The birds of Trogon Lodge and the Savegre Valley. Trogon Lodge sits at 7000 feet elevation in the cloud forest about 70 kilometers, by road, south of San Jose.
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Black Vulture, in a very uncommon pose. This was the only one I saw on the ground.
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Female Collared Trogon found just uphill from a Resplendent Quetzal nest in the Savegre Valley.
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Album: Resplendent Quetzal

Changed: Nov 18, 2007.
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Emerald Toucanet taking a fruit to its nest.
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Female Gray-tailed Mountain Gem at Trogon Lodge.
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Album: Magnificent Hummingbird

Changed: Nov 18, 2007.
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Female Scintillant Hummingbird at Trogon Lodge.
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Acorn Woodpeckers along the road in the Savegre Valley, downstream from Trogon Lodge.
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Album: Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher

Changed: Nov 18, 2007.
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Sooty Robin, a very common bird on the grounds of Trogon Lodge.
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I was really hoping to see a Sooty Robin -- it turned out to be the most common bird I saw at Trogon Lodge. I wish they were all this easy!
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Mountain Robin, a cautious but common bird at Trogon Lodge. It would not allow a close approach for a photo.
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Collared Redstart at a park in the Savegre Valley.
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Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager on the grounds of Trogon Lodge.
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Spangled-cheeked Tanager near its nest in a palm tree in the Sagegre Valley.
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Large-footed Finch, a fairly common bird at Trogon Lodge.
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A Yellow-thighed Finch at a park in the Savegre Valley.
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A better look at the yellow thighs but from the wrong end of the bird.
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Female Slaty Flower-piercer visiting a plant at Trogon Lodge.
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Rufous-collared Sparrow, the most common sparrow I found in Costa Rica.
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