Costa Rica Rainforest

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Close-up of a Swallowtail Butterfly wing, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

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

Abstraction of palm fronds, Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica

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

Tractor hauling sugar cane through Quizarra, Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica

Blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota) SP Motmot, Bobo, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

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

Forest vegetation abstract, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

Foggy forest in the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica

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

Foggy forest in the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica

Distant view of the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica

Backlit mushroom clinging to a tree trunk, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Woodpecker (sp.) in a natural cavity, Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica

Detail of liverworts and moss on a rock in secondary forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Bright red spiked fruit that has fallen from the overstory onto a mossy branch, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Parasitic fungus that has overtaken a leaf, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

Large bromeliad showing lotus pattern of leaves, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Exquisitely detailed grasshopper (sp.), Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Pattern created when insects chew through a leaf when it is rolled up in its formative stage, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Fern (sp.), Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Vibrant red colored new growth on a plant ni a riparian area, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

View of forested slope in the Penas Blancas valley from the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica

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

Tree fern, one of the oldest plants on earth and foundation for the Earth's first forests, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Jewel-like raindrops on (sp.) flower (wild, not cultivated), Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

Large backlit ferns in primary forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

Lichen (usnia?) blankets a rainforest tree, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Red leaves of a fern (sp.), Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Primary forest in the immediate vicinity of the Las Nubes Reserve, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), sp. Zopilote Cabecirojjo, Zonchiche, Noneca. Los Cusingos Santuary, Costa Rica

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

Deceased frog found in place, revealing the vibrant colors on its underside (drb brown on top), Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Elegant symmetry in a plant on the rainforest floor, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Distant view of primary forest canopy, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

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

Classic rainforest scene along the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Clouds roll in over primary forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

A gecko plays dead as it sits in its lair on the undersideof a mossy log in a stream, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Early morning light in a transition zone between secondary and primary forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Tiny (sp.) caterpillar, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Fog envelopes the rainforest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

Beautiful forest on a slope above the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

Unidentified flowers (sp.) in regenerating forest, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Detail of the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

American swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) in flight, Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica

Detail of a philodendron leaves (sp.) (velvet-leaved), Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Detail of tree fern fronds, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Large blue-gray fungus on a tree trunk, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

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

The photographer's assistant poses in a tributary to the Rio Penas Blancas, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Flower of the (sp.) tree, growing in regeneration forest in an old pasture, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Unidentified (sp.) in profile, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

Large backlit rainforest leaf, Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

Unidentified small white butterfly (sp.), Las Nubes, Costa Rica

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

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