These are some of the monkeys I have seen in south and Central America . A little factoid I learned in Belize was that to record what would pass for dinosaurs calls in the Jurassic park, the… whoever is responsible for making such recordings, went… Continue Reading “Monkey business”
Category: Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Amazon, Baby monkey, Boat, Costa Rica, Howler monkey, Monkeys, nature, New world monkeys, Peru, River, Rocking boat, Spider monkey, squirrel monkey, Sugar, Tortuguero, Wildlife photography
Posted on March 16, 2016
by neuroticphilosopher
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Here are some of the birds we saw in CR, these look like they were in the middle of a thought..
Category: Environment, Photography, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: birding, Birding tour, birds, Boat-billed heron, Bright-rumped attila, Costa Rica, Crested Guan, Emerald toucanette, Endangered birds, Great Curassow, Green Honeycreeper, Green kingfisher, Green violetear hummingbird, Herons, Honeycreepers, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Laughing Falcon, Nature tour, Northern Jacana, Olive throated parrot, Purple honeycreeper, Rare birds, Rarely seen, Trogons, tropical birds, Vulnerable birds, Wildlife photography, Woodpeckers
In the Amazon, we saw many sloths. They were miles away and above (on kapok trees). It took the strength of my powerful binoculars to make out their hanging forms, and if we were lucky, there faces. Since then, I thought that sloths can… Continue Reading “Shall we sloth? in Costa Rica”
Category: Photography, TravelogueTags: Animals, Central America, Costa Rica, Mammals, nature, Nature photography, Photography, Rarely seen animals, Sloths, Three-toed sloth, Two toed sloth, WIld, wildlife, Wildlife photos
There are thousands of species of butterflies in Costa Rica. Apparently 90% of the butterflies of Central and South America can be found there! Photographed beautifully by many photographers. The number of blue morphos that accompanied us down and up every trail we… Continue Reading “Where butterflies come from: CR and caterpillars”
Category: Environment, PhotographyTags: Blue Morpho, Butterflies, Butterfly center, cocoon, Costa Rica, flowers, Malachite, Monteverde, nature, Owl butterfly, Pupae, Spines, swallowtail butterfly, wildlife
Posted on February 26, 2016
by neuroticphilosopher
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For my trip to Costa Rica, I am relegating my trip experience to the photos I took…..As in any tropical country, the jungles made me feel alive and the birds and animals, much closer than I have usually seen, reminded me of Trinidad more… Continue Reading “CR stories #1: Marvin Rockwell, a pioneer, a businessman, naturalist, paramedic, rockstar-superman!”
Category: Environment, I think.., Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Adventure, Airstrip, Cheese, Children's Eternal forest, Cloud Forest, conservation, Costa Rica, happiness, Hummingbirds, Marvin Rockwell, Monteverde, nature, Orchids, Pan-American highway, Pioneers, Professions, Quakers, Rainforest, stories, Success, Superman, Tour-guide