A mask tree frog from this past December in Costa Rica.

Three turtles in a row! Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. I believe this is a Meso-American Slider.

Looking straight up at a howler monkey. This can be a risky place to be as you never know what they might drop on you! 🙂

A scarlet macaw pair at a nest cavity, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

A cute White-faced Capuchin last month in Costa Rica.

One of four Harris’s hawks visiting us at the Desert Photo Retreat yesterday. It is fun watching these cooperative hunters!

What was really interesting, these hawks like to bath in my water hole. This is about 30 feet from one of my feeders, and the hawks presence has no effect on the bird activity at the feeders. In fact, there were some birds visiting the water hole within a few feet of the hawks. Now has these been a bird killing raptor such as a sharp-shinned or coopers, it would have been lights out as the birds all fled for their lives. It in interesting how they can tell the difference.

I still haven’t had a chance to share any photo from my second Costa Rica photo tour – a tour that was just as productive as my first. So hopefully you won’t mind more Costa Rica photos!

A howler monkey with a mouth full of a leaf.

White-faced Capuchin monkey. So cute! Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.