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Participant Janice White snapped this lovely portrait of a Golden-hooded Tanager in its typical, epiphyte-laden habitat.
When winter grips North America in its cold, gray clutches, it's nice to escape to a place where it's "summer" year-round -- where flowers are blooming in garden and forest, fruits hang heavy on the trees and colorful birds abound. And if you can also spend a whole week relaxing at the same comfortable lodge (rather than living out of a suitcase), blow your diet on some fine food and start your "year list" with some real gems -- well, what more could you ask for?!
Though we stayed a week in the Caribbean foothills, we didn't restrict ourselves to them, venturing down into the lowlands and up to the high slopes of Volcan Irazu on day trips. And wow, did we find some nice birds! Sometimes they came in groups. A fruiting tree on the Universidad EARTH campus attracted a half-dozen noisy Great Green Macaws, an endangered species slowly expanding its range back into Costa Rica. A mixed flock swarmed along a verdant hillside beside the Silent Mountain road, with Silver-throated, Emerald, Black-and-yellow, and Bay-headed tanagers, Boat-billed, Gray-capped and Social flycatchers, and an uncommon Rufous-rumped Antwren in tow. A morning at the Rancho moth sheet brought many normally shy forest species, including three species of woodcreeper, a pair of Plain Antvireos, some endearing White-breasted Wood-Wrens and the range-restricted Tawny-chested Flycatcher, almost within arm's reach as they gobbled up insects attracted to the light. Swarms of hummingbirds jousted around Rancho's feeders. Dozens of birds, including several tiny Snowcaps, Violet-crowned Woodnymphs, a White-throated Spadebill, a Golden-crowned Warbler and several Carmiol's Tanagers dipped themselves in the hummingbird pools. A blizzard of swifts -- White-collared, Chestnut-collared, Spot-fronted, Vaux's and Black -- swirled against ragged storm clouds in the lowlands. Long-tailed Silky-Flycatchers chased each other in a highland gully, occasionally posing in photogenically mossy treetops.
Of course, we enjoyed some less "social" birds too. A Great Potoo snoozed in a leafy treetop. A White-eared Ground-Sparrow rummaged in the lovely gardens of Hotel Bougainvillea. A pair of Resplendent Quetzal flashed in to land on epiphyte-laden branches. A Sunbittern edged along a boulder-strewn stream, flashing its spectacular wings as it flew in short hops along the stream. Montezuma Oropendolas flipped themselves upside down in somersaulting courtship displays. A Semiplumbeous Hawk tore strips from some hapless prey item, screaming challenges as it did so. Green Ibis probed wet field edges. A Black-cheeked Warbler danced through a tangle of branches right in front of us. A Volcano Junco bounced along a weedy roadside and then perched on a giant Gunnera leaf. Sooty Thrushes (and a showy Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush) gobbled berries in fruiting trees. A female Golden-browed Chlorophonia glowed among pale guava branches. And we certainly know where every Chestnut-sided Warbler from North America spends the winter!
Thanks so much for joining me for a New Year's adventure in the land of "Pura Vida". It was good fun birding with you! Thanks too to Harry for his great co-leading (what ears!) and to William for keeping us safe on the roads. Thanks to the staff at Rancho for taking such good care of us, and to Caroline at the FGI office for her efforts behind the scenes. I hope to see you all in the field again for another adventure, somewhere, some day!
-- Megan
KEYS FOR THIS LIST
One of the following keys may be shown in brackets for individual species as appropriate: * = heard only, I = introduced, E = endemic, N = nesting, a = austral migrant, b = boreal migrant

Gray-headed Chachalacas staged daily raids on Rancho's banana feeders. Photo by participant Rick Woodruff.
Tinamidae (Tinamous)
LITTLE TINAMOU (Crypturellus soui) [*]
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl)
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
MUSCOVY DUCK (Cairina moschata)
BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Spatula discors)
LESSER SCAUP (Aythya affinis)
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows)
GRAY-HEADED CHACHALACA (Ortalis cinereiceps)
CRESTED GUAN (Penelope purpurascens)
Podicipedidae (Grebes)
PIED-BILLED GREBE (Podilymbus podiceps)
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)

Our first Spotted Barbtails make an appearance at Tapanti. Photo by guide Megan Edwards Crewe.
Anhingidae (Anhingas)
ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga)
Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
LEAST BITTERN (Ixobrychus exilis)
FASCIATED TIGER-HERON (Tigrisoma fasciatum)
BARE-THROATED TIGER-HERON (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
GREAT BLUE HERON (Ardea herodias)
GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba)
SNOWY EGRET (Egretta thula)
LITTLE BLUE HERON (Egretta caerulea)
CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis)
GREEN HERON (Butorides virescens)

The handsome Talamanca Hummingbird was recently split from the Magnificent Hummingbird. Photo by participant Rick Woodruff.
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Nyctanassa violacea)
BOAT-BILLED HERON (Cochlearius cochlearius)
Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)
GREEN IBIS (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
Cathartidae (New World Vultures)
BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus)
TURKEY VULTURE (Cathartes aura)
Pandionidae (Osprey)
OSPREY (Pandion haliaetus)
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Kites)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Elanus leucurus)
HOOK-BILLED KITE (Chondrohierax uncinatus)
ORNATE HAWK-EAGLE (Spizaetus ornatus)
SNAIL KITE (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
TINY HAWK (Accipiter superciliosus)
BICOLORED HAWK (Accipiter bicolor)
BARRED HAWK (Morphnarchus princeps)
ROADSIDE HAWK (Rupornis magnirostris)
SEMIPLUMBEOUS HAWK (Leucopternis semiplumbeus)
GRAY HAWK (Buteo plagiatus)
BROAD-WINGED HAWK (Buteo platypterus)

A calling Semiplumbeous Hawk seemed to be crowing about the meal it had caught. Photo by participant Janice White.
SHORT-TAILED HAWK (Buteo brachyurus)
ZONE-TAILED HAWK (Buteo albonotatus)
RED-TAILED HAWK (Buteo jamaicensis)
Eurypygidae (Sunbittern)
SUNBITTERN (Eurypyga helias)
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
WHITE-THROATED CRAKE (Laterallus albigularis) [*]
RUSSET-NAPED WOOD-RAIL (Aramides albiventris)
PURPLE GALLINULE (Porphyrio martinica)
COMMON GALLINULE (Gallinula galeata)
Aramidae (Limpkin)
LIMPKIN (Aramus guarauna)

Riding the banana train -- something most of us didn't even know existed before we saw it for ourselves! Photo by participant Rick Woodruff.
Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
SOUTHERN LAPWING (Vanellus chilensis)
KILLDEER (Charadrius vociferus)
Jacanidae (Jacanas)
NORTHERN JACANA (Jacana spinosa)
Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
SPOTTED SANDPIPER (Actitis macularius)
Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
ROCK PIGEON (Columba livia) [I]
PALE-VENTED PIGEON (Patagioenas cayennensis)
RED-BILLED PIGEON (Patagioenas flavirostris)
BAND-TAILED PIGEON (Patagioenas fasciata)
SHORT-BILLED PIGEON (Patagioenas nigrirostris) [*]
INCA DOVE (Columbina inca)

The spectacular Harlequin Beetle was just one of the many insects attracted by Wayne's bug light. Photo by participant Janice White.
RUDDY GROUND-DOVE (Columbina talpacoti)
WHITE-TIPPED DOVE (Leptotila verreauxi)
GRAY-CHESTED DOVE (Leptotila cassinii)
WHITE-WINGED DOVE (Zenaida asiatica)
MOURNING DOVE (Zenaida macroura)
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
GROOVE-BILLED ANI (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
SQUIRREL CUCKOO (Piaya cayana)
Tytonidae (Barn-Owls)
BARN OWL (AMERICAN) (Tyto alba guatemalae)
Strigidae (Owls)
TROPICAL SCREECH-OWL (Megascops choliba)
MOTTLED OWL (Ciccaba virgata)

Finding an owl on a day roost is always a treat. And this Tropical Screech-Owl was only about 10 feet up a tree! Photo by participant Rick Woodruff.
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Allies)
COMMON PAURAQUE (Nyctidromus albicollis)
Nyctibiidae (Potoos)
GREAT POTOO (Nyctibius grandis)
Apodidae (Swifts)
BLACK SWIFT (Cypseloides niger)
SPOT-FRONTED SWIFT (Cypseloides cherriei)
CHESTNUT-COLLARED SWIFT (Streptoprocne rutila)
WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT (Streptoprocne zonaris)
VAUX'S SWIFT (Chaetura vauxi)
LESSER SWALLOW-TAILED SWIFT (Panyptila cayennensis)
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN (Florisuga mellivora)

Some of the Crowned Woodnymphs perched so close to the Rancho balcony that we could easily have reached out and touched them. Photo by guide Megan Edwards Crewe.
WHITE-TIPPED SICKLEBILL (Eutoxeres aquila)
BAND-TAILED BARBTHROAT (Threnetes ruckeri)
GREEN HERMIT (Phaethornis guy)
LONG-BILLED HERMIT (Phaethornis longirostris)
STRIPE-THROATED HERMIT (Phaethornis striigularis)
GREEN-FRONTED LANCEBILL (Doryfera ludovicae)
LESSER VIOLETEAR (Colibri cyanotus)
GREEN-BREASTED MANGO (Anthracothorax prevostii)
GREEN THORNTAIL (Discosura conversii)
GREEN-CROWNED BRILLIANT (Heliodoxa jacula)
TALAMANCA HUMMINGBIRD (Eugenes spectabilis)
FIERY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Panterpe insignis) [N]
WHITE-BELLIED MOUNTAIN-GEM (Lampornis hemileucus)
PURPLE-THROATED MOUNTAIN-GEM (Lampornis calolaemus)
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Archilochus colubris)
VOLCANO HUMMINGBIRD (Selasphorus flammula)
VIOLET SABREWING (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
BRONZE-TAILED PLUMELETEER (Chalybura urochrysia)
CROWNED WOODNYMPH (Thalurania colombica)
BLACK-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD (Eupherusa nigriventris)

The blue eye of a Chestnut-headed Oropendola is always surprising. Photo by participant Janice White.
SNOWCAP (Microchera albocoronata)
BLUE-CHESTED HUMMINGBIRD (Amazilia amabilis)
STEELY-VENTED HUMMINGBIRD (Amazilia saucerottei)
RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD (Amazilia tzacatl)
Trogonidae (Trogons)
RESPLENDENT QUETZAL (Pharomachrus mocinno)
SLATY-TAILED TROGON (Trogon massena) [*]
GARTERED TROGON (Trogon caligatus)
COLLARED TROGON (Trogon collaris)
Momotidae (Motmots)
LESSON'S MOTMOT (Momotus lessonii lessonii)
RUFOUS MOTMOT (Baryphthengus martii)

It's not often that you get such a clear view of the summit at Volcan Irazu! Photo by participant Rick Woodruff.
BROAD-BILLED MOTMOT (Electron platyrhynchum)
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
RINGED KINGFISHER (Megaceryle torquata)
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
WHITE-NECKED PUFFBIRD (Notharchus hyperrhynchus)
Galbulidae (Jacamars)
RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR (Galbula ruficauda)
Semnornithidae (Toucan-Barbets)
PRONG-BILLED BARBET (Semnornis frantzii) [*]
Ramphastidae (Toucans)
COLLARED ARACARI (Pteroglossus torquatus)
YELLOW-THROATED TOUCAN (CHESTNUT-MANDIBLED) (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii)
KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN (Ramphastos sulfuratus)

Rancho's famous "moth sheet" attracts a bevy of nighttime visitors -- and the early morning birds that like such tasty tidbits. Photo by participant Mike Lacombe.
Picidae (Woodpeckers)
ACORN WOODPECKER (Melanerpes formicivorus)
BLACK-CHEEKED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes pucherani)
HOFFMANN'S WOODPECKER (Melanerpes hoffmannii)
HAIRY WOODPECKER (Picoides villosus)
GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER (Colaptes rubiginosus)
LINEATED WOODPECKER (Dryocopus lineatus)
Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)
BARRED FOREST-FALCON (Micrastur ruficollis) [*]
CRESTED CARACARA (Caracara cheriway)
YELLOW-HEADED CARACARA (Milvago chimachima)
LAUGHING FALCON (Herpetotheres cachinnans) [*]
MERLIN (Falco columbarius)

It's always fun to see flowers in December, particularly for those coming from places in the icy grip of winter. Photo by participant Rick Woodruff.
BAT FALCON (Falco rufigularis)
PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus)
Psittacidae (New World and African Parrots)
ORANGE-CHINNED PARAKEET (Brotogeris jugularis)
BROWN-HOODED PARROT (Pyrilia haematotis)
WHITE-CROWNED PARROT (Pionus senilis)
RED-LORED PARROT (Amazona autumnalis) [*]
MEALY PARROT (Amazona farinosa) [*]
OLIVE-THROATED PARAKEET (AZTEC) (Eupsittula nana astec)
GREAT GREEN MACAW (Ara ambiguus)
CRIMSON-FRONTED PARAKEET (Psittacara finschi)

A Mottled Owl made a magical appearance after dinner one evening, gliding in to land right over our heads. Photo by participant Janice White.
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)
RUFOUS-RUMPED ANTWREN (Euchrepomis callinota)
FASCIATED ANTSHRIKE (Cymbilaimus lineatus)
RUSSET ANTSHRIKE (Thamnistes anabatinus)
PLAIN ANTVIREO (Dysithamnus mentalis)
CHECKER-THROATED ANTWREN (Epinecrophylla fulviventris)
SLATY ANTWREN (Myrmotherula schisticolor)
DUSKY ANTBIRD (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
CHESTNUT-BACKED ANTBIRD (Poliocrania exsul) [*]
DULL-MANTLED ANTBIRD (Sipia laemosticta)
ZELEDON'S ANTBIRD (Hafferia zeledoni) [*]
Grallariidae (Antpittas)
THICKET ANTPITTA (Hylopezus dives) [*]

The cheeky little Red-tailed Squirrel was another regular raider of the banana feeders. Photo by participant Rick Woodruff.
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers)
OLIVACEOUS WOODCREEPER (Sittasomus griseicapillus) [*]
PLAIN-BROWN WOODCREEPER (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
WEDGE-BILLED WOODCREEPER (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
COCOA WOODCREEPER (Xiphorhynchus susurrans)
SPOTTED WOODCREEPER (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
BROWN-BILLED SCYTHEBILL (Campylorhamphus pusillus) [*]
STREAK-HEADED WOODCREEPER (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
SPOT-CROWNED WOODCREEPER (Lepidocolaptes affinis)
PLAIN XENOPS (Xenops minutus)
BUFF-THROATED FOLIAGE-GLEANER (Automolus ochrolaemus)
SPOTTED BARBTAIL (Premnoplex brunnescens)
RUDDY TREERUNNER (Margarornis rubiginosus)
RED-FACED SPINETAIL (Cranioleuca erythrops)
SLATY SPINETAIL (Synallaxis brachyura)
Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
GREENISH ELAENIA (Myiopagis viridicata)
YELLOW-BELLIED ELAENIA (Elaenia flavogaster)
MOUNTAIN ELAENIA (Elaenia frantzii)
TORRENT TYRANNULET (Serpophaga cinerea) [N]
OLIVE-STRIPED FLYCATCHER (Mionectes olivaceus)

We got to see just how useful those prehensile tails actually are to species like the Central American Spider Monkey. Photo by participant Janice White.
SLATY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Leptopogon superciliaris)
PALTRY TYRANNULET (MISTLETOE) (Zimmerius vilissimus parvus)
SCALE-CRESTED PYGMY-TYRANT (Lophotriccus pileatus)
NORTHERN BENTBILL (Oncostoma cinereigulare) [*]
COMMON TODY-FLYCATCHER (Todirostrum cinereum)
BLACK-HEADED TODY-FLYCATCHER (Todirostrum nigriceps)
EYE-RINGED FLATBILL (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris)
YELLOW-OLIVE FLYCATCHER (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
WHITE-THROATED SPADEBILL (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
SULPHUR-RUMPED FLYCATCHER (Myiobius sulphureipygius aureatus)
TAWNY-CHESTED FLYCATCHER (Aphanotriccus capitalis)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (Contopus cooperi)

Puffbirds, like this White-throated, are close relatives of the kingfishers. Photo by participant Janice White.
TROPICAL PEWEE (Contopus cinereus)
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (Empidonax flaviventris)
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER (Empidonax virescens) [*]
WHITE-THROATED FLYCATCHER (Empidonax albigularis)
BLACK-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Empidonax atriceps)
BLACK PHOEBE (Sayornis nigricans)
LONG-TAILED TYRANT (Colonia colonus)
BRIGHT-RUMPED ATTILA (Attila spadiceus) [*]
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus crinitus) [*]
GREAT KISKADEE (Pitangus sulphuratus)
BOAT-BILLED FLYCATCHER (Megarynchus pitangua)
SOCIAL FLYCATCHER (Myiozetetes similis)
GRAY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Myiozetetes granadensis)

The spectacular Scarlet-rumped Tanager is back, created from the "lumping" of the Passerini's and Cherrie's tanagers. Photo by participant Janice White.
TROPICAL KINGBIRD (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Cotingidae (Cotingas)
PURPLE-THROATED FRUITCROW (Querula purpurata) [*]
SNOWY COTINGA (Carpodectes nitidus)
Pipridae (Manakins)
WHITE-RUFFED MANAKIN (Corapipo altera)
WHITE-COLLARED MANAKIN (Manacus candei)
WHITE-CROWNED MANAKIN (Dixiphia pipra)
Tityridae (Tityras and Allies)
MASKED TITYRA (Tityra semifasciata)
CINNAMON BECARD (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
WHITE-WINGED BECARD (Pachyramphus polychopterus)
ROSE-THROATED BECARD (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
Vireonidae (Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis)
TAWNY-CROWNED GREENLET (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) [*]

The female Green-breasted Mango sports a distinctive racing stripe. Photo by guide Megan Edwards Crewe.
LESSER GREENLET (Pachysylvia decurtata)
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (Vireo flavifrons)
YELLOW-WINGED VIREO (Vireo carmioli)
PHILADELPHIA VIREO (Vireo philadelphicus)
Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies)
BROWN JAY (Psilorhinus morio)
Hirundinidae (Swallows)
BLUE-AND-WHITE SWALLOW (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
SOUTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN (Progne chalybea)
MANGROVE SWALLOW (Tachycineta albilinea)
BARN SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica)
Troglodytidae (Wrens)
SCALY-BREASTED WREN (WHISTLING) (Microcerculus marginatus luscinia) [*]
HOUSE WREN (Troglodytes aedon)
OCHRACEOUS WREN (Troglodytes ochraceus)
TIMBERLINE WREN (Thryorchilus browni)
RUFOUS-NAPED WREN (Campylorhynchus rufinucha)
BLACK-THROATED WREN (Pheugopedius atrogularis)
STRIPE-BREASTED WREN (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
CABANIS'S WREN (Cantorchilus modestus) [*]
BAY WREN (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)

Participant Rick Woodruff got this shot of a Great Green Macaw in a rather unusual position -- having just launched itself off a branch.
WHITE-BREASTED WOOD-WREN (Henicorhina leucosticta)
GRAY-BREASTED WOOD-WREN (Henicorhina leucophrys)
Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers)
TROPICAL GNATCATCHER (Polioptila plumbea)
Cinclidae (Dippers)
AMERICAN DIPPER (Cinclus mexicanus)
Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies)
BLACK-FACED SOLITAIRE (Myadestes melanops)
BLACK-BILLED NIGHTINGALE-THRUSH (Catharus gracilirostris)
ORANGE-BILLED NIGHTINGALE-THRUSH (Catharus aurantiirostris) [*]
SLATY-BACKED NIGHTINGALE-THRUSH (Catharus fuscater) [*]
SWAINSON'S THRUSH (Catharus ustulatus) [*]
WOOD THRUSH (Hylocichla mustelina) [*]
SOOTY THRUSH (Turdus nigrescens)
MOUNTAIN THRUSH (Turdus plebejus)

Lesson's Motmot is another "new" species, recently split from the former Blue-crowned Motmot complex. Photo by participant Janice White.
CLAY-COLORED THRUSH (Turdus grayi)
Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)
TROPICAL MOCKINGBIRD (Mimus gilvus)
Ptiliogonatidae (Silky-flycatchers)
BLACK-AND-YELLOW SILKY-FLYCATCHER (Phainoptila melanoxantha)
LONG-TAILED SILKY-FLYCATCHER (Ptiliogonys caudatus)
Parulidae (New World Warblers)
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (Parkesia noveboracensis)
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (Vermivora chrysoptera)
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (Mniotilta varia)
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonotaria citrea)
FLAME-THROATED WARBLER (Oreothlypis gutturalis)
TENNESSEE WARBLER (Oreothlypis peregrina)
GRAY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT (Geothlypis poliocephala)

A Barn Owl stretches the important bits. Photo by participant Janice White.
MOURNING WARBLER (Geothlypis philadelphia)
KENTUCKY WARBLER (Geothlypis formosa) [*]
OLIVE-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT (Geothlypis semiflava)
AMERICAN REDSTART (Setophaga ruticilla)
TROPICAL PARULA (Setophaga pitiayumi)
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Setophaga fusca)
YELLOW WARBLER (Setophaga petechia)
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (Setophaga pensylvanica)
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER (Setophaga townsendi)
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (Setophaga virens)
RUFOUS-CAPPED WARBLER (Basileuterus rufifrons)
BLACK-CHEEKED WARBLER (Basileuterus melanogenys)
GOLDEN-CROWNED WARBLER (Basileuterus culicivorus)

Something about the yellow eye of the Volcano Junco, perched here on a giant Gunnera leaf, looks rather crazed. Photo by participant Janice White.
COSTA RICAN WARBLER (Basileuterus melanotis)
BUFF-RUMPED WARBLER (Myiothlypis fulvicauda) [*]
WILSON'S WARBLER (Cardellina pusilla)
SLATE-THROATED REDSTART (Myioborus miniatus)
Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
WHITE-SHOULDERED TANAGER (Tachyphonus luctuosus)
TAWNY-CRESTED TANAGER (Tachyphonus delatrii) [*]
WHITE-LINED TANAGER (Tachyphonus rufus)
PASSERINI'S TANAGER (Ramphocelus passerinii)
BLUE-GRAY TANAGER (Thraupis episcopus)
PALM TANAGER (Thraupis palmarum)
SPECKLED TANAGER (Ixothraupis guttata)
GOLDEN-HOODED TANAGER (Tangara larvata)
SPANGLE-CHEEKED TANAGER (Tangara dowii)
PLAIN-COLORED TANAGER (Tangara inornata)
We got to see how the long toes of the Northern Jacana allow it to balance on surface vegetation. Video by guide Megan Edwards Crewe.
BAY-HEADED TANAGER (Tangara gyrola)
EMERALD TANAGER (Tangara florida)
SILVER-THROATED TANAGER (Tangara icterocephala)
SCARLET-THIGHED DACNIS (Dacnis venusta)
GREEN HONEYCREEPER (Chlorophanes spiza)
BLACK-AND-YELLOW TANAGER (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
SLATY FLOWERPIERCER (Diglossa plumbea)
BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT (Volatinia jacarina)
THICK-BILLED SEED-FINCH (Sporophila funerea)
VARIABLE SEEDEATER (Sporophila corvina)
BANANAQUIT (Coereba flaveola)
YELLOW-FACED GRASSQUIT (Tiaris olivaceus)
BUFF-THROATED SALTATOR (Saltator maximus)
BLACK-HEADED SALTATOR (Saltator atriceps)

Some showy Rufous Motmots were a treat at Wayne's early one morning. Photo by participant Janice White.
GRAYISH SALTATOR (Saltator coerulescens)
Passerellidae (New World Buntings and Sparrows)
ASHY-THROATED CHLOROSPINGUS (Chlorospingus canigularis)
SOOTY-CAPPED CHLOROSPINGUS (Chlorospingus pileatus)
COMMON CHLOROSPINGUS (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
BLACK-STRIPED SPARROW (Arremonops conirostris)
ORANGE-BILLED SPARROW (Arremon aurantiirostris)
SOOTY-FACED FINCH (Arremon crassirostris) [*]
VOLCANO JUNCO (Junco vulcani)
RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW (Zonotrichia capensis)
LARGE-FOOTED FINCH (Pezopetes capitalis)
WHITE-EARED GROUND-SPARROW (Melozone leucotis)
Mitrospingidae (Mitrospingid Tanagers)
DUSKY-FACED TANAGER (Mitrospingus cassinii)

Red-throated Ant-Tanagers were enthusiastic visitors to the moth sheet. Photo by participant Janice White.
Cardinalidae (Cardinals and Allies)
SUMMER TANAGER (Piranga rubra)
FLAME-COLORED TANAGER (Piranga bidentata)
RED-THROATED ANT-TANAGER (Habia fuscicauda)
CARMIOL'S TANAGER (Chlorothraupis carmioli)
BLACK-THIGHED GROSBEAK (Pheucticus tibialis)
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
BLUE-BLACK GROSBEAK (Cyanoloxia cyanoides) [*]
BLUE GROSBEAK (Passerina caerulea)
Icteridae (Troupials and Allies)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Sturnella magna)
RED-BREASTED MEADOWLARK (Sturnella militaris)
CHESTNUT-HEADED OROPENDOLA (Psarocolius wagleri)
MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA (Psarocolius montezuma) [N]
BLACK-COWLED ORIOLE (Icterus prosthemelas)

The White-nosed Coati was yet another regular visitor to the Rancho banana feeders. Photo by participant Rick Woodruff.
ORCHARD ORIOLE (Icterus spurius)
BALTIMORE ORIOLE (Icterus galbula)
BRONZED COWBIRD (Molothrus aeneus)
GIANT COWBIRD (Molothrus oryzivorus)
MELODIOUS BLACKBIRD (Dives dives)
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies)
GOLDEN-BROWED CHLOROPHONIA (Chlorophonia callophrys)
YELLOW-CROWNED EUPHONIA (Euphonia luteicapilla)
YELLOW-THROATED EUPHONIA (Euphonia hirundinacea)
OLIVE-BACKED EUPHONIA (Euphonia gouldi)
WHITE-VENTED EUPHONIA (Euphonia minuta)
TAWNY-CAPPED EUPHONIA (Euphonia anneae)
LESSER GOLDFINCH (Spinus psaltria)
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus) [I]
LONG-NOSED BAT (Rhynchonycteris naso)
MANTLED HOWLER MONKEY (Alouatta palliata) [*]
CENTRAL AMERICAN SPIDER MONKEY (Ateles geoffroyi)
VARIEGATED SQUIRREL (Sciurus variegatoides)

Ernesto talks coffee -- and we all learn why we should be drinking organic, shade-grown! Photo by guide Megan Edwards Crewe.
RED-TAILED SQUIRREL (Sciurus granatensis)
MONTANE SQUIRREL (Syntheosciurus brochus)
DUSKY RICE RAT (Melanomys caliginosus)
CENTRAL AMERICAN AGOUTI (Dasyprocta punctata)
WHITE-NOSED COATI (Nasua narica)
NEOTROPICAL OTTER (Lontra longicaudis)
WHITE-TAILED DEER (Odocoileus virginianus)
Herps
GROUND ANOLE (Anolis humilis)
GREEN IGUANA (Iguana iguana)
SPECTACLED CAIMAN (Caiman crocodilus)
Totals for the tour: 323 bird taxa and 11 mammal taxa