Night Eyes

The day started early with a bird walk with Pepe where we encountered multiple species of neo tropical

birds including scarlet macaws. After the walk, we had banana pancakes and multiple fruits grown in the

the gardens at Saladero for breakfast. We then left Saladero to snorkel a bay with a small coral reef

during which we saw six foot moray eels, trigger fish and jelly fish.  After the snorkel, our group

(Team Three Toes) went on a garden walk with Pepe where we learned all about the native and exotic

plants and their importance to the environment. Next, we had lunch where we ate tuna macaroni salad.

Our next adventure was a hike through the rain forest where we saw more species of birds and a

howler monkey in very poor shape. We think he fell from a tree.  We then returned to the beach house

for a delicious chicken and rice entree with a side of squash; dessert was a great coconut, vanilla and

cinnamon ice cream. While we had a little break, James and David enjoyed some nice cold Coca Colas.

Our final activity for the night was our personal favorite, a night hike. Within our first few steps,

Pepe challenged us to find a lizard. After a few minutes, nobody could find anything. Pepe then

pointed out two juvenile brown basilisks in a tree only 10 feet from us. The highlights of the hike

were finding a baby Fer de Lance which is a snake in Costa Rica and a very rare spider called the

web casting spider which shoots its net onto its prey (basically the real version of spider-man) . All in

all its was another amazing day in the Costa Rican wilderness.