Tree fern - Monteverde |
Monteverede cloud forest from distance |
The cloud forest in the clouds |
Monteverde Reserve trail |
Cloud forest tree loaded with epiphytes |
Howler monkeys thru binoculars |
Howler monkey |
Time for the laser pointer Yehudi |
The Monteverde hike |
Junior and Senior on the Continental divide |
The sunny side of the divide |
Fern fiddlehead |
Fiddleheads |
Cloud forest palm fruits |
White nosed Coati at Monteverde Reserve |
Coati |
Violet Sabrewing |
Violet Sabrewing |
Hummers at Monteverde feeder |
Millipedes |
Tink Frog?? Yehudi, help |
Wolf spider - Monteverde night hike |
Red Knee Tarantula |
Bats |
Blurry Agouti |
Leaf cutter ant - soldier |
Coffee (cafe) bean freshly picked |
Anyone up for the zip line? |
Coming in for a landing |
Some gringo looking at birds |
Cloud forest - home to hobbits and elves |
canopy walkwaying |
Resplendent Quetzal - male |
Quetzal thru binocs |
Trogon |
Cecropia tree from above |
Cloud forest bromeliad |
Cloud forest epiphytes |
Bromeliads and other epiphytes |
El Bosque mascot - not very good at keeping scorpions away |
Turquoise-browed Motmot |
Crossing Laguna de Arenal |
Approaching the lake from Monteverde |
A traditional Tico oxcart |
On the road to Lake Arenal |
Cashew nut with fruit |
sugar cane plantation |
La Selva - OTS Biological Station |
Rainforest surface roots |
More surface roots |
Rainforest vines |
Amazing, huge rainforest giant with fines and epiphytes |
Cool vine |
Chesnut-mandibled Toucan |
Collared Peccary |
Rio Puerto Viejo at La Selva |
Green and Black Poison Frog |
Bullet Ant |
Senor Bullet |
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Golden Orb Weaver spider |
Fer-de-Lance |
Fer-de-Lance |
Drip tip drop |
Rainforest leaf drip tip |
Visiting the family near Selva Verde |
Tico hospitality |
We left plenty |
Learning a new skill |
Does she have a future at this? |
Luckily we had granola bars |
Courage |
Second thoughts |
Black pepper plants, Pimienta |
Black pepper berries |
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Anyone hungry? |
Some serious Tico hospitality |
Green Iguana at Selva Verde |
Green Basilisk |
Termite tunnels on tree trunk |
Heliconia flower |
Millipede |
Millipede |
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Strawberry Poison Frog |
Owl butterfly (Caligo sp.) caterpillar |
Night Hike! Molting cicada |
Another recent moltee |
Spit Bug spit |
A Long-horned Beetle |
Steph's catch |
Conehead Katydid |
Another Conehead |
Praying Mantis - well camouflaged |
Glowing forest eyes |
Carbunco? |
Red-eyed Tree Frog eggs |
Tree Frog eggs |
Red-eyed Tree Frog at Selva Verde |
Red-eyed Tree Frog |
Mating season |
Hey Yehudi - what species is this? |
ridin da bus |
La Paz waterfall |
Keel-billed Toucan |
Chesnut-mandibled Toucan |
Collared Aracari |
Collared Aracari |
Blue Morpho butterfly |
Crested Owls |
Pura Vida |
Don't fall out JG |
Who's that guy in the boat? |
River otter |
Tiger-heron |
Coffee plantation |
Coffee |
Coffee bushes |
What, no rice and beans?? |
Comida tipica |
Lunch |
Tasty plantains |
Umm Yehudi...what is this stuff? |
5 for a thousand |
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Roadside stand |
Mangos |
Red mangrove forest, Pacific Coast |
Crested caracara |
Termite nest |
On the Coast |
Playa Hermosa |
Black sand |
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Fogged up view from breakfast |
Manuel Antonio National Park |
Manuel Antonio |
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White-faced Capuchin Monkey |
Comida tipica! |
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Two toed sloth |
We didn't get any looks this close |
Northern Tamandua |
Tamandua |
Manuel Antonio black volcanic rocks |
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Capuchin |
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Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera |
Carara NP old growth rainforest |
Iguana parking |
Leaf cutter ant |
Leaf cutters |
Strangler fig |
Thats one big tree |
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Acacia tree and symbiotic ants |
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Green and Black Poison Frog |
Swiss cheese plant |
Self explanatory |
Roseate spoonbills and white ibis |
Little Blue Heron |
Egret |
Croc |
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Fishing on the Rio Tarcoles |
Alajuela at dusk |