La Selva Station:  Arrival at the station in the rain to unload and find great food, friendly people, warm dry lodging.

Poison Dart Frog

These tiny frogs were seen on all night walks, especially after a heavy rain.The locals call it the blue jean frog.
Night noises included holler monkeys, tree frogs and crickets. Mornings were greeted with parrots, holler monkeys, and numerous other birds.

Research project was to study the methods that Tillandsia, a bromeliads, uses to get water. We learned how the water chambers store water and water enters through trichromes on the lower third of the leaves. Stomates were located on both sides of the leaf.

Interesting birds seen at La Selva:
 

Great Tinamou	Black Hawk-eagle	Bat Falcon	Mealy Parrot
Crested Owl	Squirrel Cuckoo	Crowned Woodnymph	Ringed Kingfisher
Crested Mandibled Toucan	Blacked-cheeked Woodpecker	Great Kiskadee	Scarlet-rumped Cacique

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