COSTA RICA

RAINFOREST AND REEF

As part of my Bsc (Hons) Zoology degree I was required to complete a Biology Field Camp. I am truely blessed because my beautiful Grand-maman gifted me a field camp course in Costa Rica.

It was a two-week course that took place while treking through the rainforest and snorkeling in Caribbean Ocean. We learned about the native flora and fauna throughout the many different ecosystems (from high altitude cloud forests to savannahs) while completing independent research projects on the coral reef ecosystem that we spent 3 days gathering data from.

It was stunningly beautiful and I have many beautiful (photographed and non-photographed) memories.

Me Taking photos on the Tempisque River	Wood Frog Seen on a night hike in Monteverde.	Passion Flower Aka Passiflora, found in Monteverde.
Passion Flower Aka Passiflora, found in Monteverde.	Blue Morpho Butterfly Seen on a night hike in Monteverde.	Scarlet and Brazilian Macaws Domesticated, seen at roadside stop.
White Faced Capuchin On the river bank of the Tempisque River watching our boat carefully.	Pigmy Owl Palo Verde National Park.	Mom and Baby Coati At Palo Verde National Park.
Spiny Tail Iguana Showing off his camouflage skills in Palo Verde National Park.	Mating Beetles Cahuita National Park. Note the males feathered antennae. He requires bigger antennae to 'smell' female pheromones in order to seek out and find a mate in the big forest.	Juvenille Green Iguanna On the river bank of the Tempisque River.
Jesus Christ Lizard Aka Basilisk in the Parismina river.	Huge adult male Green Iguana On the river bank of the Tempisque River.	Howler monkey with fig
howler eating figs	Female Golden Orb Spider Cahuita National Park.	Three-toed Sloth Mother and baby.
Eyelash Viper	Strangler Fig Monetverde. This trees grows around another tree, blocking it from getting sunlight and soil nutrients. Eventually the tree it 'strangles' dies and you are left with a hollow structure.