Volcan Poas

Poas crater

Boton lake in an extinct crater

Tangled understory

Tree fern

Green violet-ear hummingbird

The howler monkey

The ascent to Monteverde

The surrounding mountains

Monteverde sits atop

A view of the gulf of Nicoya and peninsula

Another Pacific sunset

Unwelcome house guest

The ubiquitous scorpion of Monteverde

Misty evening spent snake hunting

Mist within the forest

Red-tailed squirrel

Geophis ruthveni

Striped palm viper (Bothriechis lateralis)

Aerial overview of my house

View Monteverde, Costa Rica in a larger map

Typical afternoon

The rainy season

Army ants storm the kitchen

The creek behind the house

The trail there

The creek

Swimming potential?

Large caterpillar along the bank

The carnage continues

Mexican mouse opossum killed by a domestic cat

Evening descends

Sunset on the Cordillera Tilaran

An interesting carcass

Blackish small-eared shrew (Cryptotis nigrescens)

From the porch

View from the stoop

Blue-crowned motmot

Central American agouti

Night at the new house

Lights from the kitchen

Porch light

Forest outside the house

Wasp species

Don't lean against the trees