Joppa Flats Volunteer Trip to Costa Rica
July 2009

Savegre Mountain Lodge, 7/12-14

We stayed here for two nights, enjoying fine accommodations and wonderful birds. This hotel is at
about 7000 feet on the Pacific side of the Cerro del Muerte.

Birds


Black-capped Flycatcher


Black Phoebe


Collared Redstart


Emerald Toucanet (on the way to feed nestlings)


Flame-colored Tanager


Green Violet-ear


Large-footed Finch


Magnificent Hummingbird


Respendent Quetzal


Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush


Scintillant Hummingbird



Slaty Flower-piercer


Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager


Sooty Robin


Spangled-cheeked Tanager



Spot-crowned Woodcreeper


Torrent Tyrannulet


Tufted Flycatcher

male
female
White-throated Mountain-Gem


Yellow-bellied Siskin


Yellowish Flycatcher


Yellow-thighed Finch

Other Taxa


Huge fiddleheads




Flowers



Green Spiny Lizards


Mystery Butterfly



Mystery butterfly

red-tailed squirrel
Red-tailed Squirrel

People, Places, and Things

lodge
Savegre Mountain Lodge

birding
looking for the Collared Trogon
Birding

 

sure we can fit more
Going 4-wheeling

as far as the 4WD goes
Birding the Oak Forest

trail
Oak Forest Trail

river
Savegre River

hotel sign
Sign for Lodge with Dave, Lisa, Barbara, and Jorge

 

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