We headed over to another part of the grounds, with a spectacular lookout over a hillside onto a valley below and a lake. We saw quite a bit there! There was a brief and completely unsatisfying look at jacamars, which look like a large hummingbird with possibly a little kingfisher blood. This flycatcher was showing off a bit.
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| piratic flycatcher |
There were not many swallow-tailed kites this trip so I was especially pleased that this one put on such a show for us!
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| swallow-tailed kite |
This little fellow was stubborn indeed. It took a ~lot~ of waiting patiently to get a look at it. And then the camera refused to focus on it! Aaaauuuauauaughghghg!
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| slaty spinetail |
This little lovely made it up to me.
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| mystery hummingbird |
Off to another waterfall! We walked through the forest, where this guy hopped about for a while. I love this guy with that bright beak.
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| slate-colored grosbeak |
A rufous mourner, truly an unfortunate name. This is one of the times I am glad the birds cannot understand what people have chosen to call them.
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| rufous mourner |
Antbird!
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| spotted antbird |
Same bird, different angle. My poor camera did its best with the very low light.
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| spotted antbird |
Another little lovely busily being gorgeous.
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| green hermit |
Back at the cafe overlook, a turkey vulture came by. Hello big guy!
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| turkey vulture |
And our driver found a lineated woodpecker for us. It truly does look like a cartoon.
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| lineated woodpecker |
We went somewhere else, I don't remember where, and saw trogons. Yay trogons! The male stayed in the shadows but the female allowed a nice shot.
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| orange-bellied trogon, female |
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