Laguna Lagarto did not disappoint. The owner has really taken advantage of the hilly topography by placing viewpoints on the uphill side of perches and feeders so that you are close to eye-level with the birds and the background is far enough away that it blurs out in the photos. For example:
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| Brown-hooded Parrot |
Fortuna, which is on the northeastern base of the Arenal Volcano (which has been dormant for 15 years), is VERY touristy. We are staying at Arenal Oasis, in a cabin, because it is on a private rainforest, but even this is touristy - everything is designed for tours. In fact you are not allowed on the trails between 4pm-8am - as you probably know, prime birding is dawn and dusk, aka 5:30am and 5:00pm :/
We are up to 128 species for the trip, 11 of which were added today, and 3 of which were lifers! It was 87°, 70% humidity (so upper 90’s Real Feel) with several tropical showers. It was definitely wetter in Fortuna.
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Montezuma Oropedola chasing
Brown-hooded Parrot off the perch |
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Oropendola nests
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| Collared Aracari |
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Olive-backed Euphonia on a Heliconia
eating spittle bugs (if you zoom in, you can
see a bug in the males mouth on the left) |
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| female Green Honeycreeper |
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| Variable Seedeater, taking cover in the rain |
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| Southern Lapwing |
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Agouti - we have seen more mammals, but never
when my camera is in hand |
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