Slate-throated Redstart

Myioborus miniatus – shame I didn’t get the end of the tail.

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Green-crowned Brilliant

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Red-eyed Stream Frog

This portrait was taken at night using torchlight/flashlight.  Whilst I believe it is a Red-eyed Stream Frog, I’m happy to be corrected on this.  There seem to be alternative Latin names –  Duellmanohyla uranochroa or Duellmanohyla rufioculis – maybe they are different animals?

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Black-headed Saltator

(If this is not, let me know!)

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Rock Balancing

Tut!  Someone was here before me!
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Spider Monkey

Spider Monkeys are one of four species of monkey in Costa Rica.  We saw a few troops during our stay – trying to get a decent photograph of them was an exercise more difficult than I imagined it would be.  Their speed through the canopy, the infuriating habit of my auto-focus to grab anything but focus on the subject and the relatively low light levels didn’t help in this regard.

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Poison Dart Frog

Another from Costa Rica.  This little frog was tucked in the undergrowth by the side of a formal footpath through a rain forest.

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Red-legged Honeycreeper

A male Cyanerpes cyaneus.

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White-winged Dove

Zenaida asiatica.

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Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

We saw a fair number of these Tiger-Herons.  This one was standing in a tree, quite some way from water.  It allowed me to get relatively close – had this been a UK equivalent it  would have flown as soon as it saw me approach.

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