Costa Rica
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Laughing falcons (Herpetotheres cachinnans), CR SP - Guaco, in the Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica. They are expert snake hunters.
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
Golden-naped woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen), CR SP Carpintero Nuquidorado, La Escondita, Quizarra, Costa Rica
Sunrise over the Talamanca Mountain foothills, Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, near San Isidro, Costa Rica.
Male green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza), CR SP Mielero Verde, Rey de Trepadores, Skutch Biological Corridor, near San Isidro, 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
Library or sala of the late renowned ornithologist Dr. Alexander Skutch, Los Cusingos Reserve, 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
The house of the late renowned Ornithologist Dr. Alexander Skutch. Los Cusingos, Quizarra, Costa Rica.
Children watch a football (soccer) game in rural Santa Elena, Costa Rica, near the Las Nubes Reserve.
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
Raindrops cling to the perimeter of leaf (sp.), same plant observed in Maryland, United States, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
The photographer's assistant, Freddy Fallas CalderĂłn, 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
Unusual example of a parasitic fungus that has invaded the base of a tree trunk, 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.
Awesome view from a very windy bluff near La Cruz, near the Nicaraguan border on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.
Large, beautifully patterned butterfly (sp.) camoflagued on the underside of a large fallen tree trunk, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
(sp.) bird caught in a drift net as part of a York University bird banding project, Las Nubes, 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.
High water level and sediment load in the Rio Penas Blancas after a torrential rain, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
An orphaned baby White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) monkey at the Jardin Gaia Wildlife rescue Center, Costa Rica