingbird - lifer! |
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| So many hummingbirds! |
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| Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher |
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| Cows taking their Sunday stroll |
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