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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 2d

#stunday sunset from Costa Rica.

LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 4d

Rufous-tailed jacamar from Dagua, Colombia. It had a nest in cut bank on the side of the trail and guarded it closely as we hiked past. #birds #birding #jacamar #colombia

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 6d

Yellow-billed oxpecker on a forest buffalo, Bandia Reserve, Senegal. #birds #birding #ox #senegal

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 10d

Female Andean cock-of-the-rock near Peirera, Colombia. #birds #birding #colombia

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 11d

Female Andean cock-of-the-rock near Peirera, Colombia.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 12d

Gray-breasted mountain-toucan from Manizales, Colombia.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 13d

Abyssinian ground-hornbill from Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 16d

10 years since I first saw an isolated property in Costa Rica and realized it was one of the lowest elevation cloud forests in the Americas. 10 years since I found almost 300 acres had been clear cut for cattle. 130,000 trees grown from seeds I collected. This is the last load to be planted.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 20d

Bat falcon wondering if he is early or if his friends are late. #birding #birds #falcon #costarica

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 20d

Those are all excellent questions. His other pair of legs are pulled up below his thorax and show as little white lines.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 20d

Pachypodistes goeldii, an utterly adorable moth from the undisturbed Amazonian rainforests of eastern Brazil. #moth #teammoth #insect #ecuador #moths #insects

FYI, not AI generated. You can google it.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 21d

Rufous-tailed jacamar from San Buenaventura, Colombia in May 2025. #birds #birding #colombia

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · 23d

Hooded vulture from the Atlantic coast of The Gambia. Looking for dead fish.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Sep 16

At the top of the Fila Costeña overlooking Ciudsd Cortes and the Terraba-Sierpe Mangrove Forest.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Sep 13

Smooth-billed from near the Bigal River Ecological Research Station in northeastern Ecuador. Always one of my favorite birds to photograph. #birds #birding #bigal #Ecuador

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Sep 13

Random rooster in Ecuador giving me the stink eye.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Sep 11

No, its just a personal project.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Sep 11

I am working to reforest 550 acres of cloud forest in Costa Rica. It was clear cut more than 60 years ago.

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Sep 10

And the say mean things.

LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Aug 29

Andean motmot from the occidental Andes in Colombia. Lesson’s motmot is not an easy bird to photograph in Central America but this one is common and easy to find. #birds #birding #colombia #motmot #andes

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Aug 29

Patania silicalis, one of the lantern flies of eastern Ecuador. Not a moth but it is attracted to moth light. Absolutely odd and adorable at the same time. #team moth #moths #lanternfly #fulgoridae #ecuador

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Aug 25

Male collared trogon from the eastern slope of the Andes in Ecuador. #birds #birding #ecuador #andes

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Aug 25

Draconia peripheta. Flew in the window last night while I was eating. Very cool and apparently very rare. #teammoth #costarica #moth #moths

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Aug 16

A rare orange-throated tanager from the southeastern Ecuador/northeastern Peru border in the Amazonian foothills. It is restricted to a very limited area and was a target bird for my trip. #birds #birding #ecuador #amazon #endangeredspecies

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LostInCR @lostincr.bsky.social · Aug 11

Harpy eagle from the Darien in Panama. It was a privilege to see one in the wild. #birds #birding #panama #harpyeagle #eagles

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