Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata)
Here’s a taste of brilliance to start your day! Sean just got back from two weeks up at Rara Avis in Costa Rica, returning with many tremendous photographs including this Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata). These tanagers can often be found in mix feeding flocks on the edge of secondary forest habitat. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Costa Rica while on assignment for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.
Read MoreVelvet Ant
Here is a Velvet Ant (Hoplomutilla sp.) from last year in Costa Rica by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global diversity project. It almost looks velvety, doesn’t it?! This is a friend you probably have not seen at your picnic or your Thanksgiving dinner…
Read MoreJumping Spider (Phiale formosa)
Sean saw this black and white Jumping Spider (Phiale formosa) while setting up mist nests in Rara Avis Rainforest in Costa Rica. He took the opportunity for this great Meet Your Neighbours photo.
Read MoreRTPI Staff Teaches Litchfield High School Students in the Costa Rican Rainforest
Between February 24 and March 7 RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser and Director Twan Leenders traveled to the Costa Rican rainforest again to teach Connecticut high school students about the importance of rainforest conservation as part of the Forman School Rainforest Project. This unique hands-on biology course based out of the Forman School in Litchfield, but also catering to high school seniors and juniors of local public high schools, is currently in its 22nd year. Every year a group of 12-14 students travels to the remote (and difficult to reach) rainforest preserve Rara Avis, where they work...
Read MoreCrowned Tree-frog (Anotheca Spinosa)
RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser notes, “This years Reps and Amps team observed 58 species over the course of two weeks in Rara Avis Rainforest Reserve in Costa Rica and added a new species to the 22 year-old cumulative list. This is an impressive task when the list includes over 130 species. The Crowned Tree-frog (Anotheca Spinosa) was found six times during the population surveys, an impressive number for this very elusive species. This points to the continued upward trend of this populations stability in Rara Avis and the surrounding area.”
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