Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Acknowledgments IX
5. 1. The Farm 1
6. 2. A Tropical Year 12
7. 3. My First Harvest 59
8. 4. The Thatched Shed 73
9. 5. Small Mlammals 82
10. 6. The Friendly Bicolored Antbird 101
11. 7. The Banana Plantation 114
12. 8. Scarlet Passion-flowers & Hermit Hummingbirds 136
13. 9. Speckled Tanagers 146
14. 10. Quadruped Partners 157
15. 11. Chickens with Personality 176
16. 12. An Appraisal 195
17. 13. Family Life of the Golden-naped Woodpecker 202
18. 14. Which Should I Protect? 217
19. 15. Cooperation with Ants 232
20. 16. The Rocky Channel 241
21. 17. The Singing Wood-Rail 258
22. 18. The Flame-of-the-Forest Tree 270
23. 19. Casual Visitors 280
24. 20. The Patient Puffbirds 296
25. 21. Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Birds 315
26. 22. Excursions to Guanacaste 334
27. 23. Photosynthesis and Predation 365
28. Index 385