Often seen on night hikes in Palo Verde's vast wetlands: the cane toad (Rhinella marina), Costa Rica's largest toad
top image: taken by Tomas Quezada
morning on the marsh. Black-bellied Whistling Ducks grouped among the swales
Collared peccaries foraging near the station
Most trees at Palo Verde lose their leaves during the dry season, so it's easy to view the White-faced capuchins living in this habitat
park sign near the wetland boardwalk
the boardwalk at night: an utterly peaceful place to sit under the Milky Way
dragonfly on the wetland
on top of La Roca
limestone hills rise steeply from the Palo Verde lowlands, and harbor unique plants like the columnar cactus Stenocereus aragonii. A meander of the Tempisque River can be seen in the background
no Palo Verde photo album is complete without a scorpion. Seen in the grass on a night hike
