The heat is still acting shy, but humidity is high enough to get anyone confused. There is a celebration high above the forest floor, swinging from one branch to the other. While the soil and dead leaves seem quiet beneath our feet, the canopy above is just in a frenzy. Welcome to the lowland rainforest of Costa Rica.
Many wild animals wander in the area.
Lizards, iguanas and caimans are easy to spot sun bathing up in the branch of a tree or close to streams and rivers. As visitors move on along the paths and trails of a park or reserve, bats hang up side down in the mist of a hollow tree or in an abandoned cave. Just remember, as you walk and fix your eyes on the wings of a quiet butterfly, the rest of the forest is bursting with life, sounds and color. Birding in such rich and diverse habitat will certainly give birders an experience of a life time, and a great opportunity to add more than one bird to their life list. If you walk silently through the forest, you will hear the whistled notes of Great Tinamous, a common resident to the entire Caribbean slope.