Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Oh the fauna (& the flora)!


Very hungry turtle- possibly White-lipped mud turtle

Checking out the intrusion

Agouti

Pale-billed Woodpecker

I cannot believe the sights- I had no idea how much wildlife there could be be in such a concentrated area! This is going to be my bird list (thanks to Barbara Blackie for the motivation). Excuse the crappy bird photos, but they are still kind of cool & helped me ID the woodpecker later. Needless to say I am doing great & would think I had gone to heaven if not for the biting insects- even tho they could be a lot worse...

Today I identified-

Dryocopus lineatus aka Pale-billed woodpecker
Ramphastos swainsonii aka Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Psarocolius montezuma- Montezuma Oropendola
Penelope purpurascens- Crested Guan
Amazona farinosa- Mealy Parrot-
I will be looking for the last 2 again as I didn't get good enough views
Multiple species of hummingbirds waiting for more skills
I believe some kind of Aracari & also a Tinamou

Dasyprocta punctata- Agouti
Tayassu tojacu- Collared peccary

Atta cephalotes- Leafcutter ants
Boa constricter- this is also the scientific name, who knew?
Oxybelis fulgidus- Green vine snake
& I'm pretty sure a saw the rear-end view of an armidillo tonight

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