Trogon

Photographed in the forest near to Esquinas Rainforest lodge. Note the pale-blue orbital ring and blue-grey bill and black tip on its tail.

Photographed during our transition from Monteverde to Manuel Antonio.

This male was photographed in the forest near to Esquinas Rainforest lodge. Note orange-red bill, grey patch on wing and grey tail.

The second image is of a female that seen during our first river excursion into Tortuguero NP.

This male, female and juvenile were all photographed during a very early outing in Savegre.

Photographing this bird seems perhaps unsurprisingly, to be high on the agenda of many vistors to Costa Rica. The experience itself was quite odd in that it was the only time during our trip, where there were literally crowds of maybe 50-100 people, stood on the road at 06:00, with cameras, binoculars, scopes at the ready just in case. The local guides were using walkie-talkies to get a heads-up on the birds' whereabouts. Then about 20-minutes after the birds arrived, everyone just drifted away and we had the place to ourselves. Quite surreal.