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Birds we’ve seen… at our house!
Everyone knows that there are lots of amazing birds in Costa Rica. But despite taking many of hikes with our binoculars, we have seen the most spectacular birds at our house! Let me introduce you to some of them here! Wilson’s Warbler This bird migrates and has a huge range! They spend the summers as…
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Weekend News by Sophie
Each Monday, Sophie’s teacher has them complete a page of writing and drawing about what they did that weekend. At the end of the year, she will compile this all into a little memory book that will help her remember all her adventures this year. In the meantime, here is a sneak preview into some…
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Flowers
With winter approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, I thought now would be a good time to share a gallery of photos of flowers from Monteverde. Generally the flowers here are small and often easy to miss among all the lush greenery. But they are so colorful and take so many different shapes that I am…
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Monteverde is lousy with rainbows
A bright one!
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What the heck is a coati?
Of all the animals I have encountered in Costa Rica, I think the coati (or coatimundi) might be the most surprising. How did I go through my whole life without knowing of the existence of these guys? Well, in fact I haven’t… many moons ago I visited Iguazu Falls in South America and they are…
Thank you for the lovely bird pictures. The oictures awaken memories of our trips to Costa Rica. We watched them…
Beautiful! And nice to see now that we have our first snow.
We loved your report sophie.About your trip to arenal.what did you learn have you been there? How long have you…
why did you write a report on agutis Sophie? Are they your favorite animal? ___ sage
Dear Sophie and family, Thank you for such a lively description of Wassail (Waffle)! It must have been great fun.…