Female shining honeycreeper. The female looks significantly different from the male who is dark blue with black. Ose Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Howler Monkey
Day 1 of the Costa Rica photo tour and we are off to a great start! I have low expectations for this day since everyone is flying in from San Jose, getting situated etc., however we had lots of birds, monkeys and a sloth! This is a howler monkey with a little baby. Added bonus, all the people and luggage made it without incident!
Costa Rica!
Our Costa Rica photo tour begins tomorrow. I walked around the property today for a little scouting – these are just a few of the birds we found. Because the mammal viewing is so good here, people don’t think of the Osa Peninsula as a bird destination. However, the bird viewing is equally fantastic!
Speaking of mammals, while out for a run today saw a river otter. Because they are so prevalent in Alaska, I didn’t think much of it. But when I looked it up in the guidebook when I got home, it said the Neotropical River Otter is “Uncommon to rare (endangered through its range) Darn, I didn’t even take a cell phone photo!
Black-mandibled Toucan
A Black-mandibled Toucan. I captured this during a scouting trip to Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula last December.
I’m leaving Saturday to guide two 9 day photo tours on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. Since I couldn’t book them back to back, I’ll be down there for almost a month – not complaining!!! So I hope you won’t get tired of photos of monkeys, sloths, snakes and very colorful birds!
By the way, I actually have two spot remaining on the second trip in early December. It is not too late to get in on the action!
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