🦜 Beaks N Breaks 🌊

Nature paints better than any Lightroom preset. 🧑‍🎨 🎨 🦋 Caught this Turquoise Longtail skipper (likely Urbanus procne) fueling up on a Mexican sunflower just before another chaotic flight path. Because of their chunky little bodies and strong, direct flight, they are often misidentified as moths. But they are in fact butterflies and this type is one of the fastest little butterflies in Costa Rica! #photostr #photography #butterflyphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #butterfly #sunflower

GM! Don't want to ruin your morning, but here's a mating pair of Giant Swallowtails - one of the largest and most spectacular butterflies in Costa Rica. They stop fluttering for only two reasons: resting… and this. 🫦 😬 🫣 #photostr #photography #butterflyphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #giantswallowtails

Stink bug nymph, family Pentatomidae... When you’re cute now but destined to grow into a shield-shaped fart machine. 💩 💨 🫢 #photostr #photography #bugphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #bugstr #stinkbug

Leaf mantis: world-class camouflage artist. 🥬 Also leaf mantis: chooses a black window screen as its stage. 🎤 #photostr #photography #bugphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #bugstr #prayingmantis #leafmantis

Spray in the air, hair in the wind... nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvvfjx2a3wve6kuqpqspdnfacgsd7lk0nlqkq443tkq4jx9z6c6ksvaquuewmw7d3qltpspauzxr understood the assignment. 👩‍🦱🌊🤙 #surfstr #surfing #surfingphotography #photostr #photography #dominical

nostr:nprofile1qyvhwumn8ghj7empd3shs7f3xvhxummnw3erztnrdaksz9rhwden5te0dehhxarj9e38gcm6dqh8gacqyr08g0cm3m8jkf4l8vq3rjha4p5mlqslt2mdk70qmcnt6ve6qe6jv5j8m2j tearing it up a couple months ago... finally catching up on the backlog! When Domi gives you a lump of brown water and you turn it into art! 🌊 🤙 🧑‍🎨 #surfstr #surfing #surfingphotography #photostr #photography #dominical

Spent a cold, windy, rainy week in Sweden for Thanksgiving... Happy to be back in CR with some warmth and sunshine! Caught up on some editing while traveling so new pictures comin' in hot... First up: Domi serving up another "hope you stretched today" special! #surfstr #surfing #surfingphotography #photostr #photography #dominical

Been 🌧️ rainy 🌧️ and gray ALLLLLLLLLL day... Guess this is jungle-style soup weather! First time cooking with a "zapallo tico," a common Calabaza / West Indian Pumpkin that’s grown all over Costa Rica. Made a zapallo and achiote creamy soup. I am NOT disappointed. 🤤 #foodstr #cookingstr #soupstr #drool #squashstr

GM! ☕️🦜🪴 (only 7 hours late... 😂) #gm #goodmorning #mascafeporfavor

Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus) seen out at our farm. These guys sing a loud, melodious song, and I spent probably 20 minutes trying to find it after I heard it singing! Fun fact - the genus name Saltator comes from Latin saltātor, meaning “dancer” or “jumper" and was coined by early naturalists because these birds were often seen making little hopping or bounding movements in the trees while foraging. The species name "maximus" means “greatest” or “largest” in Latin. So, they are literally named "the big jumper" 🐸 or "the largest dancer." 🕺 #birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

Scarlet-rumped tanagers (male and female) out at the farm... More and more birds are showing up with all the fruit trees growing now! Can't wait to see this place in another year! #birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography