In a lot of forested Costa Rica, the bulk of the songbirds travel in mixed flocks in search of food and protection.  It feels a lot like war...

We headed for the main lodge for breakfast, and the main lodge meant feeders of course.  A Great Curassow was stalking about looking for bit...

We started at Arenal birding with flashlights next to some of the street lights along the driveway.  Apparently some of the undergrowth bird...

Following the hummingbird spot Steven led us to some random two track that led off the main road as we dropped back into the muggy lowlands....

Snowcaps that is. The rain lightened (but didn't stop altogether) as the morning wore on.  We back-tracked back up the highway to a si...

Day 5 was somewhat a day of audibles.  Threatening skies turned into mists which turned into frank rain at times.  Steven and Vernon decided...

We returned to our motel (La Quinta, no relation to the chain here) for a seista and rehydration period.  (I realized before we started down...