Our rental is a 4WD vehicle, and at sunrise this morning I decided to utilize that fact. I drove some amazingly rutted dirt roads and up super steep inclines (and down) and ultimately reached a stream crossing that I found two years ago during a prior visit to Costa Rica. It is the dry season right now, and I was able to easily walk the stream bed and then 600 yards further to the Pacific Ocean. For 3 hours I saw nary another person as I birded in Paradise.

My private beach … the movie (video link for email subscribers)

Upon returning to the stream bed crossing, the Black-Headed Trogons started to sing. For over 30 minutes I watched and photographed the large number of Trogons.

Black-Headed Trogon Song Fest (I saw over six individual trogons)(video link for email subscribers)

I might have stayed longer, but my ears heard a Pale-Billed Woodpecker drumming. Thus, I popped back out to the Savannah from the forest and ocean area. While I never did find the woodpecker, other delights awaited me!

Iguana and Prey (Black Spiny-Tailed Iguana ??)

Tropical Kingbirds

White-Faced Monkey