Hummingbirds, toucanet and squirrel in Costa Rica

This video is called Hummingbirds at Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica.

Costa Rica, 27 March 2014. After crossing high mountains, we had arrived in San Gerardo de Dota yesterday. Still rather high in the mountains, with plants and animals corresponding to that.

Early in the morning, a blue-grey tanager.

A rufous-collared sparrow on the ground.

A green violetear hummingbird at a feeder. See also here on this species.

And a female volcano hummingbird. A small species, even for a hummingbird.

A flame-coloured tanager.

A female long-tailed silky flycatcher.

An acorn woodpecker cleaning its feathers in a treetop.

A male green-crowned brilliant hummingbird on a branch.

A collared redstart (also called whitestart, as it has white in its tail feathers as well).

An emerald toucanet. It has good mimicry colours among the foliage.

A stripe-tailed hummingbird.

In the forest, a group of spotted wood-quail. Not as shy as one might expect.

A red-tailed squirrel.

A tufted flycatcher.

We are on our way to a tree with a resplendent quetzal nest. So, stay tuned!

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