In the moist forest, we finally found a female quetzal. It is so shiny and elegant even in the poor light condition. However, heavy rain did not allow us to wait for a male bird. Richard told me we were going to the Carara Biological Reserve. On the way to go down, we stopped twice to see two species of motmots.
Motmots are similar to bee-eaters but are more forest birds with elongated center tail feather.
It has a button-shaped feather at the end of the tail which reminds me something for flushing the toilet. At the Carara Biological Reserve, we were able to see wide variety of birds, including 4 species of trogons, antbirds, ovenbirds, tyrant flycatchers and hummingbirds. Leaf-cutting Ants were commonly seen in the forest. They developed a narrow but long trails for their works. In the afternoon, we tried to find a toucan at the reserve.