Costa Rica Feb. 7 - 18, 2006
This New Jersey Audubon Society trip was great fun. In just 10 days afield we saw 31 species of hummingbirds and over 300 species of birds.

   

The merry group outside Rancho Naturalista.
Here we are enjoying the boat trip along the Tarcoles River.
Dramatic scene at La Paz Waterfall Garden.
Other waterfalls were enjoyed from a bit greater distance.
View from the continental divide toward Poas Volcano ...
... and, to the right, into the Central Valley.
The hills of Carara National Park as seen from the Tarcoles River.
A Black-and-white Owl in the town square at Orotina.
Black-headed Saltator
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Collared Aracari
Crimson-collared Tanager
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Great Kiskadee
Mangrove Cuckoo
Ochraceous Wren - trying to hide.
Red-tailed Squirrel
Large tropical grasshopper
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Scarlet Macaw
Scintillant Hummingbird
Silver-throated Tanager
Snowcap
Southern Lapwing
Tennessee Warbler
Tent-making bats
Hummers at Rancho Naturalista
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Bronze-tailed (Red-footed) Plumeleteer
Brown Violet-ear