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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ovenbird43" data-source="post: 1567926" data-attributes="member: 64478">The day I moved in with my host family was one of the only difficult days for me, and one of the only days when I felt homesick.  The family consisted of a mother and her 15-year-old son, and they were very nice, but with the vast language barrier it felt awkward for me.  At that point I knew a few phrases in Spanish, and they even less in English, so there wasn't much more to say beyond "Hello, My name is..., How are you?".  However, the classes and teachers were great, so I learned rapidly, and each day was able to communicate a little more with my family.  By the second week I was able to learn a little bit about them, and to tell them a little about myself.The house had a small yard with some flowering bushes and fruiting trees that attracted birds, including Canivet's Emerald, Steely-vented Hummingbird, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, and Yellow-throated Euphonia.  One morning I looked out an saw a pair of Gray-headed Chachalacas with 3 or 4 chicks in the bushes.  The grounds around the school were also productive, and most days I saw/heard Buff-throated and Grayish Saltators, Blue-gray Tanager, Blue-and-white Swallow, Brown Jay, and Yellow-faced Grassquit.  There were trails behind the school that often produced White-eared Ground-Sparrow and Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush.  During my 15-minute walk to school in the mornings, I usually heard Three-wattled Bellbirds in the distance.Below are pictures of the chachalacas, my host family's house, and the school.</blockquote>

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