BIODIVERSITY

 

All of us, the living things of this planet, share our living space, our nutrients, our life-cycles, and our resources. We are interdependent. Imagine the number of life forms shown in this photo alone. Remove that tree or decrease the sunlight to it or the pattern of rainfall and ALL of those life forms cease to exist. One tiny change can destroy an entire ecosystem. Think about this in everything you do each day from choosing the foods you buy to the paper wrapper you carelessly toss. Everything you do contributes to the interactions of all life forms on the planet and the planet itself. Life is lovely, abundant, miraculous and terribly, terribly fragile.

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Cultural and Arts Fair - Bribri Children Dance

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Some birds of Costa Rica

Right and below: Blue crowned Motmot

This Motmot is a fairly large bird with vivid irridescent coloring and a showy tail. It loves fresh fruits.

Two silver throated tanagers on the left, a blue and grey tanager with back to camera and a male scarlet rumped tanager. Tanagers are fruit eaters, so a dish of fruits such as bananas, watermelon, and papaya draws many to be photographed. This was especially true this last winter after the unusually heavy rains of October and November, 2007, which destroyed many fruits and berries before they ripened.

Two pairs of scarlet rumped tanagers and one greedy green honey creeper.

Typical Farm Houses and Scenes, Zona Sur

La Señora de la finca

Home Made Stove