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Figure 16. Very wet evergreen forest cloaks the steep foothills rising from the Caribbean lowlands; Braulio

Carrillo National Park (550m elevation). Limón Province, July 2021.

Figure 17. Lush second growth with plants such as Heliconia and Cecropia often grows along roadsides and

forest edge. In the absence of pesticides, such areas can be full of birds. Alajuela Province, October 2021.