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Costa Rica, a Relaxed & Easy tour

November 18, 2021
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The much-anticipated return to leading international tours could not unfold in a better way than with our Relaxed & Easy Costa Rica tour. The first morning found us in the beautiful gardens of Hotel Bougainvillea, where the astonishing White-eared Ground- Sparrow walked on the sidewalk pretending to be a top-model along the Passarella while showing its astonishing plumage. And what a dressing it showed to us!

Photo album:

2021 VENT Costa Rica: A Relaxed & Easy tour
2021 VENT Costa Rica: A Relaxed & Easy tour
209 photos
Blackburnian Warbler_Setophaga fusca_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1984
Eastern Wood-Pewee_Contopus virens_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1975
Eastern Wood-Pewee_Contopus virens_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1978
Lesson's Motmot_Momotus lessonii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1791
Lesson's Motmot_Momotus lessonii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1840
Lesson's Motmot_Momotus lessonii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1841
Lesson's Motmot_Momotus lessonii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1869
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2000
Tigerwing Butterfly_Mechanitis sp._Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1958
Tigerwing Butterfly_Mechanitis sp._Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1960
Tigerwing Butterfly_Mechanitis sp._Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1965
Variegated Squirrel_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2007
White eared Ground Sparrow_Melozone leucotis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2047
White eared Ground Sparrow_Melozone leucotis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2047
White eared Ground Sparrow_Meloznoe leucotis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2048
White-winged Dove_Zenaida asiatica_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1772
White-winged Dove_Zenaida asiatica_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1775
White-winged Dove_Zenaida asiatica_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A1776
Blackburnian Warbler_Setophaga fusca_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2280
Blackburnian Warbler_Setophaga fusca_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2282
Lesson's Motmot_Momotus lessonii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2221
Lesson's Motmot_Momotus lessonii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2232
Lesson's Motmot_Momotus lessonii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2324
Lesson's Motmot_Momotus lessonii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2333
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2103
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2104
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2113
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2117
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2120
Squirrel Cuckoo_Piaya cayana_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2271
White eared Ground Sparrow_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2133
White eared Ground Sparrow_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2139
White eared Ground Sparrow_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2145
White eared Ground Sparrow_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2196
White-wingede Dove_Zenaida asiatica_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2081
Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher_Phainoptila melanoxantha_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2410
Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher_Phainoptila melanoxantha_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2412
Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher_Phainoptila melanoxantha_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2415
Fiery-throated Hummingbird_Panterpe insignis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_
Fiery-throated Hummingbird_Panterpe insignis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2483
Fiery-throated Hummingbird_Panterpe insignis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2484
Fiery-throated Hummingbird_Panterpe insignis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2513
Fiery-throated Hummingbird_Panterpe insignis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2521
Fiery-throated Hummingbird_Panterpe insignis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2567
Fiery-throated Hummingbird_Panterpe insignis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2589
Fiery-throated Hummingbird_Panterpe insignis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2695
Lesser Violetear_Colibri cyanotus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2450
Lesser Violetear_Colibri cyanotus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2456
Lesser Violetear_Colibri cyanotus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2463
Lesser Violetear_Colibri cyanotus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2465
Lesser Violetear_Colibri cyanotus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2556
Lesser Violetear_Colibri cyanotus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2616
Talamanca hummingbird_Eugenes spectabilis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2422
Talamanca hummingbird_Eugenes spectabilis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2691
White-throated Mountain-Gem_Lampornis castaneoventris_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2940
White-throated Mountain-Gem_Lampornis castaneoventris_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2941
White-throated Mountain-Gem_Lampornis castaneoventris_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2948
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush_Catharus gracilirostris_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2850
Flame-throated Warbler_Oreothlypis gutturalis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2833
Flame-throated Warbler_Oreothlypis gutturalis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2840
Flame-throated Warbler_Oreothlypis gutturalis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2848
Peg-billed Finch_Acanthidops bairdi_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2747
Peg-billed Finch_Acanthidops bairdi_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2749
Peg-billed Finch_Acanthidops bairdi_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2760
Peg-billed Finch_Acanthidops bairdi_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2764
Peg-billed Finch_Acanthidops bairdi_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2772
Peg-billed Finch_Acanthidops bairdi_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2857
Sooty Thrush_Turdus nigrescens_Ascanio_Costa Ricaq_DZ3A2746
Resplendent Quetzal_Pharomachrus moccinno_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2978 copy
Resplendent Quetzal_Pharomachrus moccinno_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2978
Spangle-cheeked Tanager_Tangara dowii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2895
Spangle-cheeked Tanager_Tangara dowii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2896
Spangle-cheeked Tanager_Tangara dowii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2927
Golden-eyed tree frog_Agalychnis annae_Ascanio_Codta Rica_DZ3A2253
Golden-eyed tree frog_Agalychnis annae_Ascanio_Codta Rica_DZ3A2257
Golden-eyed tree frog_Agalychnis annae_Ascanio_Codta Rica_DZ3A2258
Montane Leopard Frog_Lithobates taylori_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2238
Montane Leopard Frog_Lithobates taylori_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2264
Orb Weaver_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2247
Wolf Spider_Lycosidae spp._Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A2252
Resplendent Quetzal_Pharomachrus moccinno_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3018
Resplendent Quetzal_Pharomachrus moccinno_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3020
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch_Atlapetes tibialis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3035
Torrent Tyrannulet_Serpophaga cinerea_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3077
Northern Emerald-Toucanet_Aulacrhynchus prasinus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3241
Northern Emerald-Toucanet_Aulacrhynchus prasinus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3274
Northern Emerald-Toucanet_Aulacrhynchus prasinus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3287
Slaty flowerpiercer_Diglossa plumbea_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3086
Slaty flowerpiercer_Diglossa plumbea_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3093
Slaty flowerpiercer_Diglossa plumbea_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3104
White-throated Mountain-Gem_Lampornis castaneoventris_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3111
White-throated Mountain-Gem_Lampornis castaneoventris_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3112
Wilson's Warbler_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3053
Acorn Woodpecker_Melanerpes formicivorus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3134
Elegant Euphonia_Chlorophonia elegantissima_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3152
Elegant Euphonia_Chlorophonia elegantissima_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3153
Elegant Euphonia_Chlorophonia elegantissima_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3164
Flame-colored Tanager_Piranga bidentata_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3167
Melodious Blackbird_Dives dives_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3129
Sooty-capped chlorospingus_Chlorospingus pileatus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3141
Sooty-capped chlorospingus_Chlorospingus pileatus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3174
Red-tailed Squirrel_Sciurus granadensis_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A3228
Large-footed Finch_Pezopetes capitalis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3207
Barred Becard_Pachyramphus versicolor_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3303
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo_Scytalopus argentifrons_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3308
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo_Scytalopus argentifrons_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3325
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo_Scytalopus argentifrons_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3328
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo_Scytalopus argentifrons_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3329
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo_Scytalopus argentifrons_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3332
Talamanca Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse_Heteromys oresterus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3183
Broad-winged Hawk_Buteo platypterus_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A3355
Chestnut-collared Swift_Streptoprocne rutilus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3202
Black-cheeked Woodpecker_Melanerpes pucherani_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3656
Pale-billed Woodpecker_Campephilus guatemalensis_Ascanio_Costya Rica_DZ3A3347
Black Hawk-Eagle_Spizaetus tyrannus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3512
Common Potoo_Nyctibius griseus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3524
Dusky-faced TAnager_Mitrospingus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3488
Slaty-tailed Trogon_Trogon massena_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3380
Slaty-tailed Trogon_Trogon massena_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3383
Slaty-tailed Trogon_Trogon massena_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3539
Blue Dacnis_Dacnis cayana_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3548
Blue Dacnis_Dacnis cayana_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3550
Blue Dacnis_Dacnis cayana_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3557
Scarlet-rumped Tanager_Raphocelus passerinii_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3371
Blue-black Grosbeak_Cyanoloxia cyanoides_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3660
Blue-black Grosbeak_Cyanoloxia cyanoides_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3665
Blue-black Grosbeak_Cyanoloxia cyanoides_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3668
Broad-winged Hawk_Buteo platypterus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3352
Broad-winged Hawk_Buteo platypterus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3377
Broad-winged Hawk_Buteo platypterus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3378
Broad-winged Hawk_Buteo platypterus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3573
Amazon Kingfisher_Chloroceryle amazona_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3627
Mangrove Swallow_Tachycineta albilinea_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A3589
Mangrove Swallow_Tachycineta albilinea_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A3590
Spotted Sandpiper_Actitis macularia_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3597
Spotted Sandpiper_Actitis macularia_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3599
Argyope spider_Spiderweb_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3520
Greeen Iguana_Iguana iguana_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3608
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog_oophapa pumilio_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3402
Gray-headed Chachalaca_Ortalis cinereiceps_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3634
Gray-headed Chachalaca_Ortalis cinereiceps_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3639
Gray-headed Chachalaca_Ortalis cinereiceps_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3654
Arthropod_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A3746
Broad-winged Hawk_Buteo platypterus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3681
Olive-backed Euphonia_Euphonia gouldi_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3721
Olive-backed Euphonia_Euphonia gouldi_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3737
White-shouldered Tanager_Loriotus luctuosus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3714
Rufous-tailed Jacamar_Galbula ruficauda_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3808
Rufous-tailed Jacamar_Galbula ruficauda_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3831
Green Baslisk_Basiliscus plumifrons_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3893
American Pygmy-Kingfisher_Ascanio_Costa Rica_
American Pygmy-kingfisher_Chloroceryle aenea_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3927
American Pygmy-kingfisher_Chloroceryle aenea_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3961
Band-tailed Barbthroat_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3869
Band-tailed Barbthroat_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3873
Band-tailed Barbthroat_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3874_2
Band-tailed Barbthroat_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3874
Band-tailed Barbthroat_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4155
Band-tailed Barbthroat_Threnetes ruckeri_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3879
Band-tailed Barbthroat_Threnetes ruckeri_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3882
Band-tailed Barbthroat_Threnetes ruckeri_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4157
Bay Wren_Cantorchilus nigricapillus_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A4091
Blue-gray Tanager_Thraupis episcopusDZ3A3963
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer_Chalybura urochrysia_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3955
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer_Chalybura urochrysia_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3957
Chestnut-headed Oropendola_Psarocolius wagleri_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3920
Long-billed Hermit_Phaethornis longirostris_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3996
Long-billed Hermit_Phaethornis longirostris_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4161
Montezuma Oropendola_Psarocolius montezuma_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3921
Montezuma Oropendola_Psarocolius montezuma_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3936
Montezuma Oropendola_Psarocolius montezuma_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3938
Montezuma Oropendola_Psarocolius montezuma_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3941
Montezuma Oropendola_Psarocolius montezuma_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3941
Pale-vented Pigeon_Patagioenas cayanensis_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3967
Red-legged Honeycreeper_Cyanerpes cyaneus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3914
Red-legged Honeycreeper_Cyanerpes cyaneus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3929
Red-legged Honeycreeper_Cyanerpes cyaneus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3930
Red-legged Honeycreeper_Cyanerpes cyaneus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4048
Red-legged Honeycreeper_Cyanerpes cyaneus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4049
Red-legged Honeycreeper_Cyanerpes cyaneus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4051
Red-legged Honeycreeper_Cyanerpes cyaneus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4061
Red-legged Honeycreeper_Cyanerpes cyaneus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4109
Red-legged Honeycreeper_Cyanerpes cyaneus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4111
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4078
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4080
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4081
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird_Amazilia tzatcatl_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4084
Russet-naped Wood-Rail_Aramides albiventris_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A3948
Russet-naped Wood-Rail_Aramides albiventris_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A3988
Russet-naped Wood-Rail_Aramides albiventris_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A3989
White-necked Jacobin_Florisuga mellivora_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4024
Keel-billed Motmot_Electron carinatum_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4217
Anole_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4031
Green Basilisk_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3888
Green Basilisk_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A3889
Honduran White Tent-making Bat_Ectophylla alba_DZ3A4129
Honduran White Tent-making Bat_Ectophylla alba_DZ3A4131
Baltimore Oriole_Icterus galbula_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4284
Baltimore Oriole_Icterus galbula_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4289
Black-and-white Warbler_Mniotilta varia_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4281
Northern Emerald-Toucanet_Aulacorhynchus prasinus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4372
Northern Emerald-Toucanet_Aulacorhynchus prasinus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4382
Summer Tanager_Piranga rubra_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4362
Summer Tanager_Piranga rubra_Costa Rica_Ascanio_DZ3A4318
Violet Sabrewing_Campylopterus hemileucurus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4238
Violet Sabrewing_Campylopterus hemileucurus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4249
Violet Sabrewing_Campylopterus hemileucurus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4256
Gray Hawk_Buteo plagiatus_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4426
Heliconius butterfly_Ascanio_Costa Rica_DZ3A4386
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