Creature Feature #11 All Puffed Up!
This bird will certainly see you, but chances are you won't see it. White-whiskered Puffbirds have an interesting hunting strategy. They...
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Fiona Reid
Dec 26, 20213 min read
Creature Feature #10 The Brilliant Basilisk
The Common Basilisk, Basiliscus basiliscus, is also known as the Jesus Christ Lizard, due to its ability to move rapidly over the water...
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Fiona Reid
Dec 3, 20213 min read
Creature Feature #9 Marvelous, Much-maligned, Moths!
Flannel Moth, Thoscora acca, Finca Bellavista Community I think it is my love for fluffy, nocturnal, unpopular flying things that has led...
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Fiona Reid
Nov 19, 20212 min read
Creature Feature #8 The amazing glowing scorpion!
Many times people spend several days visiting a rainforest like the one at Finca Bellavista Community and they are disappointed by how...
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Fiona Reid
Nov 8, 20212 min read
Creature Feature #7 Prickly Pal on the Patio
I've always had a strong affection for porcupines, but they don't really return the favor. In Canada, our dog always encountered them...
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Fiona Reid
Oct 29, 20213 min read
Creature Feature #6 Bats in the Bat-hroom!
Everyone at the Finca Bellavista Community is a little batty. But I’m the worst of all (Piotr, owner of Casa Tamandua, is a close...
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Fiona Reid
Oct 22, 20212 min read
Creature Feature #5 When is a Fly not a Fly...??
When it is a dragonfly? True, but that is not the insect (or insects) in question today. Instead, let’s look at the amazing Owlfly...
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Fiona Reid
Oct 13, 20212 min read
Creature Feature #4 Monkey Business
There are four species of monkey in Costa Rica, but only two are common in the Southern Zone, and both of these are seen regularly at the...
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Fiona Reid
Oct 6, 20213 min read
Creature Feature # 3 The Kinkajou!
There really are few mammals more attractive than the Kinkajou, with its soft, golden fur, short face and big eyes. Kinkajous are one of...
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Fiona Reid
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Creature Feature # 2 Euphonia Euphoria
There are so many great things about treehouse living, but to me the best part is being up in the subcanopy, eye-level to so many...
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Fiona Reid
Sep 19, 20213 min read
Creature Feature # 1 Is it a Blue Jeans Frog? No, but it’s a close relative.
One of the best places to find tiny red gems that are actually poison dart frogs is on trails leading to El Fenix treehouse, and down...
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