Costa Rica
Loading…
Heavy equipment excavating rocks from the Rio General in San Isidro, Costa Rica. They will be crushed and used for gravel.
Close-up of ancient petroglyphs on the Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica, highlighted with chalk to show the extent of the drawings.
Tree fern, one of the oldest plants on earth and foundation for the Earth's first forests, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
The dramatic muddy brown waters of the Rio Susio (Dirty River) flowing through Braulio Carillo National Park, Costa Rica.
Quizarra resident Cesar Ivan Rojas Arias handles a (sp.) bird that will be banded as part of a York University research project, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
A quality-control worker cradles a handful of ultra-premium coffee beans at the CoopeAgri factory in San Isidro, Costa Rica. These are as good as it gets - large, red, ripe, organic, shade-grown, high-elevation beans - and command a high price.
Rufus-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) CR SP – Chingolo, on the summit of Volcan Poas, Costa Rica
Macro view of a small spider (sp.) with a spectacularly decorated abdomen. In the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica.
Fruits and vegetables at a market in San Isidro, Costa Rica, the closest large city to the Las Nubes and Los Cusingos Reserves.
Cacao (the source of chocolate) growing near San Isidro del General, Costa Rica. This photo shows a fruit on the tree.
High water level and sediment load in the Rio Penas Blancas after a torrential rain, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
Eye to eye with grazing cows, with the rain forests of the Las Nubes Reserve in the background. Near San Isidro, Costa Rica.
The bible of Costa Rican birdwatching - "A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica" - co-authored by the late Dr. Alexander Skutch, bearing his signature and that of the artist Dana Gardner. Los Cusingos, Quizarra, Costa Rica.
High water level and sediment load in the Rio Penas Blancas after a torrential rain, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
One of two 80cm tall rocks retrieved from the bed of a tributary to the Penas Blancas, believed to be an indigenous grinding stone, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
Large, beautifully patterned butterfly (sp.) camoflagued on the underside of a large fallen tree trunk, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
Dramatic late afternoon clouds over the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, near San Isidro, Costa Rica.
Male red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus), CR SP Mielero Patirrojo, La Escondita, Quizarra, Costa Rica
Salamander (sp.) found in an unusual position on a dry tree trunk in bright sunlight, 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
(Non-breeding) Laughing gulls (Larus atricilla), CR SPGaviota Reidora, Marino Ballena National Park, Costa Rica
View of the Rio Penas Blancas to be compared to exisitng photos taken when the river is high and muddy from a rain storm, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo leucorrhoa), sp. Saltarin Gorgiblanco. Las Nubesa Reserve, Costa Rica
Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus), CR SP Viuda, Tangara Azuleja, Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica
Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) in a large palm tree on the beach south of Puerto Jimenez, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Macro view of sap dripping from a branch on a palm tree in the cloud forests of Volcan Poaz, Costa Rica.
Strange translucent gel on a tree branch, with what appear to be seeds suspended inside. It came from a source above. Las Nubes, Costa Rica
Early morning light on partially deforested lands in the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, near the Las Nubes Reserve, Costa Rica.
One section of an enormous pineapple plantation near San Isidro, Costa Rica. This large industrial operation is heavily dependant on chemicals and the plantation is a complete monoculture.
Cricket? Grasshopper? that has been killed and partially consumed by a parasitic fungus (corticeps? spelling?), found under a downed tree, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
A spiky, histamine-laden moth caterpillar, likely Hylesia continua, painful to the touch. Los Cusingos Reserve, Costa Rica.
High water level and sediment load in the Rio Penas Blancas after a torrential rain, Las Nubes, Costa Rica
Unusual beetle, in its playing dead phase. Fine detail of underside is visible at full-size. Finca David, Quizarra, Costa Rica