A cold mountain stream draining part of La Amistad Internation Biosphere Researve accessible from Las Alturas Biological Station.
I visited the same site in 2013 and took a dip… both this year at the previous visit.
Rio Bella Vista
Tag Archives: Las Alturas
The Wrinkle-faced Bat
One of the ugliest bats on the planet, the wrinkle-faced bat Centurio senex was caught at Las Alturas by Rachel and her students while mist netting at Las Alturas. The face of the bat may help in directing and manipulating sound waves for echolocation. There are also striations on the bats wings, although I’m unsure of their function.
Tabanid deer fly with mites
A Tabanidae deer fly captured by a mist net (set up for bats) as it buzzed around myself and other researchers at Las Alturas field station. Several small, red and orange mites have colonized the fly, including the fly’s compound eyes. It was somehow satisfying to see these possible parasites on the flies…as they are parasites of humans and other vertebrates.
Another orchid
Orchid
Untouched river
A very cold and very beautiful river draining primary forest out of La Amistad. Of course, I had to swim in it….
Quebrada at Las Alturas
Playing with some camera settings at a small stream in Las Alturas.
Leaf litter
Leaf litter is varied and thick along wet forest trails.
Hongo explosion
View from Las Alturas Biological Station
