GENUS ELLEANTHUS ORCHIDS, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022

 

HANGING BRIDGE, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022

 

STEAM VENTING FROM ARENAL VOLCANO, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022

 

COLLARED TROGON (ORANGE BELLIED), ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,060 TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this trogon as a male Collared Trogon (Orange Bellied) as follows:

• Metallic green upperparts
• Blackish face with yellow bill
• Metallic green breast with white band across the lower breast
• Orange belly.  This is the Orange Bellied morph of the Collared Trogon.  At one time this was considered a separate species from the Collared Trogon with a red belly.
• Dark tail with narrow white barring

   The Collared Trogon (Orange Bellied) is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,060.

 

TENNESSEE WARBLER, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/9/2022

 

BANANAQUIT, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/9/2022

 

GREAT CURASOWS, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/9/2022