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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ovenbird43" data-source="post: 2003305" data-attributes="member: 64478">30 DecThis was our last day at Hosteria Papagayo.  We were supposed to go visit a crater lake (the name escapes me), but the leader for the trip was sick and so the trip was canceled.  Instead, we went on a horseback ride through the surrounding countryside.  It was a much-needed restful day, with a leisurely 4-hour ride that included a picnic lunch.  It was just Tom and I plus our guide, since neither of us are experienced riders- a more experienced group took a different and more challenging route.  Bird-wise it was also a quiet day, although after our ride Tom wanted to take a nap so I went for a walk along the roads.  The trees lining the road produced a lot of songbirds, including wintering Blackburnian Warblers, a family of Black-crested Warblers, Spectacled Redstart, Cinereous Conebill, Rufous-naped Brush-Finch, and Black Flowerpiercer.  I managed to catch up with a few of the hummingbirds zipping around, including a female White-bellied Woodstar, Tyrian Metaltail, and the fabulous Shining Sunbeam.  That evening we caught a ride with a group heading back to Quito and stayed at the Embassy Hotel.</blockquote>