Just outside the city of La Fortuna near Volcano Arenal in Costa Rica is a place called Rancho Margot. The tourist ranch and farm is completely sustainable and self-sufficient with a focus to protect and reforest the surroounding area. You have to see the various way the create energy and reuse resources to believe them.

Just outside the Children´s Eternal Rain Forest, Rancho Margot is a great place for bird and nature photography. Learn more at http://www.ranchomargot.org/ .

I quickly selected a few images I took over six days, some from the observatory just a bike ride away, representing about 60% of the photos that made the site's gallery.

Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Montezuma Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Tennessee Warbler
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tropical Pewee
Grey-capped Flycatcher
Brown Jay
Golden-headed Tanager
Clay-colored Thrush
Buff-throated Saltator
Blue-grey Tanager
Passerini´s Tanager