https://fotodiarist.com/2021/09/05/movers-shakers-and-kleptoparasites/2021-09-06T01:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2021/01/02/birds-that-cheered-me-in-2020/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ghh_201017_3396f-edit.jpgGHH_201017_3396F-EditGail Hewson Hull, self-portrait, October, 2020. I am in my green lining phase in all my art. Greenlining to me is the conceptual opposite of redlining and invokes thoughtfulness, hope and healthy life.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ghh_200820_05319s-fd.jpgGHH_200820_05319S-FDAnother winged beauty: the Virgin of Guadalupe statue seen at Arroyo Seco, NM. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ghh_200628_04710s-fd.jpgGHH_200628_04710S-FDBrown-headed Cowbirds. Two males alternately practiced their courtship displays in the Zocalo community environs.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ghh_200803_05074s-fd.jpgGHH_200803_05074S-FDCalliope Hummingbird visiting Penstamon sp. flowers in the Zocalo neighborhood.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ghh_201115_06945s-fd.jpgGHH_201115_06945S-FDWestern Grebe with in Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo pond. The grebe seemed to have a broken foot. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ghh_201027_06783s-fd-fotod-b30-lr-2.jpgGHH_201027_06783S-FD-FotoD-B30%-LR-2Ruby-crowned Kinglet looking for flowers after early September snowfall.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ghh_200922_06198s-fd.jpgGHH_200922_06198S-FDHouse Finch eating Chamisa flowers. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ghh_200917_06112s-fd.jpgGHH_200917_06112S-FDWilson's Warbler, male searching for insects. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ghh_200727_04873s-fd.jpgGHH_200727_04873S-FDBlue Grosbeak in Otero Park, near Socorro, NM https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ghh_200604_04472s-fd.jpgGHH_200604_04472S-FDCassin's Vireo at Buckman area of Chile Trail, on the Rio Grande.2021-01-03T01:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2020/09/25/solitude-for-art-and-birding/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ghh_200907_3251f-edit-2-fd.jpgGHH_200907_3251F-Edit-2-FDOde to NM with Cottonwood and Aspen Leaves, 9/2020https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/0300533-r01-034-edit-fd.jpg0300533-R01-034-Edit-FDYoung boy's perch while watching the Harvest Day Festival and Parade, San Francisco City Hall. G.H. Hull, 1979https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ghh_200904_05632s-fd.jpgGHH_200904_05632S-FDAnd overhead, a curious Clark's Nutcrackerhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ghh_200907_05931s-fd.jpgGHH_200907_05931S-FDHouse Wrenhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ghh_200907_05901s-fd.jpgGHH_200907_05901S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ghh_200907_05972s-fd.jpgGHH_200907_05972S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ghh_200907_05898s-fd.jpgGHH_200907_05898S-FDWilson's Warbler (male)https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ghh_200907_05812s-fd.jpgGHH_200907_05812S-FDWilson's Warbler (female)https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ghh_200904_05690s-fd.jpgGHH_200904_05690S-FDRed-breasted Nuthatchhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ghh_200904_05661s-fd.jpgGHH_200904_05661S-FDMacGillivray's Warbler2020-09-26T05:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2019/09/28/santa-fe-trails-2/2020-09-19T23:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2020/05/04/photography-bearing-witness/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kent_state_john_paul_filo.jpgKent_State_John_Paul_Filohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/the_terror_of_war_by_nick_ut.jpgThe_Terror_of_War_by_Nick_UtThe Terror of War, photo by Nick Ut, 1972https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/the_falling_soldier_by_robert_capa_1936.pngThe_Falling_Soldier_by_Robert_Capa_1936The Falling Soldier, by Robert Capa, 1936https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ghh_200420_04087s-fd.jpgGHH_200420_04087S-FDSpotted Towhee in our neighborhoodhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ghh_200418_04081s-fd.jpgGHH_200418_04081S-FDClaret Cup Cactus adhered to rock in Devil's Canyonhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ghh_200409_03937s-fd.jpgGHH_200409_03937S-FDDesert Cottontail in our back yard.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ghh_200414_04047s-fd.jpgGHH_200414_04047S-FDCedar Waxwing flock seen on early AM walk in my neighborhoodhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ghh_200408_03926s-fd.jpgGHH_200408_03926S-FDDiablo Canyon, a favorite walking area just a half hour from our home in Santa Fehttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ghh_200315_03829s-fd.jpgGHH_200315_03829S-FDMountain Lion, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ghh_200314_03608s-fd.jpgGHH_200314_03608S-FDCactus Wren, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ2020-09-19T23:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2020/03/26/desert-birds-of-arizona/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200314_03732s-fd-fotod-w60-lr-2.jpgGHH_200314_03732S-FD-FotoD-W60%-LR-2Female Great-tailed Grackle. Ranges from Sw. U.S. to Peruhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200314_03690s-fd.jpgGHH_200314_03690S-FDSaguaro Cactus habitat, Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardenhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200312_03473s-fd.jpgGHH_200312_03473S-FDChihuahuan Raven. Note rictal (nasal) bristles. Range: Sw. U.S. to central Mexicohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200314_03575s-fd.jpgGHH_200314_03575S-FDCurve-billed Thrasher nesting in Cholla Cactushttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200317_03896s-fd.jpgGHH_200317_03896S-FDPrickly Pear Cactus habitat amidst California Poppies, March 16, 2020 https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200316_03857s-fd.jpgGHH_200316_03857S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200316_03852s-fd.jpgGHH_200316_03852S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200316_03850s-fd.jpgGHH_200316_03850S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200316_03846s-fd.jpgGHH_200316_03846S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghh_200315_03832s-fd.jpgGHH_200315_03832S-FD2020-03-27T04:03:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2020/01/10/bosque-del-apache-national-wildlife-refuge/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191107_02162s-fd.jpgGHH_191107_02162S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191108_02443s-fd.jpgGHH_191108_02443S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191108_02420s-fd.jpgGHH_191108_02420S-FDCasa Blanca Bed & Breakfasthttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191108_02388s-fd.jpgGHH_191108_02388S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191108_02383s-fd.jpgGHH_191108_02383S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191108_02373s-fd.jpgGHH_191108_02373S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191108_02370s-fd.jpgGHH_191108_02370S-FDSunset in the Refuge as cranes return to roosthttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191108_02351s-fd.jpgGHH_191108_02351S-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191108_02312s-fd.jpgGHH_191108_02312S-FDDawn, as birds are preparing to take offhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ghh_191108_02239s-fd.jpgGHH_191108_02239S-FDDa2020-01-10T18:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/about/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3237.jpgIMG_3237https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3237-2.jpgIMG_3237 2https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3234.jpgIMG_3234https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3234-2.jpgIMG_3234 2Gail Hewson Hull, FotoDiarist. Photo by Harry Hull.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3230.jpgIMG_3230https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3230-2.jpgIMG_3230 2https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3229.jpgIMG_3229https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fd-logotext.jpgFotoDiarist logohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hh3-150606-5461f.jpgGail Hewson HullGail Hewson Hull. Foto Diarist.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hh3-141030-3697f.jpgGail Hewson HullIn the field2019-09-28T05:55:01+00:00weekly0.6https://fotodiarist.com/contact-me/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ghh_121224_0027.jpgFinca Cantaros trail2019-09-25T20:26:26+00:00weekly0.6https://fotodiarist.com/2019/01/17/a-hybrid-bird-at-finca-cantaros/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img-0060.jpgimg-0060Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal hybrid, from Texas.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ghh_190115_0813-fd.jpgghh_190115_0813-fdMystery hybrid at Finca Cantaros' Laguna Zoncho.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ghh_190115_0804-fd.jpgghh_190115_0804-fdHybrid male Green-winged Teal x ?2019-01-18T00:15:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2018/09/17/birding-at-cano-negro-national-wildlife-refuge/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180410_7425f-fd.jpgGHH_180410_7425F-FDLove and equality: a home-fashioned campaign flag for the winning candidate for President of Costa Rica: Carlos Alvarado Quesada https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180410_7386f-fd.jpgGHH_180410_7386F-FDTrees adapted to annual floodinghttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180410_7388f-fd.jpgGHH_180410_7388F-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180410_7384f-fd.jpgGHH_180410_7384F-FDOur merry band, on our walk to the tiny pueblo of Caño Negrohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180410_7395f-fd.jpgGHH_180410_7395F-FDOur group, outstanding in the field!https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180411_7445f-fd.jpgGHH_180411_7445F-FDBlack-headed Trogonhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180409_7227f-fd.jpgGHH_180409_7227F-FDDusky-capped Flycatcherhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180410_7333f-fd.jpgGHH_180410_7333F-FDLesser Yellow-headed Vulture https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180409_7223f-fd.jpgGHH_180409_7223F-FDChuck-will's widow (see grayish crown); resembles Whip-poor-willhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ghh_180410_7320f-fd.jpgGHH_180410_7320F-FDGreen Iguana 2018-09-18T03:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2018/06/08/remembering-the-bush-dogs/2018-06-09T00:04:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2018/06/04/the-noisy-flower-eating-acrobatic-crested-guan/2018-06-04T16:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2018/02/22/velvet/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/peripatus-ruber-watercolor-by-jmn.jpgPeripatus ruber Watercolor by JMNPeripatus ruber. Watercolor by J. Monge Najera of a Costa Rican Onychophoran not seen for a century.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/glue-by-juan-carlos-solano-j-monge-najera.jpgGlue by Juan Carlos Solano & J Monge NajeraGlue emerging from glands beside mouth of a Velvet Worm. Photo: Juan Carlos Solano and J. Monge Najerahttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/natural-red-velvet-cake-without-food-coloring-1-660x445.jpgNatural-Red-Velvet-Cake-Without-Food-Coloring-1-660x445Red Velvet Cupcakes. Photo from DIYNatural.com.2018-02-22T23:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2017/07/20/a-tiny-woodpecker-olivaceous-piculet/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_160715_4707-fd1.jpgGHH_160715_4707-FDOlivaceous Piculet, female, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_160715_4685-fd1.jpgGHH_160715_4685-FDOlivaceous Piculet, female (note entire head dotted white)https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_160102_9836-fd1.jpgGHH_160102_9836-FDOlivaceous Piculet, male (note upper forehead and crown dipped red)https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_160715_4707-fd.jpgGHH_160715_4707-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_160102_9836-fd.jpgGHH_160102_9836-FDOlivaceous Piculet, male (note feathers of upper forehead and crown dipped red)https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_160715_4685-fd.jpgGHH_160715_4685-FDOlivaceous Piculet, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_160405_1401-fd.jpgGHH_160405_1401-FDRufous Piculet, Sandakan Rainforest Park, Sabah, Borneohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_160715_4706-fd.jpgGHH_160715_4706-FDOlivaceous Piculet, Finca Cantaros, Linda Vista de San Vitohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/olivaceous_piculet_picumnus_olivaceus_distribution_map-1.jpgolivaceous_piculet_picumnus_olivaceus_distribution_map-1Distribution map of the Olivaceous Piculet. © HBW Alive.2017-07-21T04:38:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2017/07/06/endemic-birds-of-jamaica-2/2017-07-07T02:46:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2017/07/06/endemic-birds-of-jamaica/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_170420_0121f-fd.jpgGHH_170420_0121F-FDFederico "Fico" Chaconhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/hh3_170421_1678f.jpgHH3_170421_1678FBirding the Eccleston forest road https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_170426_0719f-fd.jpgGHH_170426_0719F-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_170425_0683f-fd.jpgGHH_170425_0683F-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_170425_0614f-fd.jpgGHH_170425_0614F-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_170425_0588f-fd.jpgGHH_170425_0588F-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_170423_0482f-fd.jpgGHH_170423_0482F-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_170423_0473f-fd.jpgGHH_170423_0473F-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_170423_0407f-fd.jpgGHH_170423_0407F-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ghh_170422_0337f-fd.jpgGHH_170422_0337F-FD2017-07-07T02:43:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2017/03/29/butterflies-in-the-anthropocene/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ghh_161015_6784-fd.jpgGHH_161015_6784-FDCastilia eranites in Nymphalidae (Smudged Crescent). Mexico to Columbia and Venezuelahttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ghh_160927_6460-fd.jpgGHH_160927_6460-FDEuptychia insolata Butler & Druce in Riodinidae familyhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ghh_150915_8251-fd.jpgGHH_150915_8251-FDHamadryas februa ferentina in Nymphalidae. Range: Southern United States to Brazilhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ghh_151025_8993-fd.jpgGHH_151025_8993-FDAdelpha cytherea marcia in Nymphalidae. Range: Mexico to Amazon Basin https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ghh_160711_4603-fd.jpgGHH_160711_4603-FDAnteos clorinde in Pieridae Family (White-Angled-Sulphur). Range: Mexico to Paraguay https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ghh_160322_1083-edit-fd.jpgGHH_160322_1083-Edit-FDHamadryas februa ferentina in Nymphalidae family. Range: So. United States to Brazil https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ghh_161011_66216643-fd.jpgGHH_161011_6621&6643-FDGreta andromica lyra, Nymphalidae (Clearwing). Range: Guatemala to Peru. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ghh_170314_9554-fd.jpgGHH_170314_9554-FDPapilio polyxenes stabilis in Papilionidae family (Black Swallowtail). Range: Canada through Central and South America.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ghh_161009_6583-fd.jpgGHH_161009_6583-FDArchaeoprepona demophoon centralis in Nymphalidae, Range: Nicaragua to Colombia 2017-03-30T05:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/06/28/gland-central-for-insects-inga-trees/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150622_6008-fd.jpgGHH_150622_6008-FDColorful galls on an Inga leaflet attract tiny black insect. Galls are abnormal growths caused by insects, parasitic bacteria or fungi.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150622_6003-fd.jpgGHH_150622_6003-FDAn Inga leaf with eight leaflets. There is one gland between each pair; note herbivory.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150622_6001-fd.jpgGHH_150622_6001-FDA slow-growing Inga tree. This one is seven or eight years old. At one point it appeared to have died, but then came back to life with many new shoots.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150621_5967-fd.jpgGHH_150621_5967-FDAnt drinking at an Inga nectary.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150621_5962-fd-2.jpgGHH_150621_5962-FD-2Extra-floral nectary, or gland, of an Inga sp. tree, offering liquid sugarhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150615_5813-fd.jpgGHH_150615_5813-FDRoach (Blattidae) drinking nectar at an Inga glandhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150615_5811-fd.jpgGHH_150615_5811-FDBeetle (Coleoptera) moving away from the sugar troughhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150615_5802-fd.jpgGHH_150615_5802-FDHomoptera-leaf hopper that sucks plant fluids 2017-01-19T00:03:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/12/14/tasmanian-landscapes/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160424_3068-fd1.jpgghh_160424_3068-fdPotential platypus habitat visited near midday when unfortunately, they are in their burrows.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160422_2911-fd.jpgghh_160422_2911-fdhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160425_3188-fd.jpgghh_160425_3188-fdHigh elevation wetland in northern interior.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160426_3218-fd.jpgghh_160426_3218-fdThe Hazards of Freycinet National Park in early evening. We hiked in the rocky hills and along the coast on the ocean side of the park the following day. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160426_3223-fd.jpgghh_160426_3223-fdView of Coles Bay toward The Hazards--peaks of Freycinet National Parkhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160426_3234-fd.jpgghh_160426_3234-fdThe beach at Wineglass Bay in Freycinet National Park.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160427_3267-fd.jpgghh_160427_3267-fdInland ranch country. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160428_3382-fd.jpgghh_160428_3382-fdThe glacial Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park--the only day it rained during our 30 days of travel.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160429_3459-fd.jpgghh_160429_3459-fdGiant 1500-year old King Billy Pines at Cradle Mountain.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghh_160426_3212-fd.jpgghh_160426_3212-fd2016-12-14T17:54:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/11/27/pale-billed-woodpecker-and-alexander-f-skutch/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ghh_161125_7538-fd.jpgghh_161125_7538-fdFiery-billed Aracari, Finca Cantaros.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/woodpecker-aracaris.jpgIllustration by Dana Gardener in Life of the Woodpecker, by Alexander F. Skutch. Fiery-billed Aracari threaten cavity of Pale-billed Woodpeckers.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ghh_161023_7017-fd.jpgghh_161023_7017-fdPale-billed Woodpeckers remain paired throughout the year. They breed from August to December in Costa Rica. Sarapiqui.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ghh_161023_6982-fd.jpgghh_161023_6982-fdPale-billed Woodpecker, male. Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiquihttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ghh_161023_7045-fd.jpgghh_161023_7045-fdPale-billed Woodpecker, female at Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiquihttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ghh_161118_7472-fd.jpgghh_161118_7472-fdPale-billed Woodpecker. Note black markings on front of crest and throat, indicating female. Finca Cantaros.2016-11-28T02:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/10/20/what-do-beetles-want/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/chryochroa-toulgoeti-jewel-beetle-fd2.jpgchryochroa-toulgoeti-jewel-beetle-fd2https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/stag-beetle-albrecht-durer-fd2.jpgstag-beetle-albrecht-durer-fd2https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ghh_160408_1979-fd.jpgghh_160408_1979-fdLeaf-mining Carabid "tortoise beetle", Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ghh_160327_1148-fd.jpgghh_160327_1148-fdhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ghh_160202_0291-fd.jpgghh_160202_0291-fdWood-boring beetlehttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ghh_150915_8244-fd.jpgghh_150915_8244-fdhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ghh_150607_00000031-fd.jpgghh_150607_00000031-fdhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ghh_121227_0138-fd.jpgghh_121227_0138-fdhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ghh_100119_0367red-spotted-beetle-mirador-fd.jpgghh_100119_0367red-spotted-beetle-mirador-fdSpotted Shield Bug, Pachycoris torridushttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ghh_070703_0729-fd.jpgghh_070703_0729-fdWeevil, Cholus cinctus in the Curculionidae family2016-10-21T02:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/09/02/blue-black-grosbeak-parents-are-busy-in-august/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ghh_160824_5756-fd.jpgGHH_160824_5756-FDMale Blue-black Grosbeak seen with nesting material on August 23, 2016 at Finca Cantaros, 6:00 AMhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ghh_160824_5763-fd.jpgGHH_160824_5763-FDSilhouette of female Blue-black Grosbeak with nesting materialhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ghh_160817_5557-fd.jpgGHH_160817_5557-FDBanded Blue-black Grosbeak male carrying seeds to two growing nestlings.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ghh_160817_5508-fd.jpgGHH_160817_5508-FDThe nest was located just two feet above ground, carefully placed under sheltering leaves.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ghh_160817_5559-fd.jpgGHH_160817_5559-FDMale preparing to approach the nest with fruits and seeds.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ghh_160817_5525-fd.jpgGHH_160817_5525-FDFemale Blue-black Grosbeak about to feed hatchlings.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ghh_160817_5451-fd.jpgGHH_160817_5451-FDFemale carrying food watches to be sure it is safe to approach the nest.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ghh_160817_5467-fd.jpgGHH_160817_5467-FDFemale Blue-black Grosbeak casts a glance at me before carrying food to the nest.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ghh_160817_5486-fd.jpgGHH_160817_5486-FDBlue-black Grosbeak male carrying seeds to two growing nestlings.2016-09-02T20:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/07/28/children-in-my-path-people-ii/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_111023_0318-fd1.jpgGHH_111023_0318-FDGirl on her First Communion day, Tortuguero, Costa Rica, 2012https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_111021_1060976-fd.jpgGHH_111021_1060976-FDGirls on the beach at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, 2012https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_070627_0372-fd1.jpgGHH_070627_0372-FDLeo, with squirt gun, Rio Negro de San Vito, Costa Rica, 2010https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0300533-r01-021-fd1.jpg0300533-R01-021-FDNgöbe Buglé girl, La Casona, Costa Rica, 1990 (digitized from aged slide)https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_101019_0057-fd.jpgGHH_101019_0057-FDKeiner with new dog, San Vito, Costa Rica, 2010https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_090423_0011-fd.jpgGHH_090423_0011-FDHoliday outing, Finca Cantaros, Linda Vista de San Vito, Costa Rica, 2014https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_150629_6468-fd.jpgGHH_150629_6468-FDBrother and sister, Zailyn and Jefferson, San Vito, Costa Rica, 2015https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_131227_0415-fd.jpgGHH_131227_0415-FDBoy with distinct eyebrows, clutching roses, Mashpi, Ecuador, 2014https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_131227_0413-fd.jpgGHH_131227_0413-FDChildren at the school playground in Mashpi, Ecuador, 2014https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_070628_0380-fd.jpgGHH_070628_0380-FDLilli, San Vito, Costa Rica, 2008 2016-07-29T00:23:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/07/26/honest-labor-bears-a-lovely-face/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/quotes2.jpgQuoteshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_150508_5066-fd.jpgGHH_150508_5066-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghcrjj200408-fd.jpgGHCRJJ200408-FDHoney and juice seller, Limon, Costa Rica, 2006https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_090430_0224-fd1.jpgGHH_090430_0224-FDTree cutter, San Vito, Costa Rica https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0300533-r01-040-fd.jpg0300533-R01-040-FDLifeguards at Crane's Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1969 (digitized from damaged slide)https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ismael-gonzalez-mask-s-fd.jpgIsmael Gonzalez & mask s-FDIsmael Gonzalez, master mask carver, Boruca, Costa Rica, 1999https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_160202_0264-fd.jpgGHH_160202_0264-FDYamileth, tortilla maker and restaurant owner, Cerro Pittier, Costa Rica, 2016https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_140605_1313-fd.jpgGHH_140605_1313-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_131227_0442-fd.jpgGHH_131227_0442-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_121117_0035-fd.jpgGHH_121117_0035-FDCampesino at dog and cat neuter and spay clinic, San Vito, Costa Rica, 20142016-07-26T20:39:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/07/14/winsome-owls/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_130603_0060-fd1.jpgGHH_130603_0060-FDBurrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia, photographed in the Pantanal region of Brazil, 2013. This diurnal species uses the holes of small mammals in which to create a nest made of dried cattle dung, automatically attracting insects to feed chicks. During the day they rest on cattle fence posts.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_130603_0060-fd.jpgGHH_130603_0060-FDBurrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia, photographed through a spotting scope in the Pantanal region of Brazil. 2012. This diurnal species uses the holes of small mammals in which to create nests of cattle dung, automatically attracting insects to feed their young. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_141211_2780-fd.jpgGHH_141211_2780-FDCrested Owl, Lophostrix cristata stricklandi, photographed at Finca Pino Colina in 2015https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_160625_4275-fd.jpgGHH_160625_4275-FDCrested Owl, Lophostrix cristata stricklandi, dark morph2016-07-14T20:27:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/07/02/finding-at-las-cruces-the-impartial-calm-of-nature/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_160619_4081-fd.jpgGHH_160619_4081-FDThough palms are everywhere in WBG, this view is on a trail dedicated to diverse palm species.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_160618_3988-fd.jpgGHH_160618_3988-FDGreen Honeycreeper, malehttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_160622_4122-fd.jpgGHH_160622_4122-FDScale-crested Pygmy-Tyranthttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_160618_3972-fd.jpgGHH_160618_3972-FDView of Fila Cruces from the Canopy Tower, 6:30 AM, 26/06/16https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_160312_0836-fd.jpgGHH_160312_0836-FDStone steps within Wilson Garden covered with flowers from manzana de agua treehttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn1068.jpgDSCN1068Unidentified forest plant in Las Cruces reserve.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/gh-cycad-02.jpgGH Cycad 02Yours truly in 1990 with the tallest Zamia fairchildiana plant I ever found in the primary forest of Las Cruces https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_160618_3961.jpgGHH_160618_3961Baby squirrel searching for food in a tree next to the Canopy Tower.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ghh_160619_4085.jpgGHH_160619_4085Agouti adult and juvenile forage in the undergrowthhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wbg-root-scene-062003s-fd.jpgWBG root scene 062003s-FDButtress roots and diverse plants suggests the wild nature of the Wilson Garden2016-07-02T23:52:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/06/15/a-handsome-native-plant-columnea-polyantha-and-its-pollination-strategy/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0717.jpgIMG_0717Green Hermit, female, visiting a Costus flower.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_5329.jpgIMG_5329Green-crowned Brilliant, male. Photo by Andrew Russell.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7904.jpgIMG_7904Violet Sabrewing, male. Photo by Andrew Russell.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2483.jpgGreen Hermit fGreen Hermit fhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ghh_160312_0847-fd.jpgGHH_160312_0847-FDEvidence of nectar robbery at base of flower. Suspect: Stripe-throated Hermit.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ghh_160312_0843-fd1.jpgGHH_160312_0843-FDFlower and fruit of Columnea polyanthahttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ghh_160312_0843-fd.jpgGHH_160312_0843-FDFruit of Columnea polyanthahttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ghh_160203_0325-fd.jpgGHH_160203_0325-FDFlowers of Columnea polyantha.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ghh_160219_0634-fd.jpgGHH_160219_0634-FDHirsute leaves of the epiphyte Columnea polyantha, a native Gesneriad2016-06-16T04:18:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/05/16/babblers-in-borneo/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ghh_160406_1652-fd.jpgGHH_160406_1652-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ghh_160406_1649-fd.jpgGHH_160406_1649-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ghh_160406_1640-fd.jpgGHH_160406_1640-FDOne pair in courtship mode; female watching from above?https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ghh_160406_1639-fd.jpgGHH_160406_1639-FDIntense shaking by bird on lower branch seems to stimulate upper bird to perform aerobaticshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ghh_160406_1642-fd.jpgGHH_160406_1642-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ghh_160406_1637-fd.jpgGHH_160406_1637-FDChestnut-winged Babbler observes vigorous activity of potential mate2016-05-17T05:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/04/01/the-elusive-orange-collared-manakin/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ghh_150909_8208-fd.jpgGHH_150909_8208-FDA banded female Blue-crowned Manakin is very similar to the more olive toned female Orange-collared Manakin.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ghh_151205_9385-fd.jpgGHH_151205_9385-FDDuring bird banding days at Finca Cantaros this male Manakin was captured and released in February, 2016https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ghh_151115_9131-fd.jpgGHH_151115_9131-FDPrevious efforts to photograph the Orange-collared Manakin male met with blurry resultshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ghh_160327_1140-fd.jpgGHH_160327_1140-FDLek arena prepared by male Manakins at Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ghh_160312_0861-fd.jpgGHH_160312_0861-FDOrange-collared Manakin near the prepared "arena"https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ghh_160312_0876-fd.jpgGHH_160312_0876-FDOrange-collared Manakin male in woods at Finca Cantaros2016-04-01T17:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/03/22/toucans-skirmish-over-nesting-cavity/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ghh_160311_0774-fd.jpgGHH_160311_0774-FDMating pair of Yellow-collared Toucans.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ghh_151024_8922-fd.jpgGHH_151024_8922-FDFiery-billed Aracari feeding its mate.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ghh_160216_0575-fd.jpgGHH_160216_0575-FDWork done, the cavity looks ready for occupancy.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ghh_151003_8431-fd.jpgGHH_151003_8431-FDFiery-billed Aracari at play near the Eucalyptus tree.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ghh_160311_0771-fd.jpgGHH_160311_0771-FDOne Fiery-billed Aracari inside, the other on the lookout.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ghh_160216_0556-fd.jpgGHH_160216_0556-FDHead on view of the cavity-building team.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ghh_160216_0536-fd.jpgGHH_160216_0536-FDYellow-collared Toucans--one looking out for intruders while the other excavates the cavity.2016-03-24T00:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/07/25/my-conversion-to-caterpillars/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/crjj2004014-fd.jpgCRJJ2004014-FDTiny caterpillar with stinging hairs.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_070626_0273-fd.jpgGHH_070626_0273-FDEumeus godartii, butterfly at Las Cruces Biological Station. Gregarious, aposematic, with toxins from the plant it eats, Zamia fairchildiana https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_100828_0833-fd.jpgGHH_100828_0833-FDParides erithalion, butterfly at Finca Cantaros. ID by Isidro Chacon.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_141221_2951-fd2.jpgGHH_141221_2951-FDOpsiphanes quiteria, butterfly at Finca Cantaros. ID by Isidro Chacon.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_140320_0026-fd1.jpgGHH_140320_0026-FDLobeza medina, moth at Finca Cantaros. ID by Isidro Chacon.2016-03-23T01:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/10/09/flower-power-spadix-and-spathe-in-the-araceae-family/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_150513_5136-fd.jpgGHH_150513_5136-FDAnthurium formosum leafhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_150224_3740-fd.jpgGHH_150224_3740-FDPhilodendron sp. climber in the foresthttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/untitled_121210_0012-fd.jpguntitled_121210_0012-FDAnthurium flowers for the nursery trade, among the world's most popular tropical plantshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_151007_8614-fd.jpgGHH_151007_8614-FDThese unidentified beetles come in large numbers to Philodendron bipinnatifidumhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_150629_6434-fd.jpgGHH_150629_6434-FDSpathiphyllum sp. being visited by orchid beehttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_080619_0749-fd.jpgGHH_080619_0749-FDSpadix of Tabacon, Anthurium upalaense with orchid beeshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_070601_0053-fd.jpgGHH_070601_0053-FDArum in the Araceae family, Zantedeschia aethiopica, known as Calla lilyhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_151007_8619-fd.jpgGHH_151007_8619-FDScarab beetle covered with pollen paste after spending hours inside the spathe covering the Philodendron bipinnatifidum spadixhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_070506_dscn1653-fd.jpgGHH_070506_DSCN1653-FDSkunk cabbage in full bloom in Massachusetts https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_080505_0494-fd.jpgGHH_080505_0494-FDPhilodendron cultivar at Wilson Botanical Garden2016-03-23T01:54:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/09/24/embera-drua-village-on-the-rio-chagres-in-panama/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101009_0019-fd.jpgGHH_101009_0019-FDPanama City, a cosmopolitan capitalhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101007_0982-fd.jpgGHH_101007_0982-FDBoys play along the Chagres River in the 320,000 acre Chagres National Parkhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101007_0979mc-fd.jpgGHH_101007_0979mc-FDChildren play soccer in the rain.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101007_0971-fd.jpgGHH_101007_0971-FDPlaying happily in the rain.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101007_0970-fd.jpgGHH_101007_0970-FDGuessing which hand holds the prize.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101007_0966-fd.jpgGHH_101007_0966-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101007_0959-fd.jpgGHH_101007_0959-FDAdolescent girls dance demurely for paying guests.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101007_0945-fd.jpgGHH_101007_0945-FDWoman gazes at her fire in the cooking area of her home. Rough-hewn stairway to her kitchen area.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101007_0944-fd.jpgGHH_101007_0944-FDHomes are built high off the ground and are completely open-sidedhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_101007_0942-fd.jpgGHH_101007_0942-FDAn small epiphytic orchid on the trail2016-03-23T01:53:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/10/24/a-secretive-nomad-the-masked-duck/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_150606_5556-fd.jpgGHH_150606_5556-FDA male Masked Duck with an injured foot joined a male Common basilisk lizard lakeside at Finca Cantaros in Linda Vista de San Vito, Costa Ricahttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_141109_2405-fd.jpgGHH_141109_2405-FDGreat Blue Heron perches above Laguna Zoncho on a Cecropia branch.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_140909_1768-fd.jpgGHH_140909_1768-FDSpotted Sandpiper may appear at any time of year at the lake's edge.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_110327_07394.jpgGHH_110327_07394Female Masked Duck, left; male Masked Duck right on Laguna Zoncho. Photo: Marcho Tulio Saboriohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_150501_4933-fd.jpgGHH_150501_4933-FDCommon Gallinule with male Masked Duck, left; female Masked Duck, right.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_141226_3019-fd.jpgGHH_141226_3019-FDLaguna Zoncho, a wetland that attracts aquatic birds primarily in Costa Rica's dry season, December to Marchhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oxyura-dominica_ms07394.jpgOxyura dominica_MS07394Female Masked Duck, left; male Masked Duck right at Laguna Zoncho, Finca Cantaros. Photo: Marco Tulio Saboriohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ghh_150606_5556-fd-2.jpgGHH_150606_5556-FD-2A male Masked Duck joined a male Common basilisk lizard at Laguna Zoncho, Finca Cantaros in Linda Vista de San Vito, Costa Rica2016-03-23T01:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/11/14/for-france/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150729_7562-fd.jpgGHH_150729_7562-FDAbbey of the island of Iona whose origins go back to the sixth century. Attacked by Vikings who massacred everyone in 803; rebuilt and expanded various times after various attacks. A major renovation occurred in 1908-1910 and continues even today. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150726_7452-fd.jpgGHH_150726_7452-FDThrush under black current bush, Inverewe Garden https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150725_7391-fd.jpgGHH_150725_7391-FDBlackbird at Applecross Gardenhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150726_7438-fd.jpgGHH_150726_7438-FDIsolated farm on loch near Ullapool.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150729_7583-fd.jpgGHH_150729_7583-FDAncient ruin on western coast.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150728_7544-fd.jpgGHH_150728_7544-FDGrey Heron and Oystercatcher, Mullhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150722_7257-fd.jpgGHH_150722_7257-FDNature reserve on West Mainland, Orkney.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150727_7484-fd.jpgGHH_150727_7484-FDIsolated highland farm.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150722_7253-fd.jpgGHH_150722_7253-FDStanding Stones on the Brodgar Peninsula on West Mainland of Orkney.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_150725_7363-fd.jpgGHH_150725_7363-FDRiver descending to the sea in Wester Ross.2016-03-23T01:52:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/11/12/the-persistence-of-turtles/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/emerson-quote.jpgEmerson quotehttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_140914_1814-fd.jpgGHH_140914_1814-FDA recently hatched unidentified turtle found at the highest point of the Finca Cantaros property. Turtles are on their own from the moment the egg is laid. They remain solitary throughout their lives except at mating time when males must actively court females in order to be selected.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_130606_0184-fd.jpgGHH_130606_0184-FDRed-footed Tortoises may aestivate (go into a dormant or torpid condition) in dry weather for several months. The scales on their shells are called skutes. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_130606_0188-fd.jpgGHH_130606_0188-FDRed-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria in a road in the Pantanal region of Brazil. Vulnerable to extinction due to over-collection for food and the pet trade. Main threats are jaguars and humans. Can reach 16 inches. Tortoises have completely terrestrial habits.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_141104_2357-fd.jpgGHH_141104_2357-FDCommon Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentine) at Finca Cantaros, sunning on a log at the edge of Laguna Zoncho. The female lays up to 80 eggs.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_151003_8457-fd.jpgGHH_151003_8457-FDThe plastron (underside) of the White-lipped Mud Turtle has a hinge, and the animal can completely withdraw into its shell, sealing the opening by closing the plastron against the carapace.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ghh_151003_8453-fd.jpgGHH_151003_8453-FDWhite-lipped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum) at Finca Cantaros in a fruit orchard. Found in Pacific drainages from Costa Rica to Ecuador; Caribbean drainages from Mexico to northern Colombia. Lays 1-4 eggs on the ground under leaf litter.2016-03-23T01:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/12/02/two-costa-rican-cuckoos/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_150604_5497-fd.jpgGHH_150604_5497-FDRed-Tailed Squirrel, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_150514_5175-fd.jpgGHH_150514_5175-FDSquirrel Cuckoo, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_151010_8712-fd.jpgGHH_151010_8712-FDBlack-billed Cuckoo, Cuenca de Oro, San Vito de Coto Brushttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_150625_6137-fd.jpgGHH_150625_6137-FDSquirrel Cuckoo, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_151014_8791-fd.jpgGHH_151014_8791-FDSquirrel Cuckoo, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_150823_7880-fd.jpgGHH_150823_7880-FDSquirrel Cuckoo, Finca Cantaros, Linda Vista de San Vito2016-03-23T01:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/12/10/just-peace/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_070624_0252-fd.jpgGHH_070624_0252-FDPsychotria elata, "Hot Lips", in the coffee family, Rubiaceae.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_080823_0110-fd1.jpgGHH_080823_0110-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_151002_8361-fd.jpgGHH_151002_8361-FDRufous-tailed Hummingbird Hylocharis eliciae, Finca Sofia, Los Angeles de San Vito, Coto Brus, Costa Rica https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_150517_5240-fd.jpgGHH_150517_5240-FDAbutilon pictum, in the Malvaceae (Mallow) Family, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_090227_0310-fd.jpgGHH_090227_0310-FDNative plant, Centropogon granulosus, Family Campanulaceae, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_081211_0605-fd.jpgGHH_081211_0605-FDColumnea consanguinea, Family Gesneriaceae, Wilson Botanical Garden, San Vito de Coto Brushttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_110513_1060476-fd.jpgGHH_110513_1060476-FDCostus sp., Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_141018_2095-fd.jpgGHH_141018_2095-FDClearwing Butterfly, Greta oto, on wild Poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Sabalito de Coto Brushttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_151120_9195-fd.jpgGHH_151120_9195-FDGreen Honeycreeper, female, Finca Cantaros, Linda Vista de San Vitohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_150406_4581-fd.jpgGHH_150406_4581-FDJuvenile Iguana Iguana, Osa Peninsula2016-03-23T01:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/01/28/a-flowery-tribute/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ghh_150926_8341-fd.jpgGHH_150926_8341-FDGeorgette, or GiGi to her grandchildren, in Massachusetts, October, 2015https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ghh_150622_5990-fd.jpgGHH_150622_5990-FDBromeliad at Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ghh_150707_6720-fd.jpgGHH_150707_6720-FDCommelina erecta in the Commelinaceae Family. Seven species in Costa Rica. Seen by lake at Finca Cantaros.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ghh_160127_0061-fd.jpgGHH_160127_0061-FDFirecracker vine: Pyrostegia venusta. Originally from Brazil and Paraguay but now widely grown throughout the tropics. https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ghh_150512_5102-fd.jpgGHH_150512_5102-FDAmaryllidaceae: Euchrosia bicolor. Native to Ecuador and Peru; growing in Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ghh_130406_0057-fd.jpgGHH_130406_0057-FDDrymonia macrantha. Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ghh_100904_0839-fd.jpgGHH_100904_0839-FDPassiflora edulis. Native to Brazil but widely cultivated throughout the tropics.2016-03-23T01:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/02/16/lycaenid-butterflies/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_120418_1070729-fd1.jpgGHH_120418_1070729-FDEvenus batesii, subfamily Lycaeninae, forest near Chan Chich, Belize.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_151009_8680-fd.jpgGHH_151009_8680-FDTheritas mavors, upending its body to display false antennae.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_151009_8696-fd.jpgGHH_151009_8696-FDTheritas mavors, in the subfamily Lycaeniinaehttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_150629_6384-fd.jpgGHH_150629_6384-FDLycaeninae, sp, Finca Cantaros, San Vito, Costa Rica https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_120418_1070729-fd.jpgGHH_120418_1070729-FDLycaenid Butterfly, Evenus batesii, photographic in Chan Chich, Belize2016-03-23T01:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2016/02/01/roadside-hawk-gets-loud-and-flashy/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_160127_0074-fd1.jpgGHH_160127_0074-FDBobbing up and down and fanning feathers.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_160127_0074-fd.jpgGHH_160127_0074-FDBobbing up and down and fanning feathers.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_160127_0086-fd.jpgGHH_160127_0086-FDCalling for attention.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_160127_0072-fd1.jpgGHH_160127_0072-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_160127_0072-fd.jpgGHH_160127_0072-FDFluffing mantle and scrapularl feathers.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_160127_0070-fd.jpgGHH_160127_0070-FDWings displayed at every angle.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_160127_0068-fd.jpgGHH_160127_0068-FDRoadside Hawk displaying wing attributes, January 28, 2016https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ghh_141113_2522-fd.jpgGHH_141113_2522-FDRoadside Hawk. Photo from 2014, Finca Cantaros 2016-03-08T01:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/12/30/ephemeral-blooms-in-december/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hh3_081229_2170.jpgHH3_081229_2170Baltimore Oriole on Tabebuia crysantha, Linda Vista de San Vito, by Harry Hull IIIhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hh3_081229_2146.jpgHH3_081229_2146Red-legged Honeycreeper on Tabebuia crysantha, Linda Vista de San Vito, by Harry Hull IIIhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dscf9678-fd.jpgDSCF9678-FDCorteza flowers on the ground at Finca Cantaros after two days of floweringhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dscf9477-fd.jpgDSCF9477-FDFirst day of flowering for this tree, December 16, 2015 in Linda Vista de San Vitohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ghh_150408_4732-fd.jpgGHH_150408_4732-FDCorteza tree in bloom on Osa Peninsula. This lowland Tabebuia sp. flowered in April, 2015https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dscf9478-fd.jpgDSCF9478-FDFirst day of Corteza bloom, Linda Vista de San Vito, December 16, 2015 https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dscf9476-fd.jpgDSCF9476-FDCrown of Tabebuia chrysantha (Corteza) blooming December 16, 2015 in Linda Vista de San Vito 2015-12-30T21:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/07/11/three-times-thrush/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150630_6553-fd.jpgGHH_150630_6553-FDOrange-billed Nightingale-Thrust, banded by mist-netters in decade-long avian population research project in Coto Brus Countyhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150204_3400-fd.jpgGHH_150204_3400-FDRuddy-capped Nightingale -Thrushhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150204_3398-fd.jpgGHH_150204_3398-FDRuddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush at San Gerardo de Dotahttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_140419_0062-fd.jpgGHH_140419_0062-FDClay-colored Thrush at Finca Cantaros, San Vito2015-10-15T23:32:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/06/24/captivating-trogons/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p3172508-rev.jpgResplendent QuetzalResplendent Quetzal, male, Las Tablas, Coto Brus, Costa Rica. Photo by Henry Barrantes, Desafios Tourshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hh3_090228_1854-edit-r.jpgHH3_090228_1854-Edit-RResplendent Quetzal, female, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica by Harry Hullhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p3172508.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAResplendent Quetzal, male, Las Tablas, Coto Brus. Photo by Henry Barrantes, Desafio Tourshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150614_5772-fd.jpgGHH_150614_5772-FDCollared Trogon, male, Finca Cantaros, San Vito, Costa Ricahttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150614_5768-fd.jpgGHH_150614_5768-FDCollared Trogon, male, Finca Cantaros, San Vito, Costa Ricahttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/crjj2004018-fd.jpgCRJJ2004018-FDBlack-throated Trogon, female, La Selva Biological Station, OTS2015-10-15T23:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/09/08/butterfly-photography-passion-plus-patience/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_150827_8048-fd.jpgGHH_150827_8048-FDLiz Allen soon after learning her Kickstarter campaign was fundedhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_150207_3472-fd.jpgGHH_150207_3472-FDSiproeta stelenes biplagiata, known as the Malachite Butterfly, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_150629_6387-fd.jpgGHH_150629_6387-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_150607_00000047-fd.jpgGHH_150607_00000047-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_150629_6395-fd.jpgGHH_150629_6395-FDSulphur Butterfly, Phoebis philea, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn1305-fd.jpgDSCN1305-FDMesosemia carissima, Finca Cantaros, feasting on minerals in bird excrementhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_120829_3283-fd.jpgGHH_120829_3283-FDParides erithalion, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ghh_141213_2809-fd.jpgGHH_141213_2809-FDPierella helvetia incanescense, Finca Cantaros2015-09-11T21:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/08/31/curious-cauliflory/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_20150601_5356-fd.jpgGHH_20150601_5356-FDTheobroma cacao, chocolate pod growing on trunk a few feet from the ground.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_20150601_5355-fd.jpgGHH_20150601_5355-FDFlowers of Theobroma cacao growing from main trunk of a small tree at Finca Cantaros. The seeds, when dried and ground, produce chocolate.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150829_8103-fd.jpgGHH_150829_8103-FDCalabash, the "gourd tree" in the Bignoniaceae familyhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150829_8101-fd.jpgGHH_150829_8101-FDCalabash, the Gourd Tree, here called Jicaro (Crescentia cujete)https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150520_5290-fd.jpgGHH_150520_5290-FDLimoncello (Siparuna thecaphora) a native shrub whose fruit are food for many bird specieshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150322_4394-fd.jpgGHH_150322_4394-FDThe Cannonball Tree, Couroupita guianensis. Large flowers develop on woody stalks on thick bark of main trunk and limbs. The round fruits are heavy and grow to 8 inches in diameter.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150503_4979-fd.jpgGHH_150503_4979-FDFruits of Jaboticaba tree, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_140427_0160-fd.jpgGHH_140427_0160-FDFebruary flowers of Jaboticaba treehttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_081210_0602-fd.jpgGHH_081210_0602-FDGuarea sp. in the Mahoghany family, Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba 2015-08-31T15:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/08/23/gray-headed-tanager-ant-swarm-follower/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150630_6478-fd.jpgGHH_150630_6478-FDGray-headed Tanager on forest floor following antshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150630_6525-fd.jpgGHH_150630_6525-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150630_6497-fd.jpgGHH_150630_6497-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150630_6475-fd.jpgGHH_150630_6475-FDGray-headed Tanager watching for insects escaping army-antshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ghh_150629_6461-fd.jpgGHH_150629_6461-FD2015-08-24T01:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/08/01/aristolochia-grandifolia-more-to-it-than-meets-the-nose/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150625_6100-fd.jpgGHH_150625_6100-FDOpening to Aristolochia grandifolia. Note small pollinating fly on lower lip of the entrance.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150624_6089-fd.jpgGHH_150624_6089-FDRecently opened Aristolochia g. flower with pollinating fly preparing to enter.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150624_6083-fd.jpgGHH_150624_6083-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_130213_0025-fd.jpgGHH_130213_0025-FDSeveral Aristolochia grandifolia at different stages of development.2015-07-13T04:18:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/07/18/a-charming-baby-elaenia/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150706_6700-fd.jpgGHH_150706_6700-FDJuvenile Lesser Elaenia, Finca Cantaroshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150706_6698-fd.jpgGHH_150706_6698-FDJuvenile Lesser Elaenia https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150706_6697-fd1.jpgGHH_150706_6697-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150706_6697-fd.jpgGHH_150706_6697-FDJuvenile Lesser Elaenia at Finca Cantaros2015-07-09T23:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/07/04/jesus-christ-lizard-runs-on-laguna-zoncho/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_141019_2130-fd.jpgGHH_141019_2130-FDMale Common Basilisk at water's edge, Laguna Zonchohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150701_6567-fd.jpgGHH_150701_6567-FD Common Basilisk, male, resting over Laguna Zonchohttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ghh_150504_4987-fd.jpgGHH_150504_4987-FDCommon Basilisk, female, left; male right at Laguna Zoncho, Finca Cantaros2015-07-02T20:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/06/19/san-vitos-local-treasure-dr-pablo-ortiz-a-cultural-navigator/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150508_5072-fd.jpgGHH_150508_5072-FDThe Costa Rican government housing ministry will now provides qualified Ngobe applicants with "bonos" (subsidies) for homes such as these in the Ngobe style. This is a model for all such future homes in La Casona.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150508_5068-fd.jpgGHH_150508_5068-FDThe sign designating the new clinic in Spanish and in the Ngobe-Bugle language.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150508_5067-fd.jpgGHH_150508_5067-FDSchool children passing by the EBAIS Outpatient Clinic in Ngobe-influenced uniforms https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150508_5066-fd.jpgGHH_150508_5066-FDA Ngobe La Casona resident waiting outside the EBAIS.https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150508_5064-fd.jpgGHH_150508_5064-FDLa Casona's new EBAIS: an outpatient health care clinic designed with Ngobe priorities in mindhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150508_5062-fd.jpgGHH_150508_5062-FDDr. Pablo Ortiz, left, with Don Alejandro Salomon Palacios, Ngobe Medicinal Plant Healerhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bolsos-semaforo-016r.jpgbolsos semaforo 016RPregnant Ngobe teenagers received umbrellas from the CAJA to keep them dry and healthy. Photo: Dr. Carlos Faerron2015-06-25T15:47:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/06/14/blah-to-bling-juvenile-to-adult-in-the-avian-world/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150507_5015-fd1.jpgGHH_150507_5015-FDImmature male Red-legged Honeycreeperhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_141113_2575-fd.jpgAdult male Red-legged HoneycreeperAdult male Red-legged Honeycreeperhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_141113_2570-fd.jpgGHH_141113_2570-FDhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150507_5015-fd.jpgImmature male Red-legged HoneycreeperImmature male Red-legged Honeycreeperhttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150507_5013-fd.jpgImmature male Red-legged HoneycreeperImmature male Red-legged Honeycreeper. Note insect nest in banana leaf.2015-06-25T15:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/06/13/marvelous-melastomataceae-part-i/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_120828_3253-fd.jpgMelastomataceae flower and beesOrchid bees visiting Melastome flower.2015-06-25T15:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.com/2015/06/06/edible-marvelous-melastomataceae-part-ii/https://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150602_5399-fd.jpgMelastomeMelastomehttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_090227_0419-fd.jpgMelastome fruitsMelastome fruitshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_131228_0505-fd.jpgEcuadorean melastomeEcuadorean melastome fruitshttps://fotodiarist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ghh_150503_4959-fd.jpgFiery-billed Aracari and Melastome fruitFiery-billed Aracari gulping fruit of Miconia sp.2015-06-25T15:45:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fotodiarist.comdaily1.02021-09-06T01:23:07+00:00