After we finished at the parking lot of Costa Rica's Carara National Park on 3 July, we hiked a couple of miles into the jungle. We enjoyed being back in the tropical forest. For us the forest seemed relatively tame. Unlike in Peru and Ecuador, were we explored barely visible hunting trails, the park paths were wide, cleared, and occasionally wheelchair accessible.
This enterprise proved to be fairly frustrating. With our guide and dragonfly expert at the front of the line, three-fourths of us missed seeing dragonflies. We were supposed to rotate our positions in line, but that tended not work so well. Our bird experts were better at moving along the line, but the birds were not very cooperative. For one thing, it was not breeding season. Birds were not on territory and did not respond to calls.
The jungle was dense, making seeing birds even more difficult. Take this male Barred Antshrike. That’s my best photo. Barrred Antstrikes are found from eastern Mexico south through most of Amazonian South America. These birds are omnivores. They consume both plants and small animals. According to Koloff et al., “Barred Antshrikes are found in dense areas with highly tangled foliage and consequently are heard more often than seen.”
This enterprise proved to be fairly frustrating. With our guide and dragonfly expert at the front of the line, three-fourths of us missed seeing dragonflies. We were supposed to rotate our positions in line, but that tended not work so well. Our bird experts were better at moving along the line, but the birds were not very cooperative. For one thing, it was not breeding season. Birds were not on territory and did not respond to calls.
The jungle was dense, making seeing birds even more difficult. Take this male Barred Antshrike. That’s my best photo. Barrred Antstrikes are found from eastern Mexico south through most of Amazonian South America. These birds are omnivores. They consume both plants and small animals. According to Koloff et al., “Barred Antshrikes are found in dense areas with highly tangled foliage and consequently are heard more often than seen.”
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