A Green Monday
We talked a lot about the cold and the snow lately so here’s some magical, ethereal green for your Monday courtesy of RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser in Costa Rica. It is brimming with life up, down, and all around.
Read MoreKentucky Warbler Recapture and Cabo Blanco Birds
The first session of our fourth year at Cabo Blanco is in the books. Cabo Blanco is Costa Rica’s first national preserve, established over fifty years ago. The preserve is mostly one generation of forest that has re-grown over a 60-year period. It was once all primary forest, but was cut down for farmland. We start the morning walking up a winding trail to our banding station tucked away near a few fallen trees. Along trails we’ve secretly cut are twenty well-placed mist nests to catch a wide variety of avifauna that uses the preserves habitat. Once we reach the base camp every morning we...
Read MoreGiant Owl Butterfly (Caligo telamonius memnon)
For some reason I do not think you will be finding a butterfly on the wing, or on the tree, if you are living in the Northeast today. This Giant Owl Butterfly (Caligo telamonius memnon) was a yard find for our guys in Costa Rica, as photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser. It certainly has an eye for fashion and survival. Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator
Read MoreBlack-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
This Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) has this strangely subtle look to me despite sporting a bright light blue eye ring, violet and indigo shades on the back and sparkling yellow undersides. It is a different sort of tux for New Year’s Eve as photographed recently in Costa Rica by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser.
Read MoreSwarm of hummingbirds! Costa Rica, December 2014
I guarantee you have never seen this many hummingbirds in your yard! It is the definition of “you have to see it to believe it”, but I have seen it numerous times and still do not believe it. Check out this unfathomable swarm of 11 species in a feeding frenzy in Costa Rica last week by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser. It looks like CGI! This is a movie…but it is not a movie. This is a typical day for our friends in the rainforest. Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach...
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