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Laughing falcons (Herpetotheres cachinnans), CR SP - Guaco, in the Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica. They are expert snake hunters.

Insect-chewed leaf in the forest at the Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica.

Male shining honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus), CR SP Milelero Luciente, Paitamarillo, Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica

Male green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza), CR SP Mielero Verde, Rey de Trepadores, Skutch Biological Corridor, near San Isidro, Costa Rica

Sunset over the Valley El General, near the Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica.

Golden-naped woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen), CR SP Carpintero Nuquidorado, La Escondita, Quizarra, Costa Rica

Tiny caterpillar, carrying either larvae or a parasite, in the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica.

Sunrise over the Talamanca Mountain foothills, Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, near San Isidro, Costa Rica.

Classic rainforest creek scene deep in the Las Nubes Reserve, near San Isidro, Costa Rica.

Golden-hooded tanager (Tangara lavarta) CR SP Siete Colores, Santa Elena, Costa Rica

Large unidentified spider in the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica.

Emergent tree in young forest in a former pasture, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Male green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza), CR SP Mielero Verde, Rey de Trepadores, Skutch Biological Corridor, near San Isidro, Costa Rica

Empty exoskeleton of a cicada (sp.) clinging to the underside of a leaf, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

(sp.) bird caught in a drift net as part of a York University bird banding project, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

American swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) bringing food (a cicada) to its mate, La Escondita, near San Isidro, Costa Rica

Recently burned sugar cane field, Schroeder's Farm, Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica

Forest detail on a slope above the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Library or sala of the late renowned ornithologist Dr. Alexander Skutch, Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica.

Reptile (sp.) in the Rio Penas Blancas, Quizarra, Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica

Detail view of lands in the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, near San Isidro, Costa Rica.

Cathedral, San Isidro del General, Costa Rica

Rainbow over the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Costa Rica.

Detail of a backlit leaf in the Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica.

Contrast between pasture and secondary forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Festival-goers at the 2008 Horse Festival, Santa Elena, Costa Rica

Lichen (sp.) (lobaria?), showing front and back, nitrogen fixer?, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Shade-grown coffee farm in Santa Elena, Costa Rica. The trees provide shade, insect control, fruits and other by-products, and wildlife habitat.

Elegant form in the new growth of a plant in older secondary forest along the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Foggy forest in the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica

Sunrise over the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica.

The house of the late renowned Ornithologist Dr. Alexander Skutch. Los Cusingos, Quizarra, Costa Rica.

Striking orange leaf laying in muddy leaf litter on a forest trail, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Tiny frog (sp.) in the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica

Fog rolls through the forests of the Las Nubes Rain Forest Reserve, near San Isidro, Costa Rica.

Alternating bands of color and dew-laden hairs (spines) on a palm trunk, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Children watch a football (soccer) game in rural Santa Elena, Costa Rica, near the Las Nubes Reserve.

Spider web, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Flowering grass bedazzled with dewdrops in early morning, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Sunset view looking towards San Isidro from the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica

Scene along a tributary tothe Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) displaying its plumage, Zoo Ave, Alajuela, Costa Rica

A fairytale scene in the beautiful cloud forests on the summit of Volcan Poas, Costa Rica.

Diminutive fern fiddlehead, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Wild rainforest berries, unknown plant sp. Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica.

Children play in a creek at CoopeSilencio, near Savegre, Costa Rica

Hummingbird and baby (sp.) in nest, Los Cusingos Sanctuary, Costa Rica

Wildflower (sp.) in the Las Nubes Reserve, near San Isidro, Costa Rica.

A young boy holds a giant grasshopper up to the camera. CoopeSilencio, near Savegre, Costa Rica

Sugar cane workers from Nicaragua, Quizzara, Costa Rica

Golden-naped woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen), CR SP Carpintero Nuquidorado, La Escondita, Quizarra, Costa Rica

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) and steer, with the steer casting a comical glance, Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica

Large flow of crystalline, jelly-like sap? from a palm plant, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Raindrops cling to the perimeter of leaf (sp.), same plant observed in Maryland, United States, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Macro view of a small parasitic growth on a leaf surface. Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica.

Sunset view looking towards San Isidro from the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica

Caterpillar that has been taken over by a parasitic wasp, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Warm morning light on pasture lands near the Las Nubes Reserve, Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica

Hot pink flowers of the (sp.) tree, in the low canopy of primary forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Steam rises through the forest at sunrise, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Large bromeliad growing on a branch in the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica.

The photographer's assistant, Freddy Fallas Calderón, poses next to a Giant Elephant's Ear leaf along a tributary to the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Vistas de Chirripo, the closest housing development to the Las Nubes Reserve, high-priced and owned by foreigners, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Early morning scene in primary forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Unusual example of a parasitic fungus that has invaded the base of a tree trunk, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Black-faced Solitaire being banded by researchers, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Gecko? (sp.) in its home in a small tributary to the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Dramatic yellow light at dusk over classic view of the Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica

A gecko? (sp.) plays dead in the shallows of a small stream, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

A rare clear day reveals the splendor of the Las Nubes Rainforest Reserve, Costa Rica. Just over the ridge is Chirripo, the tallest mountain in the country.

Large fruits (sp.) on a tree in secondary forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola), sp. Tangara Cabecicastana. La Escondita, Quizarra, Costa Rica

Awesome view from a very windy bluff near La Cruz, near the Nicaraguan border on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.

Detail in a tributary to the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Large, beautifully patterned butterfly (sp.) camoflagued on the underside of a large fallen tree trunk, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Children play in a creek at CoopeSilencio, near Savegre, Costa Rica

Largatija (sp.) in a tributary to the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Beautiful wilderness coastline on the Southern Osa Peninsula near Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica.

Backlit early morning forest scene, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

(sp.) bird caught in a drift net as part of a York University bird banding project, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Mother and calf in a pasture near the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica.

Detail of a cultivated orchid (sp.), native to the Skutch Corridor, Santa Elena, Costa Rica

Dramatic late afternoon clouds over the Valle General, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Dry forest on the Northern Nicoya Peninsula near La Cruz, Costa Rica.

The Quest for the Divine - one of the more than 20 books written by pioneering Costa Rican ornithologists Dr. Alexander Skutch, who wrote about religion and philosophy as well as birds. This is his personal signed copy (he passed away in 2004 at the age of 99).

The pristine beaches and crystalline waters of the Pacific Ocean near La Cruz, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Unidentified rainforest tree with spectacular large flowers, Caribbean slope, Costa Rica.

High water level and sediment load in the Rio Penas Blancas after a torrential rain, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

A bromeliad (pineapple family) on the banks of the Rio Penas Blancas, Costa Rica

An orphaned baby White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) monkey at the Jardin Gaia Wildlife rescue Center, Costa Rica

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregeta magnificens) in flight, La Cruz, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Tiny roots projecting from the end of a stick, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Bell flowers in the forests on the summit of Volcan Poas, Costa Rica.

Abundant mushrooms on a decayed log in primary forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Cultivated flower (sp.), Finca David, Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica

Morpho Butterfly, Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica

Largatija (sp.) in a tributary to the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Dainty plant set against much larger leaf, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

The pristine beaches and crystalline waters of the Pacific Ocean near La Cruz, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica