Cloud Forest-revised

Here is an update of this post which has the promised humingbird video which Karen took on her iPhone 4Gs in the wind and the rain at 5,000 feet. There were multiple feeders and they were all around us.

Cloud Forests are rain forests at a mountain elevation. As they are up in the clouds, the rain is called horizontal rain, and the leaves are always dripping, rain or not. Very much like the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest only no fir trees, all broadleaf. Yesterday we walked through the Monteverde Reserve at 5,000 feet. The birds were mostly small and yellow or green I'm not a birder and don't remember all the names but there was a flycatcher among others. We have a great hummingbird video we'll post later. This morning from the hotel we saw bright yellow and black and bright orange and black birds. An easterner might think Baltimore Oriole, but I think it is an SF Giants bird. The walk through the cloud forest was wonderful and calming, especially I'd you gee up in Seattle rain.

This morning we also saw some watusa (think big rat or guinea pig) and some coatimundi on the grounds of the hotel. Pics to come, really.