Hola amigos! Ethan writing. We woke up fairly early this morning, which was totally worth it. We traveled a short distance down the road where Resplendent Quetzals had been reliable. We were waiting around, and of course I had my back turned as Rob and Tyler saw a juvenile male Quetzal fly over. After a few minutes of searching the area, Rob told us to stay as he headed up the road a short ways. In about 10 minutes, he was making big gestures for us to come over. He had found it by scanning. The juvenile male and adult male look exactly the same except for the long tail feathers. The feathers were missing on this bird. As we were heading back towards the van, a female was spotted. The female has a dark head and is overall pretty drab. After eating breakfast, we hit the trails, looking for reported Black Guan. Although we missed the guan, we added some other cool life birds like Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher and Elegant Euphonia. Here's Tyler's pic of the Silky Flycatcher:
We continued back to the lodge, took a short break, and tried a different trail. This trail was not very active, but almost right away we added Collared Redstart and Olivaceous Piculet. Tyler's Redstart from earlier in the day:
Later in the hike, we crossed a bridge. I was second, and I saw something out of the corner out of my eye; a female quetzal! My photo:
Coming back towards the lodge, Rob spotted a Black-faced Solitaire, and I spotted a Black-capped Flycatcher. We walked a short ways to a place where Emerald Toucanet was reported. Although we missed it, we added White-naped Ground Finch. Also (no big deal) we had another 2 quetzals. :)
Tyler got a nice picture of an ADULT Quetzal (MALE!)
That was basically our birding today. During dinner, Rob told us a surprise about tomorrow: We're not staying at Savegre. WE'RE GOING TO DA PACIFIC COAST!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT MEANS TONS OF NEW SPECIES, ones that we could never get at Savegre like SCARLET MACAW, PLUMBEOUS KITE, and COLLARED PLOVER. We are EXTREMELY excited, I'll end it here because we need sleep for tomorrow. Buenas Noches!
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