We were up for the usual 6 am meet up, walking round the back trail before the traditional breakfast of fruit juice, fresh bananas or watermelon, scrambled eggs, rice and beans, plantains, pancakes and tea or coffee. The place was hosting a gang of secondary students from America which made it a bit busy but we ate outside and watched the humming birds in the flowers.
We decided to visit Curi Cancha as it was a new reserve and expected to be much quieter than Monteverde which is very popular and often crowded. One birder reported sharing the Quetzals with 200 others.
We walked up to a side trail and this led to a viewpoint across the valley with good views of birds in the trees. Then we walked to an open area with a tree which held several hummer feeders. We spent quite a bit of time here seeing birds like Magenta-throated Woodstar and Violet Sabrewing with Bananaquits which had learnt to steal from the feeders.
We walked the Leo trail and then back to the hummers. We had to go out for lunch but we got back by 3 and walk the Alondra trail which took us through some interesting forest habitats. On the way out we stopped to watch a dust bathing Golden Olive Woodpecker.
We spent a bit of time looking out across the valley from a viewpoint just outside the park that Luis said often gave views of Bellbird but no luck.
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We decided to visit Curi Cancha as it was a new reserve and expected to be much quieter than Monteverde which is very popular and often crowded. One birder reported sharing the Quetzals with 200 others.
We walked up to a side trail and this led to a viewpoint across the valley with good views of birds in the trees. Then we walked to an open area with a tree which held several hummer feeders. We spent quite a bit of time here seeing birds like Magenta-throated Woodstar and Violet Sabrewing with Bananaquits which had learnt to steal from the feeders.
We walked the Leo trail and then back to the hummers. We had to go out for lunch but we got back by 3 and walk the Alondra trail which took us through some interesting forest habitats. On the way out we stopped to watch a dust bathing Golden Olive Woodpecker.
We spent a bit of time looking out across the valley from a viewpoint just outside the park that Luis said often gave views of Bellbird but no luck.
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