Last Day at Cano Palma- Day 27

Our last day at Cano Palma started our bird banding. The rain delayed us until 6am and then we were able to band until around noon without breaks.

White-collared Manakin

White-collared Manakin

Red-crowned Manakin

Black River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea)

Wood thrush
Swainsons thrush
Olive-backed Euphonia
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Ibis

Also while mist netting we found a Black River Turtle and a Green Tree Anole (Norops bipocatus). A large male green basilisk was sitting on the dock as we released the turtle. 

Green Tree Anole (Norops bipocatus)

Our last night reptile and amphibian survey of the plots was fairly standard. We tried the futile efforts to keep dry as long as possible and eventually the water crept up above our knees.

E. bransfordi
E. fitzingerii
L. malanotus
D. pumillo
Norops bipocatus
N. lumifrans
Stream Anole

And as if the world was mourning our leaving the jungle shook and the clouds cried as we left the jungle. In less dramatic terms the thunderstorm came in as we walked home and continued for most of the night.

Cano Palma- Day 21

View from bunkhouse during flooding

It continues to rain! The water rose another 10mm yesterday and 4mm overnight. There is water spilling into the kitchen and when boats go past the waves flood in. We do still have power so far today. Mammal transect this morning was canceled due to the fact we wouldn't be able to see any tracks in over a foot of water. 

The herp walk at night we found two Green basilisk and a few Common Rain Frogs but it was very flooded "Balls deep and not in the good way" quickly turned into nipple deep. We decided to walk the boardwalk trail in hoped of seeing another caecilian. Wading through the water to get there there was a 4ft long Caiman on the trail! The boardwalk trail was still above water but the strawberry dart frogs, litter frogs and rain frogs were all becoming increasingly arboreal. We saw everything climbing on large buttress roots.

Herpetofaunal survey

Tink Frog sp.