DiPace wrote:
Great collection. I\'m especially impressed by the Oropendola, since I could never line one up without major backlighting. Your shot would do well as one of those postcards you find all around the country, especially since the bird is so identifiable. The treefrog was a great find, too. I only found one asleep, and so without its colors. I\'d be interested to know where you found this one.
Some advice on the viper: they tend to only move around at night but will usually stay in the same spot for days; once you find one you can probably revisit it several times. I found several in Tortuguero that I could get to within a foot of. The lighting is pretty bad in Tortuguero, but if you have a tripod, the snake will stay still enough that you can take some long exposures. Great perch on yours, by the way.
*As a footnote, aside from the fer-de-lance, the most dangerously toxic animals in Costa Rica seem to be those fat cane toads -- they kill quite a few animals that get too curious and cause major skin irritation and even temporary blindness. I didn\'t know this until after I\'d chased some around, so I\'m glad I didn\'t grab one.
-- Don
Thanks Don. Yeah, I\'m pretty pleased with the Oropendola photo. As for the lighting in Tortuguero, I completely agree. I\'ll have some images from there later in this series, but most of them are with terrible light. We were told that normally the Eyelash Vipers are not a huge problem, but that the young ones can\'t control the amount of venom that they use, and will often use all their venom if they bite.
We saw a number of those huge cane huge toads. I guess they kill a lot of dogs that don\'t know better in the country. Extremely poisonous, and did I mention LARGE?
= Ed =
Jun 27, 2009 at 11:57 PM
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