15:15 Social Flycatchers have been the
main topic of the day. I saw two or three individuals chase and fend off a
Variegated Squirrel, they got quite aggressive and the squirrel was clearly not
happy as it flicked its tail arched over its back. I also saw them flying off
and returning with insects, one of which had trouble swallowing a large green
Katydid so it kept smashing it against a branch.
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Social Flycatcher With A Katydid (D.Philpot)
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A video of this Flycatcher can also be seen here, and I also found some wasp/insect
casings of Cicadas all over a tree:
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| Tree-Specific Casings (D.Philpot) |
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| What Came Out Of This? (D.Philpot) |
There were also Ctenosaurs chasing each
other and climbing on tiny branches whilst very high above my hammock by the
firepit for these ripe yellow fruit (not very nice for us to eat by the way…). I took a quick walk up the stream, and on the way back spotted some Howler Monkeys lazing about:
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| The Mighty Stream Bed (D.Philpot) |
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| A Bromeliad (D.Philpot) |
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| Lazy Howler (D.Philpot) |
Currently I am boiling up chicken in
attempt to make a delicious chicken soup… The butterfly species list is
finished but they fly about taunting me still as I have not had a chance to
study them, and they are only just showing up in larger numbers. I also
finished reading Verons "A Reef In Time," a very good book I would
highly recommend to other coral reef enthusiasts out there.
The soup incidentally turned out pretty poor, the taste was good but was quite watery/oily thanks to my own culinary
skills. I decided to get an early nights sleep.
00:00 A storm woke me up, it rained for
a seemingly brief period before I fell back asleep…