Costa Rica
28 Feb 95 ---------------------------------------- Tuesday
[HandBk, 232]
1 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Wednesday
[HandBk, 279] [NatParks, 163, 63] [LonelyPlanet, 148] [Insight, 162]
Grecia: metallic church. [HandBk, 281]
Quakers; isolated; 20 mile gravel road to Monteverde.
2 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Thursday
map [CostaNatHist, 142]
[HandBk, 457ff] [LonelyPlanet, 184] [Insight, 195]
Monteverde Lodge? [HandBk, 467]
Early morning birding [Insight, 90]
Wind and mist. [Insight, 194]
Stars.
Monteverde [LonelyPlanet, 176]
Monteverde walk [Insight, 82]
Children's Eternal Forest [HandBk, 462]
[HandBk, 464, 465] [Insight, 195, 92]
3 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Friday
[HandBk, 464]
Crystalisis
[HandBk, 459ff] [Insight, 246]
Typical view [NatParks, 128a] [NatParks, 172]
4 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Saturday
Tropical dry forest. November to March no rain. Bees et.al. pollinate the flowers. Monkeys et.al. eat the fruit. [HandBk, 484] [LonelyPlanet, 196] [NatParks, 90]
"Insect Park" - 250 species of bees. [Insight, 100]
Typical view [NatParks, 109]
[HandBk, 451]
Volcanoes on horizon east of InterAmerican Highway. [Ecomapa, [NatParks, 82]
Volcano Orosi (1487 m) [NatParks, 84]
Volcano Cacao (1659 m)
[HandBk, 485]
Africanized Honeybees in Palo Verde National Park [NatParks, 93]
Fruit [Insight, 122]
5 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Sunday
Bahia de Junquillal Recreation Area [HandBk, 499] [Insight, 216, 211]
Little store at Cuajiniquil.[HandBk, 500]
[HandBk, 493] [NatParks, 71] [LonelyPlanet, 204]
map [NatParks, 74] [LonelyPlanet, 174] [HandBk, 494 -- 499]
Dry season; fewer biting insects; animals tend to congregate around waterholes. [LonelyPlanet, 205] [HandBk, 493]
Pacific Coast Beach [Insight, 211, 213, 216, 217]
Hermit crab [NatParks, 209]
Guanacaste National Park [HandBk, 497] [NatParks, 80]
Sunday lunch at La Casona campsite. [HandBk, 496] Picnic tables beneath shady guanacaste trees. White-throated Magpie-Jay.
La Casona Historic Museum [HandBk, 495]. Large guanacaste tree by the parking lot.
Walk up steps to Momument to "The Heroes" [HandBk, 494]
6 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Monday
[HandBk, 340ff]
map [LonelyPlanet, 256] [NatParks, 200]
Tortuga Lodge [LonelyPlanet, 260, 259] [HandBk, 342] [Insight, 228]
Boat trips [Insight, 104, 229] [NatParks, 196, 202]
7 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Tuesday
green sea turtles [NatWildlife, Oct91, 25] [Insight, 236] [LonelyPlanet, 257]
Spiders:
Parrot
8 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Wednesday
Small plane [Insight, 254]
Forest canopy [Insight, 80] [NatParks, 143]
Oxcart with sugarcane and sugarcane mill [CostaNatHist, 106].
Oxen and egrets [Insight, 172]
Birds, reptiles and sloths.
Rest stop at Tigra.
Fortuna village near Arenal [Insight, 243]
[HandBk, 473] [NatParks, 128h]
map [HandBk, 471]
The most active volcano on earth [Insight, 242]
Africanized Killer Bees [Insight, 244, 247]
Arenal Observatory Lodge [HandBk, 474]
9 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Thursday
Birds and reptiles.
Beautiful green upland countryside and farms.
Villages of:
Fortuna: bank.
Jabillos, Florencia, Quesada [HandBk, 306], Tapezoo, Palmira,
Zarcero: sculpured shrubs. [HandBk, 285] Coffee plantation pictures.
Naranjo
Sarchi: souvenirs. [HandBk, 281]
Grecia: metallic church. [HandBk, 281]
Gran Hotel [Insight, 152] [HandBk, 202]. National theater [Insight, 155]
10 Mar 95 ---------------------------------------- Friday
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BirdsCosta |
Birds of Costa Rica,
ISBN 0-8014-9600-4, 1989. |
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CostaNatHist |
Costa Rican Natural History, ISBN 0-226-39334-8, 1983. |
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HandBk |
Costa Rica Handbook,
ISBN 1-56691-008-0, 1994. |
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Insight |
Insight Guides: Costa
Rica, ISBN 0-395-66258-3, 1994. |
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LonelyPlanet |
Costa Rica -- a
travel survival kit, ISBN 0 86442 205 9, 1994. |
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Ecomapa |
General Map of Costa
Rica |
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NatHist |
Natural History,
American Museum of Natural History magazine. |
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NatParks |
Costa Rica's National
Parks and Preserves, ISBN 0-89886-321-X, 1993. |
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NatWildlife |
National Wildlife
magazine. |
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SpiderKin |
Spiders and Their Kin,
Golden Guide, ISBN 0-307-24021-5, 1990. |
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Bromeliads |
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[CostaNatHist, 197]. |
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Buttress roots |
[CostaNatHist, 145] [Insight, 337] |
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Epiphytes |
[CostaNatHist, 148]. |
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Strangler trees |
[CostaNatHist, 149] [NatParks, 84, 81] |
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Ant-Acacia occupied by Pseudomyremes ferruginea |
Acacia collinsii |
[CostaNatHist, 762] [NatParks, 76] |
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Latex tree |
Brosimum utile |
[CostaNatHist, 200]. |
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Tourist Tree; Gumbo Limbo; Naked Indian |
Bursera simaruba |
[NatParks, 73, 75] [CostaNatHist, 201] |
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Coconut palm |
Cocos nucifera |
[CostaNatHist, 216, 85] |
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African Oil Palm |
Elaeis guineensis |
[CostaNatHist, 73] |
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Sea Hearts |
Entada gigas |
Carlos Gomez |
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Guanacaste relative of mimosa; unique ear-shaped pods |
Enterolobium cyclocarpum |
[CostaNatHist, 241] [Insight, 207] |
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Heliconia flower |
Heliconia latispatha |
[NatParks, 128a] [CostaNatHist, 249] |
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Guapinol keep their leaves throughout the dry season |
Hypenia courbaril |
[NatParks, 76] [CostaNatHist, 253] |
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Chicle Tree |
Manilkara chicle |
[CostaNatHist, 276] |
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Orchids |
Orchidaceae |
[CostaNatHist, 282ff] [NatParks, 128d] |
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Raintree (Cenizero) Howler monkeys eating fruit pods. |
Pithecellobium saman |
[CostaNatHist, 305] [Insight, 15] |
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Cortes yellow flower about 4 days in the dry season |
Tabebuia ochracea |
[CostaNatHist, 335] [Insight, 198] |
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African Pasture Grass |
Hyparrhenia rufa |
[CostaNatHist, 125] |
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Howler monkey |
Alouatta palliata |
[CostaNatHist, 448] [NatParks, 103] [HandBk, 43] |
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Jamaican Fruit Bat |
Artibeus jamaicensis |
[CostaNatHist, 449] [NatParks, 77] [HandBk, 47] |
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Spider Monkey |
Ateles geoffroyi |
[CostaNatHist, 451] [HandBk, 43] |
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Three-toed Sloth |
Bradypus variegatus |
[CostaNatHist, 453] [Insight, 100] [HandBk, 44] |
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Lesser Short-tailed Fruit Bat |
Carollia perspicillata |
[CostaNatHist, 457] [HandBk, 47] |
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Prehensile-tailed Porcupine |
Coendou mexicanum |
[CostaNatHist, 460] [Insight, 103] |
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Red-tailed Squirrel |
Sciurus granatensis |
[CostaNatHist, 489] |
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Jesus Christ Lizard |
Basiliscus basiliscus |
[NatParks, 128b] [CostaNatHist, 379] |
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Eyelash Viper |
Bothrops schlegelii |
[CostaNatHist, 384] [Insight, 102] |
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Marine Toad |
Bufo marinus |
[CostaNatHist, 386] |
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Caiman |
Caiman crococilus |
[CostaNatHist, 387] |
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Iguana Negra |
Ctenosaura similis |
[CostaNatHist, 394] |
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Green Iguana |
Ctenosaura similis |
[Insight, 185, 97] [NatParks, 30] |
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Leaf-cutter Ants |
Atta cephalotes |
[CostaNatHist, 688] [Insight, 257] [NatParks, 128f] [HandBk, 53] |
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Giant Cockroach |
Blaberus giganteus |
[CostaNatHist, 693] |
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Fig Wasp |
Blastophaga |
[CostaNatHist, 696] |
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Cream Owl Butterfly |
Caligo memnon |
[CostaNatHist, 703] [Insight, 220] |
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Walking Stick Insect |
Calynda bicuspis |
[CostaNatHist, 705] |
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Army Ants |
Eciton burchelli |
[CostaNatHist, 716] |
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Small spider with wide lateral abdomen armed with spines |
Gasteracantha cancriformis |
[SpiderKin, 66] |
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Hecale Butterfly |
Heliconius hecale |
[CostaNatHist, 730] |
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Morpho Butterfly |
Morpho peleides |
[CostaNatHist, 741] [HandBk, 55] |
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Termite |
Nasutitermes |
[CostaNatHist, 743] |
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Golden Orb-Spider |
Nephila clavipes |
[CostaNatHist, 745][SpiderKin, 65] |
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Bush Katydid |
Orophus conspersus |
[CostaNatHist, 749] |
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Acacia-Ant occupies Acacia collinsii |
Pseudomyremes ferruginea |
[CostaNatHist, 762] [NatParks, 76] |
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Pineapple |
Ananas cososu |
[CostaNatHist, 101] |
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Beef Cattle |
Bos indicu |
[CostaNatHist, 77] [NatParks, 182] |
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Citrus Fruits: Orange |
Citrus sinensis |
[CostaNatHist, 83] |
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Coffee |
Coffea arabica |
[CostaNatHist, 86] |
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Banana |
Musa sapientum |
[CostaNatHist, 75] |
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Rice |
Oryza sativa |
[CostaNatHist, 105] |
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Beans |
Phaseolus vulgaris |
[CostaNatHist, 79] |
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Sugarcane |
Saccharum officinarum |
[CostaNatHist, 106] |
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Red-lored Parrot |
Amazona auropalliata |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 19; 4a] |
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Anhinga |
Anhinga anhinga |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 4; 3c] |
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Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
[CostaNatHist, 550] |
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Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
[CostaNatHist, 552] |
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Western Sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
[CostaNatHist, 557] |
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Magenta-throated Woodstar |
Calliphlox bryantae |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 25; 2a] |
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White-throated Magpie-Jay |
Calocitta formosa |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 39; 18] |
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Violet Sabrewing |
Campylopterus
hemileucurus |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 23; 9a] |
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Rufous-naped Wren |
Campylorhynchus rufinucha |
[CostaNatHist, 558] |
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Great Egret |
Casmerodius albus |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 5; 14] |
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Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
[CostaNatHist, 560] [BirdsCosta, Plate 13; 3] |
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Ringed Kingfisher |
Ceryle torquata |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 27; 1] |
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Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
[CostaNatHist, 575] |
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Northern Jacana |
Jacana spinosa |
[CostaNatHist, 584] |
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Black-cheeked Woodpecker |
Melanerpes pucherani |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 28; 14] |
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Tropical Screech Owl |
Otus choliba |
[CostaNatHist, 592] [BirdsCosta, Plate 20; 15] |
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Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 17; 14] |
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Fiery-throated Hummingbird |
Panterpe insignis |
[CostaNatHist, 593] |
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Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus occidentalis |
[CostaNatHist, 594] [BirdsCosta, Plate 4; 1c] [Insight, 212] |
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Quetzal |
Pharomachrus mocinno |
[CostaNatHist, 599] [BirdsCosta, Plate 26; 1b] [Insight, 191] [HandBk, 51] |
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Great Kiskadee |
Pitangus sulphuratus |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 35; 13] |
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Three-wattled Bellbird |
Procnias tricarunculata |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 34; 12a] |
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Montezuma Oropendola |
Psarocolius montezuma |
[CostaNatHist, 614] [Insight, 259] |
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan |
Ramphastos swainsonii |
[CostaNatHist, 603] |
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Scarlet-rumped Tanager |
Ramphocelus passerinii |
[BirdsCosta, Plate 47; 4a] |