23:45 Nothing much to say today really, though I'm sure I can easily fill this page.
In the morning after breakfast I read
the L's paper on the mammals of this reserve, I didn’t agree with Pacas
(similar to Agoutis) being classes as "common" and that Howler
Monkeys are sighted "daily" but nevermind. I also got most of the butterfly species list
complete, I plan to finish it off this weekend so I can begin to learn what
species are about and make a record of them, meanwhile the Costa Rican ACG
group left. There were loads of lizards
around today, many posing for photos for once which makes a change from them
scampering off into the undergrowth.
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| A Reptilian Friend (D.Philpot) |
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| A Young Ctenosaur (D.Philpot) |
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| A Daywalking Moth (D.Philpot) |
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| A Patterned Lizard (D.Philpot) |
Later on I did more reading as the other staff here got ready to leave. The new guy El Tigre fixed the pipes to the showers then I took a shower myself. I then realised I was going to be 'alone' until mid-May so I thought about how I was going to ration the food left over. I gave both El Tigre and Caballita a hug goodbye, which was actually pretty sad, and they left me in charge of the park.
As normal I continued to check the
Pochote seeds (no activity still). Next I ran to the lab to backup this month's
photos where I was surprisingly impressed by this 7 megapixel replacement
camera I had borrowed. I watched the
Inbetweeners after sunset then after not sleeping saw a Cane Toad with red
blood and lots of Beetles everywhere by it? (It was weird, I got a photo of it, which looks quite gross so I'll leave it out,
and to this day remain clueless). At this point during the night I remembered
about the laundry I had put in and bumped into the largest moth I had ever
seen!!!
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| Large Moth Scaled By A Biro (D.Philpot) |
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| Hand-Sized Moth (D.Philpot) |
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| A Pretty Dusty Moth (D.Philpot) |