We visited Costa Rica in July 2004.
Scenery
Birds
Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
White-breasted magpie jay, Calocitta formosa
Bare-throated tiger heron, Tigrisoma mexicanum
Great egret, Ardea alba
Boat-billed heron (immature), Cochlearius cochlearius
Hummingbirds:
Mammals
Black howler monkey, Alonatta caraya
Whate-faced capuchin, Cebus imitator
Long-nosed bats, Rhynchonycteris naso
Crab-eating raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus
Insects
Fish:
Banded butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus
Black butterflyfish, Chaetodon aya
Grey angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus
Snappers
Latin grunts, Haemulon steindachneri
Porcupinefish, Diodon hystrix
Balloonfish, Diodon holocanthus
Spotted puffer, Guentheridia formosa
Yellow stingray, Urolophus jamaicensis
Triggerfish, Balistes sp.
Damselfish
Moray eels
Unidentified
Blenny
Pacific seahorse, Hippocampus ingens
Nudibranchs
Samla telja
Coryphellina marcusorum
Felimarc agassizii
unidentified
unidentified
Invertebrates
Pen shell
Fiddler crab
Sea cucumber
Hermit crab
Unidentified
Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta
Bat star, Patiria chilensis
Unidentified sea star
Octopus
Reptiles and Amphibians
unidentified frog
American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus
Iguanas
Lizards
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