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Message: <blockquote data-quote="halftwo" data-source="post: 1256422" data-attributes="member: 45720">Yes, Steve, we loved Tortuguero too. We did it first on our trip. There were no turtles to be seen as it wasn't the season, but it was dry and not at all too hot.I'm very gripped by the hawk and the owl - you jammed well there!Our boat trips were similar to yours - I was the only birder on them, but they realised I was an asset when I found a Prothonotary warbler and a nearly invisible lizard - after which they indulged me rather more than they might have done - and like you the others probably thought I was a nutter as I got excited by the various avian finds: but they were quite impressed by the larger/more colourful birds we found.(As always on trips like this - safari in Kenya eg. - I wonder why the others are on the trip at all - they have done little or no research, don't know what they might see, nor what they do see when shown it - but have paid good money to see it! And they are amused by people like us who actually really love it!  That's people for you, eh.) We both really enjoyed the other animals too - the monkeys, sloths, alligators etc etc.We travelled by road & boat to get there - half a day at least - but saw some birds en route. There were a few waders too, see my report.H</blockquote>