July 2012 – Bonnie Coe

Costa Rica Wildlife

I would be amiss if I didn’t include pictures other than birds. Walking stick, Monteverde Forest Reserve Red eyed frog, Aguila de Osa, Osa Peninsula Leopard frog, Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose Howler monkey, on the road to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Yes, they have squirrels in Costa Rica Leaf cutter ants were everywhere

Costa Rica Hummingbirds

Costa Rica Butterflies

Enjoy the butterflies. I don’t know the names, they are certainly beautiful. Some pictures were taken in the Butterfly Garden in Monteverde and others were taken in Drake Bay on the Osa Peninsula and at Hotel Bougainvillea in San Jose.

Costa Rica – More Favorites

I have to mention my great guides. At Aquila de Osa, Drake Bay on the Osa Peninsula, Carlos Gonzalez, clgonzalez08@gmail.com spotted them all. He promised scarlet macaws, toucans, monkeys, caracara, iguanas, trogons, ringed and belted kingfishers, boobies, black hawks and much more. In Monteverde, Esteban Mendez Vargas, mendezguia@hotmail.com led me to the bell birdContinue reading “Costa Rica – More Favorites”

Costa Rica

My dream has been to go to Costa Rica and see the scarlet macaws in the wild. That dream was realized. Plus, I got to see and photograph some other things there. The first pictures are from Drake Bay on the Osa Peninsula. We went from the Corcovado jungle to the Monteverde Cloud Forest. NowContinue reading “Costa Rica”