Montezuma Rainforest Lodge was up at the top of the list of the most birdy places we went to. We arrived at lunch and after feasting we did some local birding before getting settled in our rooms. The hummingbird and fruit feeders offered tons of birds we didn't see elsewhere on the trip.
Green Thorntail
Steely-vented Hummingbird
Silver-throated Tanager
Blackish Rail! Don't worry, I got better photos later as this bird was hanging out in the pond next to our eating area for the next two days.
Green Thorntail
Grayish Piculet! It was nice to find a good bird on my own. The group did find another later.
White-necked Jacobin - at this point I was birding literally right outside my hotel doorway as I had a nice feeder all to myself.
Andean Emerald
Violet-tailed Sylph - this is still burned into my minds-eye to this day. These birds are gorgeous.
Empress Brilliant
Violet-purple Coronet
Torrent Tyrannulet - this was one of my favorite pictures of the trip.
White-necked Jacobin
Green Thorntail
Bronze-winged Parrot
White-booted Racket-tail
Variable Seedeater - down in South America they can have "variable" underparts.
This is about when I met up with the group and we walked the dirt road up from the main building.
Golden-hooded Tanager
Flame-rumped Tanager - they have yellow "flames" in the western cordillera instead of the orange/red.
Red-faced Spinetail
Red-headed Barbet - I was surprised on how small these were.
Plain Xenops
Sometimes when I wandered off on my own, I would miss something good the group got but a few times I found something the group didn't get.
Green-fronted Lancebill - this was one of the few birds I was the only one to see on the whole trip.
Lemon-browed Flycatcher
Another view of the same bird.
Black-winged Saltator
That was it for Day 8. We had a delicious meal at the main building and then hit the sack pretty early because we lost power. Might as well sleep when its pitch dark.
