Peperomia Rotundifolia (Creeping Buttons) a creeping epiphyte on a tree, Nosara River, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Pair of Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) dive for fish at the Nosara River mouth, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Green Heron (Butorides virescens) by the Nosara River at the Biological Reserve, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Male Anhinga (aka Snakebird) a swimming bird of the Darter family, on the Nosara River, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Mangrove forest in the Biological Reserve near the Nosara River mouth; Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

View across the Nosara River mouth towards the Biological Reserve, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Beautifully situated Lagarto Lodge above the Nosara River mouth, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

South American black vulture, a common scavenger, at a river mouth; Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Ostional Beach and the Reserva Biologica Nosara, a private nature reserve on the Nosara River, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Pair of Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) perched at the Nosara River mouth, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) by the Nosara River mouth near the Biological Reserve, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Great Egret (Ardea alba) on left and little egret (Egretta garzetta) at Nosara Beach and river mouth, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

South American black vulture (Coragyps atratus brasiliensis), a common scavenger, river mouth near Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) looking for fish at Nosara Beach and river mouth, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America