Sunday 8 April 2018

Day 23 - La Selva back to San Jose

BIRD OF THE DAY - BAND BACK WREN!

An early start [again] for some pre breakfast birding.
Long tailed Tyrant

White crowned Parrot

Band backed Wren

Breakfast.

A return to the Great Green Macaw nesting site.
Tropical Peewee nesting

A return to feeders....
Orange fronted Parakeet

Waterfall park and paths, lunch, Hummingbird feeders and a zoo experience.

First at the La Paz Waterfall Gardens we visited their Hummingbird feeders....







Green Thorntail male

Green Thorntail male

Green Thorntail male

Coppery headed Emerald

female Mountain Gem

Green Hermit


Coppery headed Emerald
Then a walk along the trails to the waterfalls...
one of the Waterfalls at La Paz
Cathryn, Pam and myself and un-named American boys

Spangle cheeked Tanager

Prong billed Barbet

Common Chlorospingus
Costa Rican Warbler [fmrly  Three striped Warbler]

Costa Rican Warbler [fmrly  Three striped Warbler]

An Anole spp

An Anole spp
Following the walk we had a huge buffet lunch where we had an unexpected visitor... which proved to be another lifer
Slaty backed Nightingale Thrush in restaurant
Back out by the Hummingbird feeders another lifer turned up..
Sooty faced Finch

Sooty faced Finch
And then a little stroll around the zoo exhibits. It seems the majority of the animals were rescued from folks who were keeping them illegally. The frog exhibit was particularly good.
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A final [unsuccessful] twitch pre return to hotel!

COSTA RICA TOUR COMPLETE!!

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