2009CostaRica

Green-crowned brilliant (female) hovering, Monte Verde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506002

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Mantled howler monkey screaming to chase off an enemy, Caño Negro Wildlife Reserve, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506001

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Green iguana (male) resting and in mating colors, Muelle San Carlos, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506004

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Crossing a srteam on foot, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506003

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Leopard, Simon Bolivar Zoological Park, San José, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506005

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Bare-throated tiger-heron, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506007

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Voilet sabrewing (male) in flight, Monte Verde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506008

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Great green macaw, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506010

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Brown-throated three-toed sloth hanging in a cecropia tree, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506006

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Great green macaw, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506011

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Great green macaw, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506009

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Great green macaw, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506012

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Five-keeled spiny-tailed iguana in a garden, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506013

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Agouti nibbling, gardens of Zoo Ave, La Guarita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506015

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Five-keeled spiny-tailed iguana in a garden, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506014

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Variegated squirrel on a mission for food, trees at Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506017

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Variegated squirrel on a mission for food, trees at Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506016

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Variegated squirrel on a mission for food, trees at Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506018

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Variegated squirrel on a mission for food, trees at Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506019

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Variegated squirrel on a mission for food, trees at Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506020

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Variegated squirrel on a mission for food, trees at Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506021

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Variegated squirrel on a mission for food, trees at Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506022

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Ocelot at rest, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506024

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Ocelot at rest, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506025

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Ocelot at rest, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506023

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Ocelot at rest, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506027

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Puma, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506028

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Puma, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506029

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Ocelot at rest, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506026

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Puma, Zoo Ave, La Garita de Alejuela, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506030

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Crab-eating raccoon, Zoológico Nacional Simon Bolivar, San José, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506031

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Juvenile green-backed heron on the edge of a pond, Zoológico Nacional Simon Bolivar, San José, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506032

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Juvenile green-backed heron on the edge of a pond, Zoológico Nacional Simon Bolivar, San José, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506033

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Grey-necked wood-rail, Canales de Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506034

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Green iguana (female) climbing in vegetation, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506036

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Grey-necked wood rail, Canales de Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506035

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Spectacled caiman, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506038

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Bare-throated tiger heron hunting, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506039

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Spider monkey and young, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506037

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Adult green basilisk, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506040

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Adult green basilisk, garden of Heliconia Island Hotel, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506041

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White-collared manakin (male) perching on a branch to sleep at night, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506044

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Little blue heron, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506042

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Green sea turtle track on beach, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506043

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Blue jeans frog, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506045

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Arenal volcano as seen from La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506047

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Arenal volcano, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506048

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Roadside hawk (juvenile), outside La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Picture code: 200900506050

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