Long-billed Starthroat
Here is a great close-up of the Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser on the last day of hummingbird research on the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. More information on some great finds and recaptures will be coming soon. Our thanks to him and his colleagues for their tremendous work and gorgeous photos like this one.
Read MoreCuru Wildlife Refuge
Curu Wildlife Refuge is home to endless amounts of trees fruiting with coconuts, mangrove estuaries, and rows upon rows of mango trees that have long since forgotten how to fruit. Amongst one of these patches of mango trees is our other banding station, and tucked along the trails that bisect a unique edge habitat of White Mangrove trees are our nets. We placed the 22 nets strategically so they would bisect the many attributes of this unique habitat. We catch a wide variety of resident species, whose unique attributes and colors blend them into the harsh environment of this unique tropical...
Read MoreRhinoceros Beetle
Here’s an imposingly named Rhinoceros Beetle (Dynastinae sp.), an insect of Costa Rica as photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global diversity project. That is not a bug to mess around with!
Read MoreCosta Rican Leaf Katydid (Mimetica mortuifolia)
This Costa Rican Leaf Katydid (Mimetica mortuifolia) by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global diversity project certainly lives up to its name. Sean says that he has found a few individuals of this species and they all look different. He liked this one in particular with it mimicking the signs of decay on a live leaf.
Read MoreRecaptured Northern Waterthrush
RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser discusses a recaptured Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) that has been spending multiple winters in Costa Rica’s Curu Wildlife Reserve. He talks about the importance of such a finding and the goals of this tropical research as well as why the birds of our backyards need our help. Video by RTPI President Twan Leenders in December 2013.
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