Nesting on a ferry going daily for 33 km up and down the Drin Valley (2:30 hours one-way).
The swallows are breeding in the vehicle area on the lower deck, which is open on both sides.
Apparently, the parents are shuttling back and forth with the ferry, and feeding their chicks during the trip.
See also
www.inaturalist.org/observations/14568369
www.inaturalist.org/observations/14568372
Inmovilizado por semillas pegajosas de Pisonia aculeata (atrapapájaros)
Provavelmente se trata da espécie referida
Gesneria brachysepala was for the first time collected by Erik L. Ekman at the 4th of October 1928 and had not been seen ever since. The species was known from a single locality in South Western Haiti. G. brachysepala has been searched for, by two Gesneriad experts: The Laurence E. Skog expedition in 1970 and the expedition of John L. Clark in 2015. They did however not find it, and Laurence E. Skog considered it extinct. The species was rediscovered in July 3, 2019 in a ravine about 1 km east of the type locality.
Reith, M (2020). Rediscovery of Gesneria brachysepala Urb. & Ekman. Gesneriads, the Journal for Gesneriad Growers. Vol.70 Nr.1
Próximo ao rio Jurupari, Feijó, AC, Brasil.
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Listed as EXTINCT, last seen 1804
Amazing mimic of the Golden Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sericeiventris): https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/141749-Camponotus-sericeiventris
Clamped on a stick sleeping
What impressed me was that the pattern on the wings was different on the two sides
Originally found on a petiole of Cecropia pachystachya sapling, but removed to photograph before it hopped away. I found it again the next day, where it had over-nighted on the plant in the last photo, here's the obs: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36539362
Came buzzing in while I was washing in the stream and landed in the water. Appeared unconcerned about this, simply walking along the stone bottom of the stream until it exited the water.
Shell had been glued to a dead leaf that fell in the camp
Estimated at two metres long. Immobile in vegetation at (human) head height. I was focused on looking for birds' nests and only noticed the snake when I was less than two metres from it! It vibrated the tip of its tail gently, either as a warning or as a way to express tension. I initially thought it had just swallowed some prey, but when I moved away it deflated its throat, and when I moved closer again it inflated it again - so it was a defensive/threat posture.
Growing rogue in and near the gardens.
Found by a local, so precise location it was taken from the wild is unknown. Accuracy circle set to 5 km to reflect this.
About 70 km offshore. Flew by (did not land) on ship.
being eaten by Parasitic Jaeger
This beetle has a unique adaptation: the terminal segments of the antennae have evolved a scorpion-like sting!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00114-007-0316-1
Experts - What is going on here? This male American Kestrel sure did seem to have the hots for this female Merlin. He kept trying to get close to her and even brought her a few treats (insects?) from the grass beneath the fence. She accepted the treats but didn't seem thrilled with the attention. However, when he flew off, she followed him...
Observation duplicated on eBird: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46197874
Northwestern, I guess, but is colour pattern a reliable indicator of species?