Cochranella granulosa
RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser always wanted to photograph a glass frog like this, and on the recent trip to Panama he decided to give it a shot with this beautiful Cochranella granulosa. Can you see why they’re called glass frogs?
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RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser was extremely excited to find out that RTPI President Twan Leenders and RTPI Research Associate Alex Shepack had located this Cochranella granulosa during their recent work in Panama. It was one of the glass-frogs that Sean had wanted to see most over the years. He says that they have this amazing sparkle look and intricate details that give them so much character – something he captured very well here!
Read MoreTurkey Tapping
Anybody there? This Wild Turkey was photographed several years ago by RTPI President Twan Leenders while it was looking to apply for an office job. At this time of year the turkeys might want to hide instead of coming right on in…
Read MoreEastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) by Scott Kruitbosch
I found this forgotten photo in my archives from several years ago of what appears to be the outline of an Eastern Screech-Owl that crashed into our glass door, despite the main door being closed right behind it, on a July night. This was all that was left and it presumably flew off, hopefully OK. The wing position makes it look like the owl saw that it was about to fly into an object and slowed down before impact, thankfully. Hundreds of millions or perhaps billions of birds die as glass strikes every year in the U.S. It doesn’t have to be a window and it can still happen despite...
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