I caught this turtle eating.
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Slightly smaller than an adult T. rex
This is one of the crocodiles in the wetland at the Catalina Sector of the park. It swam within 10 m of me to investigate the spashing noises I was making while pulling water hyacinth from the water, and it was kind of terrifying. It was the first time I saw this crocodile, I was alone, it approach me and it’s big. I haven’t seen it out of the water yet, but I’d conservatively estimate its length around 3 m, if not 13 m. 
Cows as big as mountains
Sap sucker
Look at the length of the proboscis on this guy!
Juveniles are hard too
If getting into birding weren’t hard enough with the diversity in Costa Rica, in just about every species, the juvenile (and usually female) is very different and potentially not differentiatable from other species. For example, these are pictures of a juvenile White Ibis. It’s hardly even white! Luckily, this is a relatively easy ID, given that there are only a couple of ibis in Costa Rica.
Old birding tower
Unfortunately, this birding tower in the center of the lagoon is worn down and not safe to observe from. The staff at Palo Verde have, however, begun to finish the dock extending into the wetland.
A real birder catches them
I think part of the reason I am into herps more than birds is because they are easier to catch; I like, no, need to catch things.
Boa (again) found a Jacana the other night and we caught it with a cast net. They have a bizarre spike on the anterior margin of their wings, just about where the thumb would be in a bat. Does anyone know what it’s for?
There were glowsticks for some reason
The folks from Alpena Community College that enjoyed both the sunset and sunrise with me: Rob, Nic, Macie, and Jamie. (I certianly didn’t spell those correctly, but hopefully I got the right names…)
Both the Sunrise and the Sunset
In my second attempt at doing some time lapse photography, I captured both the sunset and the following sunrise.
Boa finds a Boa
A few days ago, Boa (named so for several non-mutually exclusive reasons: (1) he loves boas, (2) he has a boa tattoo on his back and (3) he’s crazy…) found a Boa constrictor. He also found a Paint Wood Turtle, both at the amphibian drift fences that he checks twice daily. He immediately ran back to the station to share the excitement, once again. It was my first sighting of a wild Boa and now it’s actually being housed in our shared bedroom; Boa determined that the snake was sick, and is attempting to nurse it back to health.
This morning, we fed it a Mexican Mouse Opossum, but there were too many people watching and Eva (the snake’s name) release the marsupial and hasn’t ingested it.
I’m posting several pictures with Boa because he’s been advertising Montegraphia.com to tourists, groups and friends.
