We went to the local Catholic church for morning mass. Afterwards there was an orchestra performance from some of the local youth that was pretty incredible and we enjoyed staying to listen.
After church we went to a nature reserve (ecocentro danaus). It was farm land until 24 years ago they let it return to natural habitat and have local schools come help plant trees and learn about the animals there.
It's only about 7 acres, but has amazing wildlife. These are a few of the birds we saw and James took pictures of, but we saw many more. The guide knew the names of all of them.
The butterfly garden also had many kinds.
Preston worked so hard to hold still for a butterfly to land on his finger.
We saw 5 sloths, including a baby, but they were tough to spot up in the trees. The squirrels and agouti were much easier and seen scampering through the trees as we walked along the path.
The binoculars were helpful in finding the sloths. One was scratching his belly, making him easier to spot.
On the left in this picture is a bat that was hiding inside of a folded up leaf. Top middle is a tiny 'blue jeans' frog. Top right is an iguana on the tree branch, and bottom a lizard. Ethan was good at detecting the wildlife and found a couple of the frogs for us.
Brad and Margaret flew into Costa Rica and made it to our hotel just in time to get our favorite mango smoothies before dinner.
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