We
visited the western end at the Las Pailas Ranger Station entrance. Rincon de la
Vieja is signposted from the Pan-American Highway about 5km W of Liberia. There
is a $2 toll through the grounds of Hacienda Guachipelin. It is not possible to
drive within the park. To get to the Santa Maria area you can either walk the
7km trail or drive up the road from Liberia.
Rincon de la
Vieja Lodge
The gardens attracted quite a few birds
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These flowering shrubs attracted Steely-vented,
Stripe-tailed and Blue-throated Goldentail Hummingbirds,
the latter not being recorded at the time but subsequently identified from video footage.
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We
were stunned to come across this Sunbittern on rocks by the road to the
lodge.
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One or two Grey-crowned
Yellowthroats were seen by the
roadside leading to Rincon and also in the rainforest.
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White-throated Magpie-jay.
These were fairly common and seen most days.
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This Grey-necked Wood-rail
was a surprise find
as we sheltered from the rain in the barbeque area.
The light was extremely poor (rain-forest, heavy cloud, heavy rain!).
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Several Agoutis were
seen in the rain forest at
Rincon de la Vieja and also at Santa Rosa.
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The identity of this
bird was not obvious to us at first. Thanks
to Carlos for putting us straight on the ID.
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A
very common and striking species with a distinctive call.
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This
individual was used to people supplying food and seemed willing to jump into a car to get
it!
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Blomfild's
Beauty
Smyrna blomfildia
This
very tame butterfly was happy to perch on our hands
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Hecalesia
Longwing
Heliconius hecalesia
One of many impressive
butterflies seen during the week.
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