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Early Morning Birding at The Lodge Birds are one of the Lodge’s greatest attractions. With a species list of over 400 and counting, you can see why experienced birders from around the world have chosen to explore the forests, plantations and observation towers of the Lodge. You’ll have to get up with the birds for the “Early Bird Hike” to take advantage of the early morning’s activity. You will meet your guide on the front deck of the restaurant where the action begins. A selection of fruits, muffins, coffee, and juice will get you going while your binoculars will likely be put to good use before you finish your coffee. For the next 3 hours we will slowly make our way through the main Lodge grounds spotting the numerous bird species that frequent this area in the early hours. A climb to the top of “Toucan Tower” not far away offers a bird’s eye view of the forest canopy and its bountiful variety of bird life, often including the coveted Lovely Cotinga. The abundance of important native tree species and a myriad of fruiting mistletoes and flowering canopy vines make this an extremely productive and satisfying birding route. This tour is great for both the avid ornithologist and the casual birder. An easy pace allows just about anyone to enjoy this wonderful tropical experience with our abundant avian fauna. Accompanied by our guide, we will bird very productive areas of tropical secondary and gallery forest, and plantations areas along the Rio Coloradito. Along this route, diversity is the rule and examples of sightings include: Lovely Cotinga, Masked and Blackcrowned Tityra, Blue crowned and Turquoisebrowed Motmot, Tody Motmot, Keel billed Toucan, Collared Aracari, Emerald Toucanet, Great and Common Potoo, Ferruginous Pigmy Owl, Blackheaded, Violaceous, Collared and Slatytailed Trogon, Royal Flycatcher, Green, Shining and RedLegged Honeycreeper, and up to 16 species of hummingbirds including Crowned Wood nymph, Bluethroated Sapphire, Violet Sabrewing, Purplecrowned Fairy, Stripetailed Hummingbird, Brown VioletEar, Green VioletEar, Whitenecked Jacobin and more. Bluecrowned Chlorophonias are common here during the winter months as are Olivebacked, Whitevented, Scrub and Yellowthroated Euphonias. We begin at 6:00 AM and generally return to The Lodge by 10:00 AM. In addition to superb viewing from Tower 1, this route takes advantage of several overlooks above the Rio Coloradito valley and sightings of many of our raptor species can be made here.

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Page 1: BIRDING EARLY BIRD HIKE - Pico BonitoToucan,!Collared!Aracari,!Emerald!Toucanet,!Greatand!Common!Potoo,!Ferruginous Pigmy!Owl,!BlackPheaded,!Violaceous,!Collared!and!SlatyPtailed!Trogon,!Royal!Flycatcher,!Green,!

 

Early  Morning  Birding  at  The  Lodge    Birds  are  one  of  the  Lodge’s  greatest  attractions.    With  a  species  list  of  over  400  and  counting,  you  can  see  why  experienced  birders  from  around  the  world  have  chosen  to  explore  the  forests,  plantations  and  observation  towers  of  the  Lodge.    You’ll  have  to  get  up  with  the  birds  for  the  “Early  Bird  Hike”  to  take  advantage  of  the  early  morning’s  activity.    You  will  meet  your  guide  on  the  front  deck  of  the  restaurant  where  the  action  begins.    A  selection  of  fruits,  muffins,  coffee,  and  juice  will  get  you  going  while  your  binoculars  will  likely  be  put  to  good  use  before  you  finish  your  coffee.    For  the  next  3  hours  we  will  slowly  make  our  way  through  the  main  Lodge  grounds  spotting  the  numerous  bird  species  that  frequent  this  area  in  the  early  hours.      A  climb  to  the  top  of  “Toucan  Tower”  not  far  away  offers  a  bird’s  eye  view  of  the  forest  canopy  and  its  bountiful  variety  of  bird  life,  often  including  the  coveted  Lovely  Cotinga.    The  abundance  of  important  native  tree  species  and  a  myriad  of  fruiting  mistletoes  and  flowering  canopy  vines  make  this  an  extremely  productive  and  satisfying  birding  route.      This  tour  is  great  for  both  the  avid  ornithologist  and  the  casual  birder.    An  easy  pace  allows  just  about  anyone  to  enjoy  this  wonderful  tropical  experience  with  our  abundant  avian  fauna.    Accompanied  by  our  guide,  we  will  bird  very  productive  areas  of  tropical  secondary  and  gallery  forest,  and  plantations  areas  along  the  Rio  Coloradito.        Along  this  route,  diversity  is  the  rule  and  examples  of  sightings  include:    Lovely  Cotinga,  Masked  and  Black-­‐crowned  Tityra,  Blue  crowned  and  Turquoise-­‐browed  Motmot,  Tody  Motmot,  Keel-­‐billed  Toucan,  Collared  Aracari,  Emerald  Toucanet,  Great  and  Common  Potoo,  Ferruginous  Pigmy  Owl,  Black-­‐headed,  Violaceous,  Collared  and  Slaty-­‐tailed  Trogon,  Royal  Flycatcher,  Green,  Shining  and  Red-­‐Legged  Honeycreeper,  and  up  to  16  species  of  hummingbirds  including  Crowned  Wood  nymph,  Blue-­‐throated  Sapphire,  Violet  Sabrewing,  Purple-­‐crowned  Fairy,  Stripe-­‐tailed  Hummingbird,  Brown  Violet-­‐Ear,  Green  Violet-­‐Ear,  White-­‐necked  Jacobin  and  more.    Blue-­‐crowned  Chlorophonias  are  common  here  during  the  winter  months  as  are  Olive-­‐backed,  White-­‐vented,  Scrub  and  Yellow-­‐throated  Euphonias.    We  begin  at  6:00  AM  and  generally  return  to  The  Lodge  by  10:00  AM.    In  addition  to  superb  viewing  from  Tower  1,  this  route  takes  advantage  of  several  overlooks  above  the  Rio  Coloradito  valley  and  sightings  of  many  of  our  raptor  species  can  be  made  here.