Central America
Life in Monteverde, Costa Rica and points beyond
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Birds at the institute
Olive-striped flycatcher
Swainson's thrush
Violet Sabrewing
(it is alive and well)
Friday, October 7, 2011
Electric storms at Monteverde
A walk through San Louis
Views of the descent down
The cane toad
Tarantula
Leaf-cutter ant struggling with its load
A worn path made by leaf-cutter ants
Orange-chinned parakeets
An orange-chinned parakeet feeding in a tree
A noisy flock of orange-chinned parakeets
Emerald toucanet
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Olive-Ridley Sea-Turtle Arribada
Playa Ostional from a distance
7,000-10,000 individuals nested
Not going to be a successful nest
Glistening of the Olive shells
Three returning to sea
Full nest
A few exhausted did not succeed
sea turtle videos
Olive-Ridley returning to sea
A tired female digging a nest
A glimpse at the number of turtles
Bird Island on the Rio Tempisque
Bird Island
Rio Tempisque
Mangroves
Black-crowned night heron
Anhinga's in the nest
Wood storks, spoonbills, and great egrets
Roseate spoonbills
wildlife around Guanacaste
Buena Vista
American crocodile
Whimbrel
Black vultures
Sanderlings
Green Iguana
Rosebelly spiny lizard
Cnemidophorus deppii
Variegated squirrel
Painted wood turtle
Wood stork
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