The last part of the trip was spent just outside of  Providencia.  Providencia is a small town on the border of the Central Valley and South Costa Roca.   The village is in between two valleys and tourists are not common in this region-probably  because you have to leave the Panamerican Highway and go on a rough dirt road which took us around an hour or so to get to the farmhouse we were staying at.  However, the area is very popular for bouldering (rock climbing) so there are a few tourists that go.   There was a young group at the farm doing some rock climbing on the boulders on  site.  I ended up talking to them and the leader asked me if I wanted to try  rock climbing.  However, I thought it would be safer to concentrate on  photography!   It certainly  was a unique experience living with the Costa Rican family for a few days.  The house was rustic (no heat for starters) but the people were very friendly and the food was excellent.  Anna who runs the B&B spoke no english but her daughter- in- law did speak a very minimal amount.   The mornings were quite cold until the sun was out so I used to stand near the wood burning stove to warm up.  Fortunately I had a lot of blankets at night and appreciated all of them.  We spent a lot of time at the farm taking pictures of birds that we hadn't seen at our other stops. 

Here is a view of the landscape of the area.  

This Silver-throated Tanager is a small passerine bird.  The bird is brightly coloured is a resident of Costa Rica through Panama and western Colombia to western Ecuador.  

The adult Silver-throated is a 13 cm (5.1 inches) long and weighs 21 grams (.74 oz).  The male is mainly yellow, with black streaks down its back and a whitish throat bordered above with a black malar stripe.  

The Blue-grey Tanager ( South American songbird).   

A Blue-grey and Silver-throated Tanagers sharing a perch.

The Flame-coloured Tanager is a medium-sized American songbird.  Apparently these birds are now classified in the cardinal family.  A tropical passerine bird, the Flame-coloured Tanager is found in the mountains of Mexico and throughout Central America to Northern Panama.  

This Flame-coloured Tanager is occasionally seen in the United States in the mountains in the southeast corner of Arizona, the southwest of New Mexico and also in the southwest corner of Texas.  

The Tennessee Warbler breeds from the Adirondack Mountains in New York through Northern Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine north and west throughout much of Canada.  This bird was named from a specimen collected in Tennessee where it may appear during migration.

The Tennessee Warbler is 11.5 cm (4.75 inches) long and weighs roughly 10 grams.  These warblers migrate, wintering in southern Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela with a few stragglers going as far as Ecuador.  

The Baltimore Oriole is a small blackbird that commonly occurs in eastern North America.  They migrate predominantly in Central America and northern South America.  They are medium sized and measure 17-22 cm (6.7-8.7 inches) in length and have an average weight of 33.8 grams (1.19 oz).   

The Baltimore Orioles, a major league baseball team in Baltimore, Maryland were named after this bird.  The bird  is also the state bird of Maryland.

The Red-legged Honeycreeper is a small songbird species in the tanager family.  It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago.   On average this bird is 12.2 cm long and weighs 14 grams.  Its bill is slightly decurved.  

This Red-legged Honeycreeper is a male.  The males are violet-blue with black wings, tail and back and bright red legs.  

The Rufous-collared Sparrow is an American sparrow.  These birds are 13.5-15 cm long and weigh from 20-25 grams.  These birds feed on seeds, fallen grain and insects.  

One  late afternoon, I  took a break from photographing birds and took a walk in the area.  I found a nice river close by.

I hiked down to a different area hoping to find some interesting landscapers and took a few shots.

On the last full morning of the trip, I tried again at photographing birds in flight.  I concentrated on trying to get a decent shot of this Violet Sabrewing hummingbird.