Costa
Rica - December, 2005 - Part 2
This Gallery
picks up our trip after arriving at the Arenal Volcano. I was
very excited to come here, as I hadn't been able to visit any
volcanoes on either of my 2 prior trips to Costa Rica. We were
again fortunate to get unusually clear weather, especially for
this area, and could see the top of the volcano on a few occasions.
During the day we could see boulders tumbling down the mountain-side,
producing puffs of ash as they went. In addition, at night, we
were able to see spurts of lava going down the side of the volcano
(although relatively far away). Some of the photographers in our
group took some pictures of these lava spurts, and I hope to post
some of their images in the future.
We stayed at
the Arenal Observatory Lodge, which afforded a great view of Arenal
from the Dining Room. In addition, they had an area out back where
they fed the birds each morning, which provided a great opportunity
to see and shoot a variety of bird species. The Lodge also had
fairly extensive grounds, which were also quite productive for
photography. One evening several of us went out in search of snakes
- unfortunately we didn't find any, but we did run across a wide
variety of bizarre bugs, some of which are included here.
New Feature: this is the first time
I fully tested out and used a GPS set-up, to pinpoint where my
images were taken. I will be addressing the details and specifics
of how I accomplished this in the future, but for now, you can
access this information using Google Earth. This is a fascinating
tool available from Google, displaying satellite imagery of the
entire planet. You can get information about this application
here, and it can be downloaded here. Once installed you can then open and view the
KMZ file I created, which shows where my images were taken, including
a thumbnail of the photo itself, and a link to the full-sized
image on my website. This file can be accessed by clicking here. Please email me if you have any inquiries
or difficulties.
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Black-cheeked
Woodpecker |
Summer
Tanager |
Baltimore
Oriole |
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Red-legged
Honeycreeper - Adult |
Red-legged
Honeycreeper - Juvenile |
Montezuma
Oropendula |
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Scarlet-rumped
Tanager |
Clay-colored
Robin |
Bananaquit |
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Rufous-tailed
Hummingbird 1 |
Rufous-tailed
Hummingbird - 2 |
Arenal
Volcano |
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'Nursery
Web' Spider - Male |
Gryllacridid
Cricket |
'Nursery
Web' Spider - Female |
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Katydid
(Family Tettigoniidae) |