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

"Red-legged Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Heliconias Lodge, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-throated Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Heliconias Lodge, Costa Rica",

"Great Kiskadee (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Greater Curassow (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Boat-billed Heron (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Orange-chinned Parakeet (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-billed Cacique (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"White-throated Crake (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Red-throated Ant-Tanager (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Green Ibis (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Scarlet Macaw (© Nick Viani) Municipal Park of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica",

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region

"Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Warbler (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Groove-billed Ani (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Red-naped Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Flame-colored Tanager (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Slaty Flowerpiercer (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Silver-throated Tanager (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Volcano Junco (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica. Note: this photo taken at 11,250' elevation, the environment of this species.",

"Brown Jay (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Squirrel Cuckoo (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Trumpet Flowers (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Scarlet-rumped Tanager AKA Passerini's Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Buff-throated Saltator (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Gold-hooded Tanager (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Striped Woodcreeper (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Red Tree Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Gartered Trogon (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Gartered Trogon (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Violet-headed hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Rufous-tailed Hummingbird(© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Green Thorntail (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Buff-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Black & Green Poison Dart Frog (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Broad-billed Motmot (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Common Tody-flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Red-eyed Tree Frog (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-headed Night-Heron (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Green Heron (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Muscovy Duck - Wild (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"3-toed Sloth (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Red-legged Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-throated Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Gray-headed Chachalaca (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa RicaYellow-throated Euphonia",

"Agouti (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-fronted Toucan AKA Chestnut-mandible Toucan (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"buff-throated Saltator (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Crested Guan (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Collared Araçari (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Crimson-collared Tanager (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Buff-throated Saltator (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Golden-hooded Tanager (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Golden-hooded Tanager (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Clay-colored Thrush (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Gray-necked Wood-Rail (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Gray-necked Wood-Rail (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Gray-necked Wood-Rail (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica",

"Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Heliconias, Costa Rica",

"Red-legged Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Heliconias, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-throated Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Heliconias, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-throated Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Heliconias, Costa Rica",

"Blue-gray Tanager (© Nick Viani) Heliconias, Costa Rica",

"House Wren (© Nick Viani) Heliconias, Costa Rica",

"Sunbittern (© Nick Viani) Heliconias, Costa Rica",

"Variegated Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Neotropic Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

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"Detail: Trash Receptacle (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Orange-fronted Parrot (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Scarlet-rumped Tanager` (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Summer Tanager (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Long-billed Hermit (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Slaty-tailed Trogon (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Stripe-breasted Wren (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Scarlet-rumped Tanager (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Dusky-faced Tanager (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Black-faced Grosbeak (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Squirrel Cuckoo (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Bullet Ant (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Golden-hooded Tanager (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"White-tipped Dove (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Chestnut-sided Tanager (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Summer Tanager - female (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Cayman (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

""Blue Jeans" Poison Dart Frog (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Tropical Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Black-cheeked Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Red-throated Ant-Tanager (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Orange-billed Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Buff-throated Saltator (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Black-cowled Oriole (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Black-cowled Oriole (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Olive-backed Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Collared Araçari (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Shining Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Buff-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Green Thorntail (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Green-crowned Brilliant (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Black-crested Coquette Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Common Tody-Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Variable Seedeater (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Snow-capped Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region, Costa Rica",

"Buff-throated Saltator (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Streak-headed Woodcreeper (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Southern Lapwing (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Lineated Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Snow-capped Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Crimson-collared Tanager (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Black-cheeked Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Crimson-collared Tanager (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Speed sign (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Wildflowers (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Ragion",

"Olive-backed Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Yellow-crowned Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Dull-mantled Antbird (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"The plant supervisor (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Yellowish Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Red-throated Ant-Tanager (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"White-necked Jacobin - male (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"White-necked Jacobin - male (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"White-necked Jacobin - female (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Crowned Woodnymph (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Crowned Woodnymph (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Cinnamon Becard (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Great-crested Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Yellowish Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Collared Araçari (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Plain-colored Tanager (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Northern Jacana - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Northern Jacana (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Cayman (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Purple Gallinule (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Gray-capped Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Crimson-fronted Parakeet (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Summer Tanager (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

Golden-hooded Tanager (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region

"Golden-hooded Tanager (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Green-breasted Mango (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Summer Tanager (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Common Chlorospingus (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Tawny-capped Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-faced Grassquit (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Rufous-collared Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Blue Seedeater (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Tropical Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Nativity Scene with Rooster (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Helmeted Guineafowl (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Tawny-capped Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Swainson's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",

"Buff-throated Foliage-Gleaner (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Lesser Violetear Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Acorn Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Resplendent Quetzal (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Resplendent Quetzal (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Resplendent Quetzal (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Mountain Thrush (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Sooty-capped Chlorospingus (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Sulphur-winged Parakeet (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Emerald Toucanet (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Collared Redstart Warbler ( © Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica Note: AKA El Amigo del Hombre",

"Ruddy Treerunner (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"White-collared Swift (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Yellowish Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Black-faced Solitaire (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Spot-crowned Woodcreeper (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Rio Savegre (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Talamanca Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"White-throated Mountain-gem (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"White-throated Mountain-gem (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Torrent Tyrannulet (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Rio Savegre (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Ruddy Pigeon (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Golden-browed Chlorophonia (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Slaty Flowerpiercer (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica Note: this bird was rescued following a collision with a window.",

"Tennessee Warbler (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Philadelphia Vireo (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Sooty Thrush (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Sooty-capped Chlorospingus(© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Mountain Thrush (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Clay-colored Thrush (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica Note: the Clay-colored Thrush is the Costa Rican national bird",

"Sooty Thrush (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Flame-colored Tanager (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Acorn Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Ferns (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Rufous-collared Sparrow (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Golden-browed Chlorophonia (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Golden-browed Chlorophonia (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Resplendent Quetzal (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica",

"Clouds in the hillsides outside San Jose (© Nick Viani) San José, Costa Rica",

"Lesson's Motmot (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Rufous-naped Wren (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-throated Vireo (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Philadelphia Vireo (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Tropical Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Yellow-headed Caracara (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Clay-colored Thrush (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Philadelphia Vireo (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"White-winged Dove (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

Rustytipped Page on a Butterfly Bush (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica

"Zebra-winged Butterfly (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica. Note: this is also the state butterfly in Florida",

"Rose-breasted Grosbeak - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Cinnamon-bellied Saltator (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Squirrel Cuckoo (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Hoffman's Woodpeckers (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Lesson's Motmot (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Tropical Screech Owls (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Squirrel Cuckoo (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Inca Dove (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"White-winged Dove (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Gartered Trogon (© Nick Viani) Municipal Park of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica",

"Scarlet Macaw (© Nick Viani) Municipal Park of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica",

"Gartered Trogon (© Nick Viani) Municipal Park of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica",

"Tropical Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Municipal Park of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica",

"Broad-billed Motmot (© Nick Viani) Municipal Park of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica",

"Scarlet Macaw (© Nick Viani) Municipal Park of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica",

"Scarlet Macaw (© Nick Viani) Municipal Park of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica",

"Fiery-throated Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica",

"Fiery-throated Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota",

"Fiery-throated Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota",

"Fiery-throated Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota",

"Lesser Violetear Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica",

"Lesser Violetear Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota",

"Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Hotel Bougainvillea 7-acre garden, San José, Costa Rica",

"Volcano Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica",

"Talamanca Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica",

"Talamanca Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica",

"Montezuma Oropendola (© Nick Viani) C.A.T.I.E, Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica",

"Black-cheeked Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista",

"Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (© Nick Viani) C.A.T.I.E., Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica",