Caribbean Lowland rainforest
Cabins at Selva Verde Lodge
Covered walkways allow birding in the rain
Selva Verde grounds
Houseplants on steroids
Trail to the river
The Sarapiqui River runs through the grounds of Selva Verde Lodge
The bridge over the river
The bar and restaurant overlooking the river.
Our first morning trip - Braulio Carillo Nat'l Park rainforest experience
Termite nest
Two days earlier our guide saw 100+ birds on this trail - this time only 8.
In the afternoon we chartered a boat ride on the Sarapiqui
Looking for birds, sloths, bats, crocodiles, ...
...and iguanas
A Red-eyed Tree Frog at night at the Lodge
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Selva Verde - Poison Dart Frog
Back at Selva Verde
This cabin had our four rooms
Epiphytes dominate the tree limbs near our cabin
Typical day - Breakfast, AM birding, lunch, siesta, late PM birding, and then...
...cocktails after a hard day of birding
Collared Aracaris provide the floorshow
Montezuma Oropenulas take doing their act
Keeping the feeders stocked with bananas
Next day trip - La Selva Biological Station
Iguana sunning himself
The Great Tinamou is usually very shy
Great Curassow is usually hard to find - not at La Selva
Buttresses help support the tall trees of the rainforest
Termite nests were everywhere
Spaghetti bush - the strands are a flower
Las Selva trail
Leaf-cutter ants
Isn't it cocktail time yet?
Our last Selva Verde day trip - La Virgen de Socorro
We birded along the road here
La Virgen view
The Ornate Hawk Eagle got our guide very excited
Further down the road we stopped at Vera's for coffee, homemade tortillas, ...
...the view...
...of La Paz waterfall...
...and the birds at the feeders.
Female Green-crowned Brilliant
Red-headed Barbet
Emerald Toucanet
Silver-throated Tanager
Afternoon walk on a road near Selva Verde - lots of birds, locals, and this friendly guy.
Living fences - stick a branch in the ground and it grows
Our last night, a marimba band...Albert teaches Inge the Cumbia
Gloria tries it too
On the road from Selva Verde to Monteverde - Wood Stork and Egret
Iguana at the side of the road
Mask vendor
Coatimundis beg for food
Lake Arenal
Gloria and Mary at Lake Arenal
Coffee harvest
Shade-grown coffee is a Costa Rica specialty
