1. Costa Rica

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  • Two Scarlet Macaws exhibiting courtship behavior.  Photo taken in a mangrove swamp near Sierpe on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica.
  • A pair of Scarlet Macaws soaring over our heads near the Pacific coast in Costa Rica.
  • An Orange-chinned Parakeet preening, Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • An Orange-chinned Parakeet in morning light just before a rain shower in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • A Chestnut-mandibled Toucan feeding its young at a nest in a mangrove swamp, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
  • A Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan in afternoon light on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
  • A Collared Aracari pauses to observe us before foraging for a meal in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • A beautiful Golden-hooded Tanager in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • A beautiful Golden-hooded Tanager in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • A Blue-gray Tanager sings in the early morning in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • A beautiful Blue-gray Tanager feasts on a ripe banana in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • A Brown Booby skims a few millimeters above the Pacific in search of prey off the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
  • A beautiful close up of a Red Legged Honey Creeper during a rain shower in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • A Gray-headed Chachalata on the lookout for a meal in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • A beautiful Montezuma Oropendola eyes the camera in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • This is the smallest woodpecker (an Olivaceous Piculet) in Costa Rica and was photographed in Boca Tapada.
  • A Purple Gallinule struts along a branch in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • A male Amazon Kingfisher returns to his perch after coming up empty billed on the Rio Frio in the Cano Negro Wildlife Preserve , Costa Rica.
  • A beautiful Boat-billed Heron in the Cano Negro Wildlife Preserve, Costa Rica.
  • This Boat-billed Heron yawning provided us with an excellent view of the interior of its mouth (very interesting but bizarre to say the least) but this is why we enjoy spending time observing our subjects.  Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
  • A regal pose for this stunning Bare-throated Tiger-Heron on the banks of the Rio Frio, Cano Negro Wildlife Preserve, Costa Rica.
  • We had never heard of a Common Potoo and truly never expected to see a mother and chick in the wild.   These birds are masters of camouflage and often take a cryptic pose  where they blend into the brand they are roosting upon, the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
  • This photograph was taken on a night hike where we were fortunate to find the smallest kingfisher in the Americas.   A roosting American Pygmy Kingfisher in the forest near Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica.
  • The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is found throughout most of Costa Rica; we photographed this one near the  Rio San Carlos in Costa Rica.
  • A rare and very fortunate sighting of a Yellow-billed Cotinga (endemic to the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica).  We were able to take only  four photographs before this lovely bird took flight.
  • An inquisitive Bananaquit pauses to regard us as we photograph him near the Rio San Carlos, Boca Tapada, Costa Rica.
  • Green Heron running along the banks of the Rio Frio, Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica.

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