Costa Rica has some of the greatest biodiversity on the planet. Beautiful birds, deadly reptiles and about 14 billion mosquitoes. But I was there to look for monkeys, particularly the tiny, elusive squirrel monkeys, which proved to be a worthy photographic challenge.
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The rainforest of Costa Rica's Pacific coast has a huge variety of plants and animals.
The rainy season stretches from May to November, but the wettest month is October.
Me: I think I can make it work. What an idiot. The high humidity fragged my camera's back display. That meant I was taking pictures like it was 1985. Did I get the shot? Is it too dark? Too bright? Who knows?
Hummingbirds like this violet sabrewing in the cloud forests of Monteverde were the stars of the trip.
A crocodile lurks in a coastal estuary. Peligroso!
Capuchins are gregarious, loud and bold. They are not picky eaters, crunching into nuts and fruits and hunting insects in the canopy.
A green basilisk lizard's yellow eyes peer back in the rainforest gloom.
A mantled howler monkey browses leaves in the morning light. Howler monkeys are tricky to observe because they prefer to stay high in the trees where they eat leaves.
A spider monkey makes a death-defying leap between pine trees 70 feet above the ground.
A juvenile great currasow is resplendent in its white and black camouflaged finery.
A strawberry poison dart frog advertises its toxicity on the forest floor. They can be deadly to people. Look but don't touch, ha.
An eyelash viper rests on a branch. These beautiful snakes are venomous but not particularly deadly, unless you're a small animal.
No trip to Costa Rica would be complete without spending time with sloths. This three-toed sloth cradled her baby who was already adept at climbing in the lofty canopy.
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