Costa Rica Blog Jan 24th, 2017
January 30, 2017 at 12:00 AM
January 24th, 2017 - Cloud Forest Reserve & an Adventure in Zip lining
We departed our lodge early this morning to explore and photograph the trails at the Monteverda Cloud Forest Reserve. This rainforest is located at 4,600 feet above sea level thus the name Cloud Forest. The rainforest is a very lush green in colour due to the nearly 12 feet of rain annually. It is home to rare and unusual wildlife, such as jaguars, pumas and over 450 species of birds including the largest population of quetzal birds. After our morning hike we took a lunch break then enjoyed an afternoon of zip lining. What an adventure that was. A cable car takes you to one of the mountain tops, then you take 8 different lines back to the forest floor. It takes about two hours to complete the run. I’ve included some shots of our adventure.
The last series of images today were shot by photographer David Huffman during our tour. Costa Rica is home to some 50 species of humming birds and here is some of the birds he photographed during our tour. Thanks Dave for sharing your images for the blog. Great work too! Enjoy todays selection of images.
Group entering the cloud forest this morning.
Ron checking out a few birds, Monica and Nancy in the background.
Another shot of the many colorful flowers found in Costa Rica.
Today we found many small birds along the trail, of course they were willing to pose.
This is a Costa Rican Warbler.
Another Costa Rican warbler.
Interesting fungas growing on a tree stump.
Another friendly Costa Rican Warbler.
Up-close!
Matching beak and feet ... Anyone know what this bird is?
A view of the beautiful forest tops.
More colorful flowers as we hiked and photographed in the forest.
Gail getting suited up for our zip line adventure.
Sabrina fitting the harness.
Monica is all ready to go, Alexa and Ron in the background.
Monica, Gail, Nancy, Sabrina and Judy ready to go.
Alexa getting help with her harness.
Nancy and Judy are ready to go.
Ron doing a test run.
Andrew has it down on the first run.
Dave’s got it.
Alexa giving the first run a go.
Coming in means a quick stop!
Way to go Judy.
Judy stoping.
Andrew slowing down at the end of the first run.
Heading up on the cable car to begin the full run, this tower is one of the lower valley towers.
This is one of the bridges we crossed yesterday that are high in the tree tops.
Sabrina beginning her run.
Alexa heading out from the highest tower into the valley below.
Andrew’s got it.
At the end of the zip line runs you can opt to do a bungee drop or zip to the end. This is Judy doing the drop. Way to go.
Here goes Ron, wow.
Andrew arriving back to the valley.
Harold coming in.
Christine having fun.
Laura all smiles.
The final series today are a selection of images shot by photographer David Huffman during our tour. Thanks Dave for sharing your great images with us.
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Hummingbird Selection by David Huffman
Thanks again David Huffman for the great cross section of Hummingbird images tonight.
That’s a wrap on a busy day of photography and adventure. More images tomorrow as we wrap up our last day in Costa Rica. Good night from all the trekkers in Monteverde, Costa Rica.
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James, I think your bird is a Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush.
Beautiful pictures...thank you for sharing with us.