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Tortuguero's Wildlife in Pictures

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The howler monkey's wild grunts signal the dawn as the sun breaks through the rainforest foliage spilling into the canals. Golden-eyed caiman peer out from the water's surface and skulk into the shadows to sleep away the day underneath the tree roots near the river's edge. A stalking green heron scratches at the lily pads looking for a bug to use as bait while fishing for a breakfast of minnows.

A young spider monkey hangs upside looking for fruit at Turtle Beach Lodge on September 15, 2013.
A caiman wades in shallow water on a night tour in a canal near Turtle Beach Lodge on September 16, 2013.
A boat billed heron watches over its young (not pictured) at Turtle Beach Lodge on September 16, 2013.
A tree frog falls asleep on a leaf at Turtle Beach Lodge on September 16, 2013.
A two toed sloth and its baby hang upside down in a tree at Turtle Beach Lodge on September 16, 2013.
A green iguana stretches out on a branch above the Tortuguero River on September 21, 2013.
An adult green heron stalks through the grass looking for bugs to use at bait for catching minnows in Tortuguero National Park on September 21, 2013.
A blue heron wades through shallow waters looking for prey in Tortuguero National Park on September 19, 2013.
A northern jacana walks across the lily pads in Tortuguero National Park on September 19, 2013.
A juvenile crested heron walks along the forest floor near the river's edge in Tortuguero National Park on September 21, 2013.
A boa constrictor slithers through the grass at Mawamba Lodge on September 21, 2013.
A three toed sloth sleeps in a cecropia tree at Mawamba Lodge on September 21, 2013.
A red eyed green tree frog perches on a guide's finger at Evergreen Lodge on September 25, 2013.
A black and green poison dart frog sits on a dead leaf in the frog garden at Mawamba Lodge on September 21, 2013.
A green basilisk lizard sits in the shade beside the Penitencia River on September 21, 2013.
A ringed kingfisher perches on a tree branch above the Palma Canal on September 21, 2013.
A keel billed toucan perched in a tree above the cabins at Anhinga Lodge on September 23, 2013.
A collared aracari perches in a tree on September 24, 2013.
A baby green heron looks for its mother above the Tortuguero Lagoon on September 24, 2013.
A baby green sea turtle scampers toward the ocean at Tortuguero Beach on September 24, 2013.
A capuchin monkey looks for fruit in the trees at Evergreen Lodge on September 25, 2013.
A blue jean poison dart frog sits in a bromeliad at Evergreen Lodge on September 25, 2013.
A male howler monkey eats leaves over the Palma Canal on September 21, 2013.

Last updated: Oct 22, 2023

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