My time with the course was the end of their course. We started at Las Cruces. The FFP I ran was to look at bird use of a regrowing pasture on the edge of primary forest, Melisa's Meadow. It is also the main field site of my buddy Fred Werner

Jane, Tim, Brent and I got the pleasure of a 4:30 wakeup to get to the field before sunrise.

But it was worth it, not just for the sunrise, but for all the birds we caught

Self portrait of the fearless leader

'Champu plant'

Wasp eating the head of a caterpillar framed against Andrea

fig fruit. Note the passage where the fly crawls out

Fig

Melisa's Meadow

A herper sets up a natural photo. Oh wouldn't it be nice if birds would sit still like this.

Mini-frogs

Rio General

Pineapple plantations that blight southern Costa Rica

Las Alturas Field Station.
up against some nice mid-elevation forest

Looking into the valley from Las Alturas

Station

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Tim, Marcos, Phil and Andres

Looking back up towards Las Alturas

Late afternoon birding

Pretty cool shroom

I'd love to know the species

Mum bananas

Andres Vaughn spots a lifer (and that's saying something!)