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  • Pale-billed woodpecker

    Pale-billed woodpecker

    Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis, Pic à bec clair). Costa Rica, 2015.

  • Cocoa woodcreeper

    Cocoa woodcreeper

    Cocoa Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus susurrans, Grimpar cacao). Costa Rica, 2015.

  • Boat-billed heron

    Boat-billed heron

    Despite its vernacular English name, this is not exactly a heron but a bird of a similar family. A great impressive look, not handsome, but impressive! Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius, Savacou huppé). Costa Rica, 2015.

  • Costa Rica: Sleeping boa (snake)

    Costa Rica: Sleeping boa (snake)

  • Flowers of Costa Rica

    Flowers of Costa Rica

    Tropical flowers are often very colourful and unusual in form (for us, European people). Why not try and interpret them with pictures which abandon all hope of identification and taxonomy.

  • Back from Costa Rica

    Back from Costa Rica

    Did you know that Costa Rica probably has 5% of global biodiversity (if it is counted in quantity of local species)? Marion and I went and checked this on location, despite (Marion’s) worries that most of local animals may be mostly insects, but with the hope to bring nice shots of cute little frogs. All…