Costa Rica Rainforest
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An inviting looking trail in foggy cloud forest, overhung by tree ferns, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Epiphyte-laden trees stand bathed in fog in the cloud forest, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A wide view of the Continental Divide and elfin cloud forest, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Attractive unidentified blue insect living in burrows along the Continental Divide, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Cloud forest clinging to a steep mountainside, enveloped in mist, with large emergent trees pushing through the canopy, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Vegetative strata from the elfin forest along the Continental Divide to low-elevation rainforest, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A wide view of the Continental Divide and elfin cloud forest, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Wide-angle view of Penas Blancas Valley with high clouds, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
(Costus sp.) plant wth red flower. Shows the distinctive curve of the plant's stalk. A classic cloud forest plant. Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica.
Black-faced soltaire (Myadestes melanops), with parent regurgitating into babies beak - SP Solitario Carinegro (col. Jilguero), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Black-faced soltaire (Myadestes melanops), with hatchling swallowing Lauracea Avocado - SP Solitario Carinegro (col. Jilguero), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Distant view of La Plataforma with guide and two tourists, from Sendero Nuboso overlook, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Distant wide-angle view of la plataforma with guide and two tourists, from Sendero Nuboso overlook, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Adult black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor), SP Pava Negra, in primary elfin cloud forest astride the Continental Divide, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Hot lips with white blooms (Psychotria cf. elata) - SP labias caliente, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
The scary looking dynastine scarab beetle, close-up showing imposing horn and crest. (Gologa costaricensis), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Orange-bellied trogon shaking a caterpillar it's caught in its beak. (Trogon aurantiiventris) - SP Trogon Vientrianaranjado, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Black-faced soltaire (Myadestes melanops), feeding insects to hatchlings - SP solitario carinegro (col. jilguero), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
The endangered three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunlata) on a high perch set against blue sky and framed by silhouetted leaves, SP Campana, Monteverde, Costa Rica
The endangered three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunlata) on a high perch set against blue sky and framed by silhouetted leaves, SP Campana, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Three distinctive stinkbugs, or tuxedo bugs, showing different growth stages, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Original Quaker settler and Monteverde Reserve co-founder Wilford Guindon standing by an enormous 500 year-old oak tree deep in the Monteverde Reserve. Guindon, or "Wolf," is an environmental hero and local legend, and this is his favorite tree. Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica.
Wide view of primary forest with large Strangler-Fig trees in the fog, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Wide view of primary forest with large Strangler-Fig trees in the fog, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Lighting turns the night sky pink and purple during a storm over the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A lush green stretch of creek in the cloud forest, with mossy rocks and velvety water, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A lush green stretch of creek in the cloud forest, with mossy rocks and velvety water, including a mossy branch across the creek, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A lush green stretch of creek in the cloud forest, with mossy rocks and velvety water, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A lush green stretch of creek in the cloud forest, with mossy rocks and velvety water, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A lush green stretch of creek in the cloud forest, with mossy rocks and velvety water, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A classic look at a cloud forest tree heavily laden with delicate epiphytes, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Naturalist guide with two tourists on el puente (the bridge), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Aerial view of lush creekside vegetation in the cloud forest, with ancient tree ferns, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Cloud forest profile with fog, showing epiphytes and exotic looking tropical lianas and lush vegetation, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Cloud forest profile with fog, showing a large tree heavily laden with epiphytic plants, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Adult slate-throated redstart (Myioborus miniatus) in profile, highlighting its stark black, yellow,and red coloration, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Adult slate-throated redstart (Myioborus miniatus) with insects for hatchlings - SP Candelita Penchinegra, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A mama resplendant quetzal (Pharomachrus moccino) bringing an avocado (Lauracea sp.) to her baby, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Five tent-making bats (Uroderma bilobatum) in a chewed and folded banana leaf, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Five tent-making bats (Uroderma bilobatum) in a chewed and folded banana leaf, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A tremendous cluster of mushrooms clinging to a tree trunk in the cloud forest, detail, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve , Costa Rica
A tremendous cluster of mushrooms clinging to a tree trunk in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Blue egg of the highland tinamou on the forest floor, where it's naturally laid. (Nothocercus bonapartei) - SP Gonogolona, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Children from the Monteverde Friends School joking and smiling on a park bench, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Specimen of the huge, fearsome long-horned beetle (Cerambycidae sp.), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
The proposed Monteverde-Nicoya biological corridor lands looking towards the Gulf of Nicoya, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Overview of the proposed Monteverde-Nicoya biological corridor lands looking towards the Gulf of Nicoya, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Overview of the proposed Monteverde-Nicoya biological corridor lands looking towards the Gulf of Nicoya, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Orange mushrooms on a tree above the Quebrada la Cuecha, framed on the top by a tree fern, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Earthen stairway on the Sendero Pantanoso or Swamp Trail, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Eye-to-eye with a sphynx moth caterpillar, its bright white hairs standing on end, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Cane toad, giant toad, marine toad (Bufo marinus), SP Sapo Grande, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Baby side-striped palm pit viper (Bothriechus lateralis), SP Lora. Lethal to humans, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Baby side-striped palm pit viper (Bothriechus lateralis), SP Lora. Lethal to humans, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Baby side-striped palm pit viper (Bothriechus lateralis), SP Lora. Lethal to humans, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Close-up of (Elleanthus sp.) orchid, pink color. The flower is still completely inside. Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica.
Close-up of (Elleanthus sp.) orchid, pink color. The flower is still completely inside, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Close-up of (Elleanthus sp.) orchid, pink color. The flower is still completely inside, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Mystical light after a tropical thunderstorm floods a stand of secondary cloud forest at the edge of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Tiny jeweled spider with prey in its web including a tiny grasshopper or cricket. Photo is cropped and represents a 3x life-size magnification, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Fruit and flowers of (Fuchsia jimenezii) plant, fuchia color, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
(Guzmania nicaragunuensis) bromeliad with its yellow flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A giant fern fiddlehead in the early stages of unraveling, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
The spiky stalks of the tomatillo plant with its white and green ball-shaped fruits. (Solanum setulosum), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Giant white lily deep in the cloud forest, showing the exquisite form and quality of the flower and leaves, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A perfect, star-shaped, white passionflower that has fallen to rest of top of vibrant green liverworts, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
La Cascada, or the The Waterfall, on the Quebrada La Cuecha (Tobacco Creek), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
La Cascada, or the The Waterfall, on the Quebrada La Cuecha (Tobacco Creek) running through the reserve. Typical postcard view, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve , Costa Rica
Adult Hercules Beetle on a tree branch. This enormous beetle is nearly 10 inches (25cm) from tail to horn - (Dynastes hercules) - SP Cornizuelo, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Grasshopper in the cloud forest, showing the underside anatomy, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Male golden-browed chlorifonia (Chloropinaia callophrys), SP Rualdo, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Backlit bromeliads near a chlorofonia (Chloropinaia callophrys) nest, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
A white-capped mushroom among hardwood leaves on the cloud forest floor, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Intersection of the Senderos Chomogo and Wilford Guindon, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica