A Short-snout Weevil (Compsus sp.)
This Short-snout Weevil (Compsus sp.) was photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser while in Panama at the Cocobolo Nature Reserve for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project on assignment for us at Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. What a striking little creature…it almost looks like it has neon camouflage.
Read MoreEyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Start your week off by sharing this snake, an Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii), Sean photographed during the last Costa Rica survey in March. Our yards are now green but most don’t include these guys…
Read MoreWhite-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis) by Twan Leenders.
Somehow the facial expression of a White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis) seems to perfectly capture that Monday morning feeling! This female puffbird was netted during a recent joint research project by the Marvelwood School and RTPI in Cocobolo Nature Reserve in Panama. Shot for the Meet Your Neighbours Global Biodiversity Project.
Read MoreBanding in Cocobolo Nature Reserve
The first pulse of this year’s MoSI, Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal (Monitoring of Winter Survivorship), station banding at the Cocobolo Nature Reserve in Panama is complete. Thus far the banding was slower than usual, mostly due to the fact that during all three days of banding we had rain off and on. Nonetheless we still managed to get some interesting species including this Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus). Some of our other banding highlights included three Acadian Flycatchers (Empidonax virescens), a Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota), a Snowy-bellied Hummingbird...
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