On to Corcovado

 After an early morning bird walk and breakfast, we took a short boat ride back to the Tortuguero air strip. We flew to San Jose, where the pilots needed to refuel the aircraft for the flight to the Osa Peninsula. Unfortunately that required us to deplane and go back through security in order to reboard. We arrived at the Drakes Bay airstrip and boarded small cars for the ride to the town of Drakes Bay. This ride was quite the adventure over bumpy roads, across three substantial streams, and along steep drops to the beach (no guard rails provided). At Drakes Bay we were greeted by 8 scarlet macaws, quite a treat! A short boat ride brought us to the Aguila de Osa Inn.  Our cabin is spacious and boasts hummingbirds and a woodpecker nest just outside the door. It also has resident spiders and small scorpions, but at least we don’t have geckos like Darren and Cassie.  It’s a lodge in the jungle, so wildlife in the room is part of the experience.

Mid-afternoon we headed out to walk along the dirt track back into the town, looking for birds along the way. Birding has become a team sport, with most members of the group engaged in finding, identifying and photographing the birds we see.  It is a great help to have 8 sets of eyes, and 6 cameras of various capability, applied to the challenge.