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| Feeding the Glossophaga mango jam water |
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| Glossophaga sorcina |
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| Missy and a Glossophaga sorcina |
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| Stu, Jose and Carol discussing options for trap sites |
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| Las Muchachas, Jenny and Rubi Avendono Bonilla |
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| Bill and Stu fixing mist nets... again |
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Photos from Jan 7
Jan 7 Escameca Grande
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Dan Taylor joined the group last night. He is and old friend of Bill's and works for Bat Conervation International. Last night we also swapped vehicles so the the other could get service and new tires. With the new vehicle, Carol had to take it to the boarder with Costa Rica to do some paperwork for the vehicle. Dan, who speaks good Spanish (Peace Corps Belize mid 1980s), and Martín went with her to help. Bill, Stu and I stayed at the house to do prep work. I had time to load up more photos to the blog site, update GIS data, scan data sheets, fix nets, etc. Carol et al returned about 2pm. We had a delicious dinner of chicken, vegetables, beans and rice, then loaded up and hit the road about 3:30 to head farther into Escameca Grande. Today we had two addition helpers, two neices of Christian (teen girls), Jessica and Sofia, who met bats fir the first tume and helped collect acoustic data.
On the way we saw another sloth (Cucala), and several red spider monkeys (mono de araña). Once at the net site there were lots of spiders and frogs; a giant toad, and a "Putu" high in a tree.
We set up the triple-high with 6m, two 12 m and one 9m net along an intermittent stream in a large forest patch with lots of really large trees.
Tonight wasn't as crazy as the night before. 24 Bats and 13 species. Nes species tonight is Saccoptery bilineata (greater white-lined bat).
I'm feeling much better about IDing bats. I've mostly figured out the family resemblance and I got caught up on sleep so my brain works.
The best part of tonight was working the Glossophaga sorcina (Common long-tongued bat) because I offered it a little mango jelly and water mixture on my latex gloved finger and it lapped it up with it's very long tongue!
We shut down about 10 pm, took down nets, etc. and got home about mid-night. We sat up a little while to toast Stu with 7-year old Flor de Caña rum because this was his last night. Tomorrow he goes to Managua and flies home on Monday.
Asleep about 2am. Tomorrow is a rest day...
Dan Taylor joined the group last night. He is and old friend of Bill's and works for Bat Conervation International. Last night we also swapped vehicles so the the other could get service and new tires. With the new vehicle, Carol had to take it to the boarder with Costa Rica to do some paperwork for the vehicle. Dan, who speaks good Spanish (Peace Corps Belize mid 1980s), and Martín went with her to help. Bill, Stu and I stayed at the house to do prep work. I had time to load up more photos to the blog site, update GIS data, scan data sheets, fix nets, etc. Carol et al returned about 2pm. We had a delicious dinner of chicken, vegetables, beans and rice, then loaded up and hit the road about 3:30 to head farther into Escameca Grande. Today we had two addition helpers, two neices of Christian (teen girls), Jessica and Sofia, who met bats fir the first tume and helped collect acoustic data.
On the way we saw another sloth (Cucala), and several red spider monkeys (mono de araña). Once at the net site there were lots of spiders and frogs; a giant toad, and a "Putu" high in a tree.
We set up the triple-high with 6m, two 12 m and one 9m net along an intermittent stream in a large forest patch with lots of really large trees.
Tonight wasn't as crazy as the night before. 24 Bats and 13 species. Nes species tonight is Saccoptery bilineata (greater white-lined bat).
I'm feeling much better about IDing bats. I've mostly figured out the family resemblance and I got caught up on sleep so my brain works.
The best part of tonight was working the Glossophaga sorcina (Common long-tongued bat) because I offered it a little mango jelly and water mixture on my latex gloved finger and it lapped it up with it's very long tongue!
We shut down about 10 pm, took down nets, etc. and got home about mid-night. We sat up a little while to toast Stu with 7-year old Flor de Caña rum because this was his last night. Tomorrow he goes to Managua and flies home on Monday.
Asleep about 2am. Tomorrow is a rest day...
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Pictures from Jan 3
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| Tarantula |
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| Bill spraying down Stu and Missy for the nights insects |
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| Carollia subrufa |
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| Blue-footed Billby |
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| Missy seting up Anabat |
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| Carollia bats in a tunnel roost |
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| Stu trying to clean the truck air filter |
Pictures from Jan 5
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| BIG spider! |
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| Green kingfisher caught in bat net |
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| Stu and Missy looking at a leaf-cutter ant colony |
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| Tree bark! |
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| Artibius phaeotis |
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| Howler monkey |
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| Carol, Marlon and Jose working on Anabat data |
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| Estella |
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| Mowing the front pasture |
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| Virginia making passion fruit juice |
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| Stu with Rat snake |
Pictures from Jan 6 netting
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| Pteronotus personas |
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| Carol with Ceturion |
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| Isn't this just a wonderful face! |
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| Missy and the wrinkle-faced bat |
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| Look at the pattern on the wing membrane |
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| Centurion seneca |
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| Working bats and bats on the line waiting |
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| Molossus pretiosus |
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| Forest in Escameca Grande |
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| Artibeus phaeotis |
Jan 6 2012 San Juan del Sur
We got up and left the house by 8:30am to go into San Juan del Sur. Our solar/Internet system has been more than a little flakey, Carol had Skype conference call, Martín had a doctor follow up visit, and Victor was having a baby tooth pulled. We all went in to town and took care of our errands, including a long wait at the post office.
We got back to the house about 11am, rushed about to get lunch, gather gear together and get location points
We got back to the house about 11am, rushed about to get lunch, gather gear together and get location points
Jan 6 2012 Escameca Grande
Jan 6 2012 Escameca Grande
What a difference location makes! We left the La Campana area and went to Escameca Grande.
We got up and left the house by 8:30am to go into San Juan del Sur. Our solar/Internet system has been more than a little flakey, Carol had Skype conference call, Martín had a doctor follow up visit, and Victor was having a baby tooth pulled. We all went in to town and took care of our errands, including a long wait at the post office.
We got back to the house about 11am, rushed about to get lunch, gather gear together and get location points for Anabats for José and Marlon. Once Christian, José and Marlon arrived and had Anabat stuff ready, we were ready too and left the house about 2pm and headed to Escameca Grande area. We went part way in and the Anabat team (Carol, José, Marlon and Christian) head out to install a station. Bill, Stu and I guarded the truck and looked for birds. Saw many hummingbirds, as usual, could not get a good enough look.
Wren
Elegant trogon
Black throated trogon
Black kingbird
White-winged dove
Roadside hawk (Buteo magninosis)
Green kingfisher
What a night!
61 bats, 14 species
New species tonight (*new for Carol and project!):
Pteronotus personas
Lophostoma brasiliensis
*Molossus pretiosus
*Centurion Seneca Wrinkle-face bat
Artibius literalist Great fruit-eating bat
Artibius phaeotis Pygmy fruit-eating bat
Artibius intermedius
*Molossops greenhalli
What a difference location makes! We left the La Campana area and went to Escameca Grande.
We got up and left the house by 8:30am to go into San Juan del Sur. Our solar/Internet system has been more than a little flakey, Carol had Skype conference call, Martín had a doctor follow up visit, and Victor was having a baby tooth pulled. We all went in to town and took care of our errands, including a long wait at the post office.
We got back to the house about 11am, rushed about to get lunch, gather gear together and get location points for Anabats for José and Marlon. Once Christian, José and Marlon arrived and had Anabat stuff ready, we were ready too and left the house about 2pm and headed to Escameca Grande area. We went part way in and the Anabat team (Carol, José, Marlon and Christian) head out to install a station. Bill, Stu and I guarded the truck and looked for birds. Saw many hummingbirds, as usual, could not get a good enough look.
Wren
Elegant trogon
Black throated trogon
Black kingbird
White-winged dove
Roadside hawk (Buteo magninosis)
Green kingfisher
What a night!
61 bats, 14 species
New species tonight (*new for Carol and project!):
Pteronotus personas
Lophostoma brasiliensis
*Molossus pretiosus
*Centurion Seneca Wrinkle-face bat
Artibius literalist Great fruit-eating bat
Artibius phaeotis Pygmy fruit-eating bat
Artibius intermedius
*Molossops greenhalli
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