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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Birdingcraft" data-source="post: 1940822" data-attributes="member: 55810">Yes, 2 hours does very little justice to the place. Getting the specialty birds there requires a good deal of time and patience- kind of like Amazon birding. Pretty good to get Streak chested Antpitta in 2 hours though! They occur in there but are much more quiet than their ilk in the lowland forests of the Pacific Slope.Yes, it is easy to get there by bus. Go to the Carribenos bus station, buy a ticket for Guapiles and tell the driver to drop you at Quebrada Gonzalez. First bus leaves at 530 am except on Sundays (6am) and it takes about an hour to get there. Station opens at 8 but you can go in earlier as long as you let them know in advance- I will post contact info here shortly (can also find it on my blog). Getting back to San Jose is also easy enough- keep trying to flag down a passing bus until one stops- might be standing room only.Snowcaps are still most easily seen at Rancho and El Copal although I run into them once in a while at Quebrada. That Dull-mantled Antbird is odd. Some days I see them right at the stream near the trail exit as well as inside the forest and then other days they are just absent!</blockquote>