Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
"Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Emerald Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Scarlet-rumped Tanager AKA Passerini's Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Scarlet-rumped Tanager AKA Passerini's Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Crested Guan (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Yellow-fronted Parrot (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica`",
"White-throated Magpie-Jay (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Rufous-naped Wren supervising nesting construction inside paper lantern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Great Kiskadee (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Hoffmann's Woodpecker (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica. Note: In the extreme heat of CR, some birds cool down using a process called thermoregulation. Spreading the feathers exposes and cools warmer blood that then ci
"Hoffmann's Woodpecker (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Iguana (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Stripe-headed Sparrow (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Waterfall Jumping (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Waterfall Jumping (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Waterfall Jumping (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"The Ahmuty-Viani Family (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Waterfall Jumping (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Waterfall Jumping (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Exploring the Gorge (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Alicia (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Canyoning (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Sunbittern (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Unidentified Lizard (© Nick Viani 11/19) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Rufous-naped Wren (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"White-fronted Parrot (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Yellow-naped Parrot (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"White-throated Magpie-Jay (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"White-throated Magpie-Jayn (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Pickin' ticks from a corralled pony (© Nick Viani 11/20) Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica",
"Wood Thrush (© Nick Viani 11/20) Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica",
"Wood Thrush (© Nick Viani 11/20) Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica",
"Detail: Thermal Mud Pots (© Nick Viani 11/20) Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica",
One-spotted Preponia Butterfly (© Nick Viani 11/20) Oropendola Falls, Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica
"Michael on the hanging stairs to the falls (© Nick Viani 11/20) Oropendola Falls, Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Chestnut-capped Warbler (© Nick Viani 11/20) Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica",
"Hoffmann's Woodpecker (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Brahma Bull (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Pacific Screech Owl (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Forest Fungi (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Prehistoric Grave Marker (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Cutter Ant (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
Hieroglyphic Moth Caterpillar (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica
"Inca Dove (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Nutting's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Stripe-headed Sparrow (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Tennessee Warbler (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Streak-headed Woodcreeper (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
Red-bordered Pixie Butterfly (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Rufous-naped Wren (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
Violet-winged Grasshopper (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Agouti (© Nick Viani 11/20) Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica",
"Turquoise-browed Motmot (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Turquoise-browed Motmot (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Turquoise-browed Motmot (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Groove-billed Ani (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Keel-billed Toucan (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Keel-billed Toucan (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Keel-billed Toucan (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",
"Dusky-headed Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Dusky-headed Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Scarlet Tanager female/immature (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Great Curassow (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Black & Yellow Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Black & Yellow Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Chestnut-sided Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Semiplumbeous Hawk (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Crested Guan (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Dull-mantled Antbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Masked Tityra (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Tree Frog (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Cattle Egret (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Melodious Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Tennessee Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Australian Eucalyptus bark (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica. Note: "Male sings rather well for a hummingbird" (The Birds of Costa Rica)",
"Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica. Note: "Male sings rather well for a hummingbird" (The Birds of Costa Rica)",
"Black-striped Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Chestnut-sided Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica. Note: "Male sings rather well for a hummingbird" (The Birds of Costa Rica)",
"White-throated Shrike-Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Brown Jay (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Variable Seedeater (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Passerini's Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",
"Bananaquit (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Bananaquit (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Red-legged Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Red-legged Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Red-legged Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Red-legged Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Bay-breasted Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Bay-breasted Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
Red Sealing Wax Palm (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
Bitter (Beehive) Ginger "Maracas" (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Red-eyed Tree Frog (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Red-eyed Tree Frog (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
Yellow-fronted Toucan AKA Chestnut-mandible Toucan (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica
"Yellow-fronted Toucan AKA Chestnut-mandible Toucan (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Yellow-fronted Toucan AKA Chestnut-mandible Toucan (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Black-striped Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Tennessee Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Blue-gray Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Blue-gray Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Chestnut-sided Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Chestnut-sided Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Buff-throated Saltator (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Scarlet-rumped Tanager - female (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Hepatic Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Hepatic Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Brown Jay (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Montezuma Oropendola (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Laughing Falcon (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Bananaquit (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Lineated Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
Arenal signage.
"Yellow-faced Grassquit (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Yellow-faced Grassquit (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Yellow-faced Grassquit (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Blue-gray Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Blue-gray Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Palm Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Summer Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Philadelphia Vireo (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Scarlet-rumped Tanager AKA Passerini's Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Scarlet-rumped Tanager AKA Passerini's Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Yellow-faced Grassquit (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Scarlet-rumped Tanager AKA Passerini's Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Wildflower (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Unidentified flower (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Lineated Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher - possibly (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Summer Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"White-necked Puffbird (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"White-necked Puffbird (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"White-necked Puffbird (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Tropical Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Brown Booby (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Ruby-throated Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Rufous-naped Wren Nesting (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Whimbrel and Black Turnstones (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Great Egret (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Great Kiskadee (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Whimbrel (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"White Ibis (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Nutting's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"White-lored Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Nutting's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"White Ibis (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Common Black Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Groove-billed Ani (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Tricolored Munia (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Ringed Kingfisher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Elegant Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Osprey (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Osprey (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Turquoise-browed Motmot (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Turquoise-browed Motmot (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Sanderlings (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black-sided Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black-sided Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Green Lizard (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Howler Monkey (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"White-throated Magpie-Jay (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black-headed Trogon (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Rufous-naped Wren (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Rufous-naped Wren (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Masked Tityra (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Black-cheeked Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Sky Adventure Nature Park, 2km nature walk",
"Eyelash Pit Viper (© Nick Viani) Sky Adventure Nature Park",
"Black & Yellow Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",
"Bewick's Wren (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/10/21) Hanging out in our backyard feeder looking for a meal, I guess.Olympus Digital Camera",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/10/21) Hanging out in our backyard feeder looking for a meal, I guess.Olympus Digital Camera",