Jouan & Rius / Spiral Ginger flower (Costus pulverulentus) in the rainforest, Monteverde Nature Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Frog (Atelopus varius) displaying warning coloration, Monteverde, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Interior of Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Dietmar Nill / View of Monteverde yropical cloud forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Golden Scarab Beetle (Plusiotis resplendens) portrait, Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) hummingbird feeding on and pollinating Coral Tree (Erythrina sp) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding and pollinating flowers of epiphytic Heath (Cavendishia capitulata), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird juvenile male feeding at and pollinating Ginger (Costus montanus) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) hummingbird female feeding at and pollinating epiphytic Orchid flowers (Elleanthus sp), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Konrad Wothe / Lemur Frog (Phyllomedusa lemur), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Brilliant trail with hiker, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding at and pollinating flowers of epiphytic Heath (Macleania insignis), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) hummingbird male at Ginger (Costus montanus) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Golden Toad (Bufo periglenes) male, breeding aggregation, extinct, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Children in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Elephant Ears (Xanthosoma robustum) and bamboo in cloud forest, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Roland Seitre / Blue Crowned Woodnymph Hummingbird (Thalurania colombica) sitting on nest. Bosque Nuboso, Monteverde, Costa Rica.

Sue Flood / Tourist birdwatching in Costa Rican cloud forest, Selvatura Park, Monteverde, Costa Rica. January 2011

Sue Flood / Kinkajou (Potos flavus) Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica. January

Sue Flood / Stripe tailed hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia) perched, Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica, January

Sue Flood / Female Golden olive woodpecker (Piculus rubiginosus) Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica

Sue Flood / Hoffmann's woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii) Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica. January

Sue Flood / Variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides)Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica. January

Sue Flood / Black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica. January

Sue Flood / Black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica. January

Sue Flood / Emerald toucanette (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) near Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica. January

Michael & Patricia Fogden / St. John's-wort (Clusiaceae) fruit, one of them open exposing seeds covered by arils, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orange-bellied Trogon (Trogon aurantiiventris) male, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Caecilian (Gymnopisámultiplicata), Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Caecilian (Gymnopisámultiplicata) amid leaf litter on forest floor, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird female bathing in rain, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) hummingbird male at flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) male at nest hole, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) female at nest hole, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps) hummingbird male at tree flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Jouan & Rius / Tree fern and tropical vegetation, Monteverde Nature Reserve, Costa Rica

Jouan & Rius / Waterfall in rainforest, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Jouan & Rius / Tropical vegetation in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Jouan & Rius / Little waterfall in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Juan Manuel Borrero / Owl butterfly {Caligo eurilochus} Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

David Noton / Rainforest, tropicalcloud forest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Rainforest, tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Brentid weevil on leaf (Brentus anchorago) Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Cloud forest canopy, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Cloud forest canopy, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Tourists looking over cloud forest at Monteverde NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Green Crowned Brilliants feeding from hummingbird feeder (Heliodoxa jacula), Monteverde, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) drinking nectar, Monte Verde, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) hummingbird drinking nectar, Monte Verde, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Moth, species unknown, camouflaged among leaves, Monte Verde, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Praying Mantis (Mantis sp) camouflaged against dry flower, Monte Verde, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Cloud forest from the Brilliant trail, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Frog (Atelopus varius) female showing warning coloration, Monteverde, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Frog (Atelopus varius) female showing warning coloration, Monteverde, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Frog (Atelopus varius) displaying warning coloration, Monteverde, Costa Rica, critically endangered

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Frog (Atelopus varius) displaying warning coloration, Monteverde, Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Green palm viper {Bothrops lateralis} Monteverde cloud forest, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Interior of Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Looking down onto rainforest canopy from skywalk, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Juan Manuel Borrero / Tropical rainforest interior with waterfall, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Juan Manuel Borrero / Tropical rainforest interior, Monteverde Natural Reserve, Costa Rica

Juan Manuel Borrero / Tropical rainforest interior, Monteverde Natural Reserve, Costa Rica

Juan Manuel Borrero / Tropical rainforest interior with stream, Monteverde Natural Reserve, Costa Rica

Juan Manuel Borrero / High angle view through Tree fern, Monteverde Natural Reserve, Costa Rica

Dietmar Nill / Flowering tree in Monteverde Tropical cloud forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Dietmar Nill / White Nosed Coati (Nasua nasua narica) Monteverde, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Orange kneed Tarantula spider {Brachypelma mesomelas} Monteverde NP, Costa Rica.

Philippe Clement / Zebra longwing butterfly {Heliconius charithonia} perching on leave, Monteverde NP, Costa Rica.

Fabio Liverani / Purple throated mountain gem {Lampornis calolaema} Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Looking into rainforest canopy from skywalk, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Rainforest canopy skywalk, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Cattle on slopes of Monteverde, Costa Rica

Tom Vezo / Southern coati {Nasua nasua} Monteverde, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird perched on stem with wings spread, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird perched on stem with wings spread, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) hummingbird visiting a Heliconia (Heliconia monteverdensis) flower, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) hummingbird male flying, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) hummingbird male flying, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird male, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird male feeding on Orchid (Elleanthus lentii) nectar, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia) feeding on Passion Flower (Passiflora sp) in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male at nest, feeding on Bramble (Rubus sp) blackberry, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male flying near nest hole in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Magenta-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae) hummingbird male flying near epiphytic Heath (Cavendishia capitulata) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Palm Viper (Bothriechis lateralis) close-up, partially coiled, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Magenta-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae) hummingbird male flying beside Gesneria (Kohleria spicata gesneriaceae) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding on and pollinating flowers (Macleania insignis), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird flying near flowers (Satyria warszewiczii), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird perched on branch, Monteverde Cloud Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Brown Violet-ear (Colibri delphinae) hummingbird feeding on nectar-producing cup-like bracts of (Norantia costaricensis), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica