🦜 Beaks N Breaks 🌊

Meal prep, spider edition: neatly wrapped and hanging like Christmas ornaments. 🎄✨ Orchard orbweaver (Leucauge sp.) spotted in our garden. #photostr #photography #spiderphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #orbweaver #spider #spiderstr

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

180° of pura vida. 🤙 🌊 🌀 Scroll to see the whole sequence! ➡️ #surfstr #surfing #surfingphotography #photostr #photography #playahermosa #Playahermosadeosa #southsurfcr

One clean line on a very not-clean day. 😬 🌊❗ #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

If you’ve ever lived near toucans, I know you can HEAR this picture...📣 Volume: maximum. Subtlety: zero. 💛🔊 #birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

Evolution said: give it blue feet, a yellow throat, and a feather-like tongue for days -- make it wEiRd. 🩴💛 🖤 👅 #birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

Flying like a potato with wings... Is it graceful? Not exactly. But is it effective? Apparently... 💛 🖤 🤣 #birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

Mohawk? Check. Power stance? Check. The rainforest’s original punk rocker. 🤘 Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus), spotted at Finca Chimpopa #birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

Holding her line and holding her own -- always stoked to see more women charging the lineup. 🌊🤙💃🏄‍♀️ #surfstr #surfing #surfingphotography #photostr #photography #dominical

Tiny crack, loud personality. Proof that even one of the jungle’s flashiest birds earns a few battle scars. 🖤 💛 Fun Fact: That small crack? No problem. A toucan’s beak is made of lightweight keratin over a honeycomb of bone -- strong, flexible, and even self-healing. And it’s not just for show! It’s a radiator, fruit picker, and fashion statement all in one. 💅 #birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

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