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Great Egret Ardea albaObserver
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On a visit across from the bat houses
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Green Iguana Iguana iguanaObserver
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A very long green iguana strolling along the marina in Puerto Vallarta.
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Western Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura pectinataObserver
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There are so many fat iguanas around the marina in Puerto Vallarta. This one was a large blackish male sunning himself by the water.
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Green Heron Butorides virescensObserver
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Cond Puesta del Sol Loc 17, Marina Vallarta, 48350 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico (Google, OSM)Description
Right next to the crocodile...
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Goniopsis pulchraObserver
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Cond Puesta del Sol Loc 17, Marina Vallarta, 48350 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico (Google, OSM)Description
Right next to the crocodile...
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American Crocodile Crocodylus acutusObserver
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Just a crocodile tucked into the side of the shore. Guess those signs weren't kidding...
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Black-capped Fruit Bat Chironax melanocephalusObserver
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It started raining really hard and we had to rush to check the nets and close them. A little bit soaked, but no worse for the wear.
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Millipedes Class DiplopodaObserver
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While night time herping, found some millipedes too!
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Butterflies and Moths Order LepidopteraObserver
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Near Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp site
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Smooth-eyed Bushbrown Orsotriaena medusObserver
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Near Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp site
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Grasshoppers, Locusts, and Allies Suborder CaeliferaObserver
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Near the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp site
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Black Flying-Fox Pteropus alectoObserver
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A mixed colony of Pteropus alecto and Acerodon celebensis are on this mangrove island, but I could only get a shot of the Pteropus because the mangrove trees make it hard to photograph the lower roosting Acerodon.
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Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat Macroglossus minimusObserver
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Caught near the village in a disturbed forest
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Sumatran Torrent Frog Huia sumatranaObserver
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Went frogging during a rainy night around the small creek near the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp grounds.
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Grasshopper on the rope bridge near the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp grounds.
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Saw this flower by camp grounds near the entrance area of Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.
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Jalan Raya Lintas Barat Sumatera Tanjung Setia Kecamatan Pesisir Selatan Pesisir Barat Lampung 34875 (Google, OSM)Description
A small crab found while tidepooling. It has such a beautiful spotted pattern
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Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatusObserver
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Fungus found on some fallen trees in a camp ground near Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
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California Sea Lion Zalophus californianusObserver
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Tons of sea lions on the rocks near the docks as we were leaving the bay
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Long-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus capensisObserver
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We saw a huge group of common dolphins coming up to us by the boat. There were a couple of species around but I couldn't get a good photo of the others. At least in this one you can see the coloration on some of the ones on the right.
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Philippine Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis ssp. philippensisObserver
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A little grainy since it was down the road from us and I only had my phone camera. Eating some fruit from a nearby tree.
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Noni Morinda citrifoliaObserver
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I see this plant in the Philippines and in Indonesia, but have no idea what the scientific name is...
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Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat Macroglossus minimusObserver
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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
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Peters’s Fruit Bat Cynopterus luzoniensisObserver
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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
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Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciataObserver
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By a drainage in Bogor Botanical Garden.
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Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanusObserver
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Compared to a few years ago there are a lot more cottontails around here now.
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Monarch Danaus plexippusObserver
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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
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Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrusObserver
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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.
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Golden-capped Fruit Bat Acerodon jubatusObserver
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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.
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American Robin Turdus migratoriusObserver
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It's kind of spring here in DC? Hard to tell with the fact that we were supposed to get snow again this weekend. Can't really go birding for very long right now in this cold.
