January 3-24, 2009
Robin Carle
This page is designed to be user-friendly for those with slower internet connections. There are some photos and a great deal of video, and I've indicated the size of the files so that you know what you're getting into when you click to view them. The photos have all been cropped to better show the critters, and the video has been compressed for reasonable internet downloading. If anyone wants to see all of my photos from Costa Rica, please go to my Picasa page. Enjoy!
Instructions: Click on any of the critter names to pop up a picture or video. Green names indicate pictures, and blue names indicate video. An asterisk (*) next to the name indicates a particularly high-quality picture or video.
Braulio Carrillo
NP
January 4, 2009
| Eyelash Palm Pit Viper (492 k) | Silvery-throated Tanagers (476 k) | Silvery-throated Tanagers (420 k)* |
| Emerald Toucanette (412 k) | Emerald Toucanette (416 k) | Emerald Toucanette (452 k) |
| Red-headed Barbet (348 k) | Red-headed Barbets (492 k) |
Tapanti NP
January 5, 2009
| Bugs (508 k) | Long-nosed Coatimundi (464 k) |
| Juv. Ornate Hawk-Eagle (408 k) | Juv. Ornate hawk-Eagle (416 k) |
Rancho Naturalista
January 5-8, 2009
| Collared Aracari (848 k) | Bananaquit (1.1 mb) | Baltimore Oriole (620 kb) |
| Black and White Warbler (232 kb) | Blue-crowned Motmot (1.7 mb) | Black-cheeked Woodpecker (660 kb) |
| Blue and Gray Tanager (796 kb) | Brown Jay (1.3 mb) | Buff-throated Saltator (1 mb) |
| Clay-colored Robin (412 kb) | Gray-headed Chachalaca (1.1 mb) | Chestnut-headed Oropendola (1.1 mb) |
| Feeders at Rancho (2.9 mb) | Hummingbird Pools (220 kb) | Green-breasted Mango (108 kb) |
| Green-breasted Mango (344 kb) | Green-breasted Mango (700 kb) | Green-breasted Mango (184 kb) |
| White-necked Jacobin (352 kb) | Montezuma Oropendola (752 kb) | Montezuma Oropendola (1.5 mb) |
| Moth (488 kb) | Moth (424 kb) | Moth (380 kb) |
| Moth (436 kb) | Moth (472 kb) | Moths (452 kb) |
| Moth (448 kb) | Moth (484 kb) | Moth (508 kb) |
| Moth (408 kb) | Moths (488 kb) | Moths (480 kb) |
| Moth (420 kb) | Moth (420 kb) | Moths (536 kb) |
| Palm Tanager (336 kb) | Passerini's Tanager (416 kb) | Passerini's Tanager (240 kb) |
| Red-throated Ant-tanager (296 kb) | Scorpions (528 kb) | Snowcap (260 kb) |
| Squirrel (460 kb) | Orange-kneed Tarantula (328 kb) | Orange-kneed Tarantula (340 kb) |
| Keel-billed Toucan (324 kb)* | White-capped Manakin (1 mb) | White-lined Tanager (724 kb) |
| Woodpeckers (592 kb) | White-throated Crake (784 kb) |
Savegre
January 8-12, 2009
| Butterfly (424 kb) | Costa Rican Pygmy Owl (1.4 mb) | Costa Rican Pygmy Owl (384 kb) |
| Costa Rican Pygmy Owl (396 kb) | Costa Rican Pygmy Owl (396 kb) | Costa Rican Pygmy Owl (376 kb) |
| Costa Rican Pygmy Owl (300 kb) | Collared Trogon (1.5 mb) | Mountain Elaenia (1 mb) |
| Firey-throated Hummingbird (764 kb) | Flame-throated Warbler (860 kb) | Green Violet-ear (300 kb) |
| Juv. Short-tailed Hawk (1.9 mb) | Savegre Hummingbirds (2.8 mb) | Savegre Hummingbirds (2.4 mb) |
| Savegre Hummingbirds (1.1 mb) | White-throated Mountain-gem (160 kb) | Peg-billed Finch (1.3 mb) |
| Resplendant Quetzal (4.3 mb) | Ruddy Treerunner (896 kb) | Streak-breasted Treehunter (436 kb) |
| Tufted Flycatcher (1.3 mb) | Yellow-thighed Finch (1.8 mb) | Volcano Hummingbird (404 kb) |
| Resplendant Quetzal (412 kb) |
Villa Lapas /
Carara NP
January 12-15, 2009
| Anhinga (192 kb) | Anole (352 kb) | Ants (500 kb) |
| Basilisk (432 kb) | Basilisk (1 mb) | Black-faced Ant-thrush (676 kb) |
| Butterflies (160 kb) | Butterflies (432 kb) | Butterfly (380 kb) |
| Butterfly (268 kb) | Cicada (288 kb) | Cicada (300 kb) |
| Cicada (360 kb)* | Great Tinamou (500 kb) | Green Heron (512 kb) |
| Green Kingfisher (748 kb) | Iguana (604 kb) | Iguana (516 kb) |
| Laughing Falcon (1.2 mb) | Leafcutter Ants (1.9 mb) | Lizard (1 mb) |
| Lizard (1.5 mb) | Agouti (984 kb) | Mangrove Black Hawk (772 kb) |
| Moth (328 kb) | Bugs (404 kb) | Pale-billed Woodpeckers (1.3 mb) |
| Rana (156 kb) | Rana (360 kb) | Rana (304 kb) |
| Rana (388 kb) | Rana (464 kb) | Rana (456 kb)* |
| Rana (552 kb)* | Rana (312 kb) | Rana (304 kb) |
| Rana (324 kb) | Rana (440 kb) | Ringed Kingfisher (736 kb) |
| Roseate Spoonbill (272 kb) | Streaked Flycatcher (1 mb) | Scarlet Macaw (1 mb) |
| Spider (484 kb) | Spider (352 kb) | Slaty-tailed Trogon (1.7 mb) |
| Tarantula (368 kb) | Turquoise-browed Motmot (252 kb) | Turquoise-browed Motmot (768 kb) |
| Black-throated Trogon (632 kb) | White-faced Monkey (488 kb) | White-whiskered Puffbird (1 mb) |
| Yellow-crowned Night-heron (956 kb) |
Monteverde
January 16-17, 2009
| Weather (1.2 mb) | Weather (156 kb) | Weather (224 kb) |
| Weather (488 kb) | Weather (424 kb) |
| Bug (340 kb) | Common Bush Tanager (1.1 mb) | Mountain Elaenia (708 mb) |
| Yellowish Flycatcher (484 kb) | Yellowish Flycatcher (1.4 mb) | Green Hermit (88 kb) |
| Green Violet-ear (360 kb) | Green-crowned Brilliant (552 kb)* | Green Violet-ear (340 kb) |
Green-crowned Brilliant (288 kb) |
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (348 kb) | Magnificent Hummingbird (564 kb) |
Green-crowned Brilliant (396 kb) |
Purple-throated Mountain-gem (164 kb) | Violet Sabrewing (364 kb) |
| Violet Sabrewing (68 kb) | Magnificent Hummingbird (376 kb) | Bananaquit (356 kb) |
| Green-crowned Brilliant (360 kb) | Magnificent Hummingbird (348 kb) | Coppery-headed Emerald (364 kb) |
| Green-crowned Brilliant (320 kb) | Kinkajou (492 kb) | Kinkajou (3.4 mb) |
| Slate-throated Redstart (1.1 mb) | Ruddy Treerunner (1 mb) | Orange-bellied Trogon (1.5 mb) |
| Three-striped Warbler (1.3 mb) |
Palo Verde Biological
Station
January 18-20, 2009
| Butterfly (428 kb) | Butterfly (404 kb) | Butterfly (396 kb)* |
| Butterfly (364 kb) | Crocodile (564 kb) | Great Currasow (1.8 mb) |
| Dragonfly (392 kb) | Black-bellied Whistling-ducks (1.4 mb) | Purple Gallinule (372 kb) |
| Grasshopper (464 kb) | Iguana (584 kb) | Iguana (372 kb) |
| Jabiru (776 kb) | Northern Jacana (1 mb) | White-throated Magpie-jay (876 kb) |
| Howler Monkey (3.4 mb) | White-faced Monkey (1.1 mb) | Black-crowned Night-heron (364 kb) |
| White-fronted Parrot (2.7 mb) | Preying Mantis (436 kb) | Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (1.8 mb) |
| Ringed Kingfisher (824 kb) | Roadside Hawk (1 mb) | Juv. Snail Kite (288 kb) |
| Turquoise-browed Motmot (3.6 mb) | Bare-throated Tiger-heron (1.7 mb) |
La Selva Biological
Station
January 20-23, 2009
| Boat-billed Flycatcher (448 kb) | Broad-billed Motmot (480 kb)* | Band-backed Wren (508 kb) |
| Bright-rumped Attila (256 kb) | Buff-rumped Warbler (256 kb) | Cinnamon Becard (516 kb) |
| Common Paraque (264 kb) | Golden-hooded Tanager (168 kb) | Great Tinamou (624 kb) |
| Purple-crowned Fairy (356 kb) | Little Tinamou (452 kb) | Little Tinamou (376 kb) |
| White-collared Manakin (348 kb) | White-collared Manakin (532 kb)* | Broad-billed Motmot (360 kb) |
| Olive-backed Euphonia (864 kb) | Montezuma Oropendola Nests (1.1 mb) | Peccary (868 kb) |
| Passerini's Tanager (444 kb) | Rufous Motmot (632 kb) | Rufous Mourner (480 kb) |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar (500 kb) | Semiplumbeous Hawk (564 kb) | Spider Monkey (1.9 mb) |
| Summer Tanager (296 kb) | Common Tody Flycatcher (764 kb)* | Tropical Pewee (480 kb) |
| White-collared Manakin (736 kb)* | Gray-necked Wood-rail (556 kb) | Plain Brown Woodcreeper (796 kb) |
| Northern Barred Woodcreeper (276 kb) | Northern Barred Woodcreeper (808 kb) | White-ringed Flycatcher (400 kb) |