Can we please move here?

So today was pretty incredible.

It started out with a new experience.  I found this.  In our room.  That was disturbing.

scorpion

Then it was back into the truck, and off to see a toucanet!

blue-throated toucanet

 Then we stopped by our favorite pond to see what was going on.  Look at how gorgeous that pond is!  The property it's on is a strongly terraced farm, the whole thing is pretty cool.

 Look at that fancy tail!

squirrel cuckoo

 On to one of our destinations, this watercress farm.  Now I want to live on a watercress farm.  Talk about lush!

 Maybe a big fan of the X-men, maybe just marking the spot.  

yellow-faced grassquit

 Another gorgeous fancy hummingbird.  I can't keep them straight.

violet-crowned wood nymph

I don't even know if this is the same one.  Actually, I figured it out - it's not!

sapphire-throated hummingbird

 Tawny cap for sure!

tawny-capped euphonia

 Next spot.  Our guide is ahead of us on the "path."  Yes, that's the path.  I think.  We did go off-path sometimes, but it was sort of hard to tell.  It's the opposite of that place with the crazy awesome sidewalk through the wilderness!

 Banana bird on a flower.  Irresistible!

bananaquit

 Life is a balancing act.

sapphire-throated hummingbird

 Back at the lodge, enjoying the show at the feeders.

orange-billed sparrow

 And it was quite a show!

rufous motmot

fulvous-vented euphonia 

 Off again after lunch - and straight to manakins!  It's still true - I have never met a manakin I didn't like.  Again, feel free to take it as a challenge!

golden-collared manakin

 We spent quite a while watching some toucans of various sorts from afar, and this was the best picture.  It's not perfect, but I absolutely love it!

collared aracari

 Back at the lodge, and one round through the garden before dinner.  And I'm glad I went - these aracari came in right above me, and scouted out this hole for a nest!  Oh, a woodpecker was seriously angry.  But the camera only loved the aracari, it wouldn't even focus on the woodpecker.

collared aracari

collared aracari