Great Egret
or Great White Heron
(Ardea alba)
Caño Negro, Costa Rica

Common but elegant.
#birds #heron #egret #canonegro #ardeaalba #greategret #costarica🇨🇷 #elegant #riofrio #greatwhiteheron #photography

Green Basilisk Lizard
Basilisk plumifrons
Caño Negro, Costa Rica
#herps #lizard #greenbasilisk #jesuschristlizard #photography #costarica #canonegro

Spectacled Caiman and Sungrebe
Caño Negro, Costa Rica
#herps #reptiles #caiman #spectacledcaiman #photography #costarica #sungrebe #birds #canonegro

#Birding #CanoNegro, #CostaRica, a shallow 10K ha lagoon surrounded by rainforest, grassland and marshes, 450sp.: Jabiru, Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Spot-breasted Wren, Boat-billed Heron, Green Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, American Pygmy Kingfisher; #CanoNegroLodge; 4hrs drive from San Jose; Dec-Apr🌴

Black Howler Monkey Lounging
Cano Negro, Costa Rica

Orange is an very unusual color, for an adult Black Howler. This guy had been shunned on my first visit and was living solo. I returned a few years later, he had a few mates and a normal, black, baby. #photography #canonegro #costarica #leuchistic

Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis) and a White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)pair, Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica #birds #birdsoftheworld #canonegro #costarica

The nocturnal, reclusive Boat-billed Heron uses its broad beak to scoop up shrimp and other prey. This one was hiding in the canopy along the Rio Frio in the Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica. #birds #boat-billedheron #riofrio #canonegro #costarica

Here's a female Anhinga at the Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge in northern Costa Rica. Anhingas are usually in the water or drying on branches overhanging the water, ready to spear fish with a long beak and snake-like neck. #anhinga #birds #canonegro #costarica

Red-legged Honeycreeper, Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica #birds #costarica #honeycreeper #canonegro

Art Advent Calendar Day 15
Black Howler Monkey
Rio Frio, Costa Rica

This leuchistic male howler was ousted from the troop, when I returned he'd found mates + has 'normal' black babies.
#artadventcalendar #howlermoneky #photography #monkey #canonegro #riofrio #costarica #wildlifephotography #travel