We were at Mambukal Resort as part of our evening activities at the 4th International Southeast Asian Bat Conference. We got rained out a bit in the evening so we were only able to net a few pteropodids in the woods near the hiking trails

We were at Mambukal Resort as part of our evening activities at the 4th International Southeast Asian Bat Conference. We got rained out a bit in the evening so we were only able to net a few pteropodids in the woods near the hiking trails

I was in Chicago visiting the Field Museum to measure some bat skulls. Saw this in the morning walking around the park near the museum. Pretty sure it's a monarch but if it ends up being a viceroy, lemme know haha

Sorry for the long absence! I was off doing some wildlife trafficking stuff, and it's best if I didn't do any social media.

In any case, I spent some of May in the Philippines meeting up with other folks from the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit working on the issue of hunting of flying foxes in the region. Myself and my Indonesian student Sheherazade were the reps for Indonesia (me filling in for MZB-LIPI's seat). In our down time, we went to take a hike to see the flying fox colonies on the road side in Subic Freeport Zone.

There's a colony of Pteropus vampyrus here, and across the road, there were Acerodon (tagged in a different observation). They roost quite differently--the dense packing pattern is only seen in Pteropus vampyrus, whereas the Acerodon tend to be in a less compact group in the trees.

Sorry for the long absence! I was off doing some wildlife trafficking stuff, and it's best if I didn't do any social media.

In any case, I spent some of May in the Philippines meeting up with other folks from the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit working on the issue of hunting of flying foxes in the region. Myself and my Indonesian student Sheherazade were the reps for Indonesia (me filling in for MZB-LIPI's seat). In our down time, we went to take a hike to see the flying fox colonies on the road side in Subic Freeport Zone.

There's a colony of Acerodon jubatus, and across the road, there were Pteropus (tagged in a different observation). They roost quite differently--the dense packing pattern is only seen in Pteropus vampyrus, whereas the Acerodon tend to be in a less compact group in the trees. We had a telescope where we could see the crown features of the Acerodon better, but I couldn't really take a photo from that view.

A juvenile in the brush by the beach on Manukan Island, hanging out near the base camp we made during training. You can see the yellow spots up close though maybe not as easily in the photo. There were a lot of monitors around Manukan, though this was the only juvenile I saw.

We were in a marine protected area north of Riung, Flores studying flying foxes...and found a Komodo dragon on the same beaches instead. The ranger belatedly told us there were also 9 Komodos on this island, so we just hung out in the boat far from shore until it left. It liked to sun on the only beach we could pull the boat up to, so we just had to wait.