Costa Rica day 1

We arrived safely on Sunday night and were in the hotel garden at 6 am today.

wpid-img_4514.jpgClay-coloured Robin is the National bird of Costa Rica.  Not an exciting bird.

wpid-img_4512.jpgAfter breakfast we headed south to the cloud forest 3500 m up.

Fantastic scenery

wpid-img_4524.jpgAt the lodge where we are staying there are lots of hummingbird feeders and dozens of hummingbirds.

wpid-img_4565.jpgwpid-img_4590.jpgThis hummingbird nest is no more than 3-4 cm across.  You can just make out the baby bird.

wpid-img_4605.jpgOn or afternoon walk we came across this Emerald Toucanet.  We saw many birds – too many to mention here.wpid-img_4628.jpg