Sorry we didn't keep yall in the loop yesterday..so here's an update:
3am makes for a fantastic start to the day. 3 hour layover in Atlanta due to clutzy co-pilots having unfortunate mishaps followed by thunderstorms, we took off for COSTA RICA! When we got here we were met with a van and Michael to drive us 3-4 hours to Leaves and Lizards only to find that the power was out! But that didn't stop us, our view of the volcano from our cabin combined with rufous hummingbirds and a candle-light Costa Rican feast totally made up for everything.
This morning we started with a 6am hike around the property to relocate the bird points from previous years adding two new ones because of vegetation growth since last year. We found half before breakfast--another feast--and then hiked a few more hours to find the last half. During our hike we noted all the birds sited so that later we could bust out our books and learn all about 'em. Elise and I both found out that our favorite bird so far is the Passerini Tanager--LOOK IT UP! Now that we got some mad skillz, we hope to be able to identify as many as we can tomorrow (with the help of our rad guide Ocsar and Dr. B) on our first official day of data collection!
PURA VIDA!
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