Yesterday, I reviewed the Savegre Hotel & Spa.  Today I will tell you about the birding experiences and the guide.  Our guide was Marino Chacon, a member of the founding family of Savegre Hotel.  You can read the history of his family here.  Marino knows the local birds well and has a scope to help you see them better.

As with most birding excursions, you start early in the morning.  You can either book a visit to the Resplendent Quetzal area or a 5 hour tour which includes a birding hike in the forest behind the lodge which is your best chance to see Sulphur-winged Conures.

By the time we got to the Quetzal area, another group of birders had beat us there so it was easy to find them.  We saw 6 in all which is not bad for the slow season.  There were 2 adult males, 2 adult females and 2 juvenile males.  Here are a  few pics of the Quetzals and some other birds in their habitat.