Birds and Flowers and Rain, Rain, Rain

Short bird walk in the morning. We saw a Quetzal, but it was too high for a photo and flew off before we even got a good look with binoculars.
The hike for the day was straight up a mud trail, so Faron and I opted for a flatter walk by the river.

The rest of the morning was spent lazily walking around the grounds of the hotel, looking at the flowers and the birds that come here.

There was a cute little Collared Redstart that kept coming up under the cover of the balcony. Once he even came into the open area of the lounge and hopped from chair to chair.

 

Other birds seen today:

Acorn Woodpecker

Flame-colored Tanager

Green Violet-eared Hummingbird

The outstanding flower of the day:  a Fuchsia flower on the grounds of the hotel - 

 

and then it rained...