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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hamhed" data-source="post: 3208579" data-attributes="member: 70825">On the fourth day, we left Heleconia Island and drove back across the mountains, stopping for a long lunch at the Cinchona Cafe.  I guess the cafe to be at about 4300' (1300m) so of course, some different birds were enjoyed.  Liz and I were not expecting this to be a trip that would generate many new birds for us but we did pick up flyover Great Green Macaws and a Sunbittern at Heleconia Island.  Here at the cafe, we were fortunate to see a White-bellied Mountain-gem, one of the few Costa Rican hummingbirds we had not previously seen.  It was chased and bullied by the numerous Violet Sabrewings so I was unable to get a picture of any quality.  The cafe was a refreshing stop also as an end to the hot and humid conditions of the Sarapiqui lowlands.  We drove straight to our final night's destination, Tacacori Ecolodge, (<a href="http://www.tacacori.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tacacori.com/</a>), arriving in the hills above Alajuela by mid-afternoon.</blockquote>