The morning of 19 March 2014 on Costa Rica. There were not only orchids along the mountain road yesterday, but in the cloud forest today as well. Like Maxillaria ringens on the photos.
And other species.
Before we went to the cloud forest, a rufous-collared sparrow singing. Hummingbirds at the feeders.
A flock of three-striped warblers on a bush.
A bright-rumped attila in a tree.
A monarch butterfly on flowers.
Like yesterday, a chestnut-capped brush finch.
An Inca dove.
And a Central American agouti.
This tarantula is of the Brachypelma genus.
About this butterfly, I don’t even know the genus.
A male magenta-throated woodstar hummingbird flying. A species which lives only in Costa Rica and Panama.
In the forest, a ruddy-capped nightingale thrush on a branch.
A spotted woodcreeper climbs up a tree trunk.
A tufted flycatcher in a tree.
An American dipper on a rock in the stream.
11:35. Two American dippers on rocks in the stream. Unfortunately, just at a time when the camera was acting up. So, just this one photo.
We left, to the Arenal volcano.
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Loved the other critters, but not a fan of tarantulas. Blessings, Natalie :)
Thanks for your kind words!
“Although tarantulas are often thought to be dangerous, it is not a deadly spider and it rarely bites except in self defense. When it does, it is usually no more serious than the sting of a bee.”
http://pestcontrol.about.com/od/profileofspiders/a/The-Tarantula-A-Docile-Not-Deadly-Spider.htm
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