Last year Arthur and I visited Costa Rica for 11 days in May. This is Part 2 of my little 3-part series. Here’s Part 1 if you missed it. Read on for some highlights from our time around Monteverde.
May 10 2016
Tuesday morning we had a guided bird walk arranged by the hotel. During the hike we saw 36 species; we ended up with 20 lifers for the day. We had lunch at a nearby well-known birding hotspot, Stella’s, but it was practically devoid of birds during our visit.
Exploring around our Monteverde hotel
May 11 2016
The Monteverde area is well-known for zip-lining and hanging bridges. On May 11th we visited Selvatura Adventure Park for a self-guided walk around the hanging bridges and a nice long visit to their famous hummingbird garden. We added 14 lifers at Selvatura, including 4 species of hummingbird. Bird lists: hanging bridges walk; hummingbird garden.
Hanging bridge at Selvatura Adventure Park
Hummingbird garden at Selvatura Adventure Park
Green-crowned Brilliant iPhone picture taken at Selvatura Adventure Park
May 12 2016
Thursday we took it easy and had a morning walk at a local preserve, Curi Canchi. Here we recorded 24 species, including 5 lifers.
Lesson’s Motmot at our hotel
Costa Rica Lifers May 10-12 2016
| Yellow-crowned Euphonia | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| White-eared Ground-Sparrow | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Grayish Saltator | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Rufous-capped Warbler | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Rufous-and-white Wren | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Three-wattled Bellbird | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Ruddy Woodcreeper | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| White-fronted Parrot | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Brown-hooded Parrot | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Emerald Toucanet | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Orange-bellied Trogon | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Steely-vented Hummingbird | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Violet Sabrewing | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Canivet’s Emerald | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Masked Tityra | Hotel El Bosque | 10-May-16 |
| Common Chlorospingus | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Black-and-yellow Tanager | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Silver-throated Tanager | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Slate-throated Redstart | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Costa Rican Warbler | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Gray-breasted Wood-Wren | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Tufted Flycatcher | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Black Guan | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Purple-throated Mountain-gem | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Green-crowned Brilliant | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Lesser Violetear | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Green Hermit | Monteverde–Selvatura Park | 11-May-16 |
| Elegant Euphonia | Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 12-May-16 |
| White-naped Brushfinch | Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 12-May-16 |
| Golden-crowned Warbler | Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 12-May-16 |
| Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 12-May-16 |
| Black-crested Coquette | Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 12-May-16 |
| Black-breasted Wood-Quail | Hotel El Bosque | 12-May-16 |
