Monteverde - January 23

Wind-sculpted tree, from our balcony

 We went to Selvatura Park, where we visited the hummingbird garden, the butterfly exhibit, and the canopy bridges (a trail including eight suspension bridges over cloud forest canopies). Many more photos after the break.

Green hummer

Probably a green-crowned brilliant hummingbird

Blue hummer, probably a violet sabrewing

Butterfly coccoon pretending to be a leaf

Jade or malachite butterfly

Owl butterfly

Besides the owl-eye mimicry, the owl butterfly
also mimics a snake head (here, lower right)

Postman butterfly

Blue morphos butterfly

Blue morphos, wings folded

Suspension bridge over cloud forest gorge

Black guan, seen during canopy walk

Bromeliad

Robert