The Standlake Birder -

Resplendent Quetzal I had originally intended this to be my last blog on the Costa Rica trip but when I checked my photos I discovered that I had 6,000 to go through taken over the last three days of the adventure.   I hence decided to split it into more manageable two blogs. The reason for so many photos from our last lodge, Savegre, was the almost overwhelming abundance and variety of photogenic birds in the area.   Our big target bird for the 16 th   November was one of Costa Rica’s most iconic and highly sought after species, the very aptly named Resplendent Quetzal. So pre-breakfast we drove to a good local site  for them where there were many purpose-built perches photogenically covered in lichen. We got there early as Paco said it could be quite busy there and sure enough there were already other parties present creating the nearest atmosphere to a twitch that we had on the whole trip.   The Quezal twitch Within minutes of our arrival ...