This year I’m not limiting myself to 12 favorite photos of the year like in the past, but doing separate posts over 4 days of (1) Favorite Bird Photos, (2) Favorite Butterfly Photos, (3) Favorite Other Wildlife Photos, and (4) Favorite Plant Life Photos. And you will notice that the big majority of photos were made in Atenas, where I live, because I’m not traveling as much as I used to. The “Atenas” shots were mostly in my garden and Rio Tarcoles runs through Atenas though the river photos were made west of here near the coast. The only other two locations were the two trips made before now at Esquinas Rainforest Lodge and Tortuguero NP.
“Birds” is the first gallery of “favorites” from this year, found just below this sample photo for the emailed edition of the post:


