tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61725174088510728132023-11-15T21:34:43.938-06:00Canopy Amphibian ProjectProyecto de Anfibios del DoselShawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-43749084464137708552013-08-26T14:14:00.001-05:002013-08-26T14:14:09.921-05:00Yasuni ITT Plan is canceled<span class="userContent">As this chapter closes, another must begin. In
this new chapter, it is my hope that the oil companies will treat this
region like an off shore oil platform in terms of safety for the inhabitants, workers and their environment. My greatest hope is that no new roads are constructed, keeping development and colonization to a minimum.<br /> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec13/ecuador_08-16.html" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec13/ecuador_08-16.html</a></span>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-768601672037526932013-01-31T14:18:00.000-06:002013-08-26T14:20:05.780-05:00Rain Forest For Salehttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/125-yasuni-national-park/wallace-textShawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-76099143681529239212012-11-23T18:43:00.000-06:002013-08-26T18:44:02.901-05:00Project to Leave Oil in Ground Under Yasuní Park Reaches $300mhttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/23/yasuni-oil-ground-projectShawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-34783744225616139972012-01-02T18:53:00.000-06:002013-08-26T18:54:09.780-05:00Ecuador Makes $116 Million to Not Drill for Oil in Amazonhttp://news.mongabay.com/2012/0102-hance_yasuni_donations.htmlShawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-590135400722279802010-09-20T14:23:00.000-05:002013-08-26T14:27:15.419-05:00Back to finish data collectionHello to everyone from Ecuador. I have just returned from finishing Aechmea zebrina bromeliad survey work along the road from Tena to La Comuna de Los Rios in Napo province. This road follows the east side of the Napo River and was built about 20 years ago. In that time the area has seen a lot more colonization and development although it is still somewhat remote. It is interesting to note that two protected forest areas bisected by this road are where I found the greatest number of trees with bromeliads. Leaving for the Tiputini Biodiversity Station tomorrow to finish things up there and install the new weather station that TADPOLE was able to purchase with donations from people like you! Many years ago there was a weather station at TBS that provide invaluable data for many researchers and it has been missed greatly. This station will help restore long-term weather data collection at one of the most (if not the most) biologically diverse spots on the planet. I will provide more details in the next few days.<br />
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Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-37153040079430774332010-01-31T23:22:00.001-06:002010-01-31T23:27:40.064-06:00Scientists Identify Ecuador's Yasuni National Park as One of Most Biodiverse Places on EarthResearchers with the TADPOLE Organization contributed to a new study published this week in the journal PLoS ONE. The study finds that Yasuni National Park in Ecuador is home to the most diverse array of plants and animals in South America and possibly the planet.<br /><br />- "The 150 amphibian species documented to date throughout Yasuni; is a world record for an area of this size," said Shawn McCracken of TADPOLE and Texas State University. "There are more species of frogs and toads within Yasuni; than are native to the United States and Canada combined."<br /><br />Please take a look at the article or some of the press:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0008767">PLoS ONE Article</a><br /><br /><a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/a-durable-yet-vulnerable-eden-in-amazonia/">New York Times</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0119-hance_yasunibio.html">Mongabay News</a>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-82687010939412251972009-10-20T18:46:00.000-05:002013-08-26T18:52:30.563-05:00Ecuador Yasuni ITT Trust Fundhttp://mptf.undp.org/yasuniShawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-91197947427203208422009-08-07T18:50:00.000-05:002013-08-26T18:51:41.900-05:00Paying to Keep Oil in the Groundhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/aug/07/ecuador-carbon-emissionsShawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-91817713319853363472008-12-13T17:45:00.015-06:002008-12-20T09:18:32.750-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnKAEUnKEfzOBPphqWblTDkUQnSuZ4wqAJQJJ6BVCExyy8rQraA2pdfCdJBopj_bZvEJQNQQtb1G51EtFMkmjZr1x9mxm6mMokHG4f87-SJUZ2e9FFptOsBoYOwcYbFRduYpuEacXchLM/s1600-h/0061921_IMGP6514.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnKAEUnKEfzOBPphqWblTDkUQnSuZ4wqAJQJJ6BVCExyy8rQraA2pdfCdJBopj_bZvEJQNQQtb1G51EtFMkmjZr1x9mxm6mMokHG4f87-SJUZ2e9FFptOsBoYOwcYbFRduYpuEacXchLM/s400/0061921_IMGP6514.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279449984094186482" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">The Tigres that work at TBS.</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Posted by Be</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >jat<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4exAj6XDOvPcL8-GEdGiCa-sfrJPwWhfQ9WE5auDZn37i7NUkJevb5xLpTd2FhAufEwSRD0of_sG7jvKhCG8DwVhjEFFRRYbdXP74VwCKQhPkdIgsR75qt_FBntPXUcxaVLTmqMM7SEm/s1600-h/0061523_DSC00037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4exAj6XDOvPcL8-GEdGiCa-sfrJPwWhfQ9WE5auDZn37i7NUkJevb5xLpTd2FhAufEwSRD0of_sG7jvKhCG8DwVhjEFFRRYbdXP74VwCKQhPkdIgsR75qt_FBntPXUcxaVLTmqMM7SEm/s320/0061523_DSC00037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281150132649241026" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Only a</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> few days left in Ecuador. Sha</span><span style="font-family:arial;">wn and I </span><span style="font-family:arial;">leave TBS on Monday, the 15th, and it is a</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> p</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ainful thought, yet we are happy to go h</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ome and see our friends and family in time for th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e holidays. This</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEl3ktgMUOcAs0mqWZAUOdIG-6m7rH6YmIBBxdwEdm0L4V0SURUeV3Ix8MgJtoR21pV3NnuFzW79hVwnnSURe5e9J06wBhpojr2tj5Fkqv0XR0fzS0_f1Hkhxi8a4TvgGIo3p3bNpqv6X/s1600-h/0062218_IMGP6809.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEl3ktgMUOcAs0mqWZAUOdIG-6m7rH6YmIBBxdwEdm0L4V0SURUeV3Ix8MgJtoR21pV3NnuFzW79hVwnnSURe5e9J06wBhpojr2tj5Fkqv0XR0fzS0_f1Hkhxi8a4TvgGIo3p3bNpqv6X/s320/0062218_IMGP6809.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281149236633742882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> field season has been full of challenges. We have learned more about ourselves, each other and the forest as the direct result of isolation, determination and passionate learning. Wi</span><span style="font-family:arial;">thout a TV, radio, phone or car alarm blaring at all hours of the day, our minds have been at peace allowing us to dream, think and develop ideas that are unique and without barriers.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This year has been arduous at time</span><span style="font-family:arial;">s, yet we have persevered, and thanks to all of Shawn's fine field assistants, this year</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_Qf5h116sFPy2sko2M6x5POHnmYJ3IkiiecHfOdD1HyRJLCIj0A7m5xoY-QDe0Voz3EXIoHc7sJn08e4ICLocrXTWkGVQWkVzvgcvEoQx9tFglM0jQtyYxKacMbi-v2peooaq-zgVvAO/s1600-h/0062023_IMGP6575.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_Qf5h116sFPy2sko2M6x5POHnmYJ3IkiiecHfOdD1HyRJLCIj0A7m5xoY-QDe0Voz3EXIoHc7sJn08e4ICLocrXTWkGVQWkVzvgcvEoQx9tFglM0jQtyYxKacMbi-v2peooaq-zgVvAO/s320/0062023_IMGP6575.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281152809716815026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> has been a success.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Kenny (as seen climbing in the photo to the left) a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nd Colin (as in the photo to the right with a giant walking stick) left TBS in the beg</span><span style="font-family:arial;">inning of December. They took with them a life changing experience that will shape their future. While Shawn and I were in Qu</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ito, they </span><span style="font-family:arial;">worked like a well oiled machine, running the project </span><span style="font-family:arial;">as a team. They finished their work in the plot and mapped several trails with GPS coordinates every 50 meters. Kenny and Colin are goal oriented and driven and plan to continue their education upon return to the States.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn has been</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> working on</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> his species lists for his permits. He has two forms to compile, one for Ecuador and</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the other</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AD3b316T3yYIMMl48oK8ZLQbS6R3S_0CSXM5zEOs8jqxcxTq6_c5NguM3B5UFo2byvlZc1oYTYqanWX-L-dKEo1iERoK5mf2h63-ugb0KUOs5ivnQ7DOuUq29n4SPPmoz5JO0AVmx3fD/s1600-h/0061910_IMGP6503.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AD3b316T3yYIMMl48oK8ZLQbS6R3S_0CSXM5zEOs8jqxcxTq6_c5NguM3B5UFo2byvlZc1oYTYqanWX-L-dKEo1iERoK5mf2h63-ugb0KUOs5ivnQ7DOuUq29n4SPPmoz5JO0AVmx3fD/s320/0061910_IMGP6503.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281153713289147810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> for the States. Unfortunately, they do not use the same form and he </span><span style="font-family:arial;">h</span><span style="font-family:arial;">as somewhere arou</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nd 2,ooo samples (this in</span><span style="font-family:arial;">cludes all th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e ins</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ects). These are all in separate containers, full of ETOH for preservation. Some specimens, like the tarantulas, have been pinned and dried by Kenny (as seen in the photo to the right). It should be interesting going through customs. Needless to say we are leaving as much</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> as we possibly can here in stora</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ge. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUX9ZOxlA8nIPuyvUiplxpTyEBSiyTUpYR7Xob3qEEg3SAexrdlRhXE_MG0Pp8FacVLQ6cos3gh1J91yxM83JeimGsi-Tq-PhjCczTFtL2baKu_riKPMCV-BiGCJxcEMs_EpMCoPpDUmQ/s1600-h/0061923_IMGP6516.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUX9ZOxlA8nIPuyvUiplxpTyEBSiyTUpYR7Xob3qEEg3SAexrdlRhXE_MG0Pp8FacVLQ6cos3gh1J91yxM83JeimGsi-Tq-PhjCczTFtL2baKu_riKPMCV-BiGCJxcEMs_EpMCoPpDUmQ/s320/0061923_IMGP6516.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281154459593042498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">We have been incredibly fortunate over the years and have met marvelous people, like Dr. Kelly Swing and Jaime Guerra. Kelly is pictured to the left and he is a professor at Boston University and USFQ, the director or TBS and board member of TADPOLE. Next to him is Jaime Guerra, the previous manager of TBS for 7 years, who now works with Kelly teaching his Ecology class that travels around Ecuador to the Galapogos, Cloud Forest and TBS. Jaime's specialty is bats. He has allowed me to assist this year with netting for bats at the clay licks along the Rio Tiputini.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_76K9oAFJbAWBs7nOAwbErp7pAsCHseHX-nz283YDJbaOZw54h2VO6fY8XuEncAABx5SIn9lALDZetMvmpGi1GTqo23Dryk-6zQl1H2Qy6Xgb3FGzJerkYMhm2GBRzb92DcvV67DCIkV/s1600-h/0064387_DSC00134.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_76K9oAFJbAWBs7nOAwbErp7pAsCHseHX-nz283YDJbaOZw54h2VO6fY8XuEncAABx5SIn9lALDZetMvmpGi1GTqo23Dryk-6zQl1H2Qy6Xgb3FGzJerkYMhm2GBRzb92DcvV67DCIkV/s320/0064387_DSC00134.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281891727965121490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Such an enormous project, yielding data untold, is providing us with more information to protect this fragile environment. Most certainly there are new species to describe and scientific papers to write, which will further the efforts of TADPOLE. I have taken s</span><span style="font-family:arial;">omewhere around 3</span><span style="font-family:arial;">5,000 photos, those which I have saved. I plan to have exhibitions, enter </span><span style="font-family:arial;">contes</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ts and place them on photo stock websites.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Returning to the States Shawn will begin to unfold the truth and reveal the secrets of these magnificent mini-ecosystems of <span style="font-style: italic;">Aechmea zebrina</span> bromeliads, that Shawn has coined "wetlands in the sky".</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span class="huge" style="font-family:webdings;">"Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life,<br />its strength;<br />and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.</span><span style="font-family:webdings;">"</span><br /><span class="bodybold" style="font-family:webdings;"> -<span style="font-style: italic;"> Joseph Conrad</span></span><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="760"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" class="bigbold" align="left" valign="top" width="760"><br /></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="300"><br /></td><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="460"><span class="bodybold"></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-25313294825000945232008-11-27T06:32:00.014-06:002008-12-20T09:35:47.047-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPqjVkniEbduTpt1dhDJd1faV-FKmX_SJyzmInLZpFk1ugqZXLvxf6zc_XwtggKnAI1ccqtiNgD3J23kaY9UeZd0KLflSGWGswAZFXYDdneqP0_NgLQXWUzSOG4B1ez_tNZV6YmRzM78C/s1600-h/0063419_IMGP8031-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPqjVkniEbduTpt1dhDJd1faV-FKmX_SJyzmInLZpFk1ugqZXLvxf6zc_XwtggKnAI1ccqtiNgD3J23kaY9UeZd0KLflSGWGswAZFXYDdneqP0_NgLQXWUzSOG4B1ez_tNZV6YmRzM78C/s400/0063419_IMGP8031-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281884993750504130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The Mapadores at the Catolica Station.</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Posted by Bejat</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFaXP0Dk-HNC7HLe-q_H1MLZhvhNLnN0Vy8xrGhQCjRYBF-HV6iVB8sFbZONwaTSY7NM5z0WiZTeZfyIGrMsbuukWZGRPUVe5bZY_9VBM3TvDsNTf8IBXyJVEFzM1IDL_4zChICX0-XQd/s1600-h/0062518_DSCN7693-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFaXP0Dk-HNC7HLe-q_H1MLZhvhNLnN0Vy8xrGhQCjRYBF-HV6iVB8sFbZONwaTSY7NM5z0WiZTeZfyIGrMsbuukWZGRPUVe5bZY_9VBM3TvDsNTf8IBXyJVEFzM1IDL_4zChICX0-XQd/s320/0062518_DSCN7693-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281886172011644322" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Over the past month</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">we have been at the Catolica Station. Shawn climbed his absolute final trees for the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">year, one of which was next to Repsol YPF, directly behind and above the security entrance (photo to left). It was a hush-h</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ush operation, so we went incognito into the forest and used our walkie talkies, minimizing </span><span style="font-family:arial;">movement and talk. Strangly enough, this tree yeilded the highest number of frogs, however they we</span><span style="font-family:arial;">re species that prefer areas of high disturbance like <span style="font-style: italic;">Ranitomeya duellmani</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Scinax ruber</span>.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />It was difficult leaving Omaka (photo to right). She gre</span><span style="font-family:arial;">eted me this tim</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e by rolling over and allowing me to pet her belly. She stepped on my foot this visit and I recommend not letting a Tapir s</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuBokHfls5aLfznthnzb8uHHfyoQq6j54V3VyUiahVD7g_ZXpdKsHAeS1z-K_sqLgIhKhgbQ1qtMnwvUMC7flKx5rgQPtoF691OXXXfxc6V8JbcXHgGzk2aTuG4lv4gFbGEABezyFD0HT/s1600-h/0062636_IMGP7185.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuBokHfls5aLfznthnzb8uHHfyoQq6j54V3VyUiahVD7g_ZXpdKsHAeS1z-K_sqLgIhKhgbQ1qtMnwvUMC7flKx5rgQPtoF691OXXXfxc6V8JbcXHgGzk2aTuG4lv4gFbGEABezyFD0HT/s320/0062636_IMGP7185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281886631351332082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">tep on your foot that weighs as much as a small truck. She is stout. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />There was a camera crew visiting the station filming a membracid movie called Mini Monsters, due to debut next year. Animal Planet will be featuring the flick. The crew consisted o</span><span style="font-family:arial;">f about 15 people and they were recording the songs and behavior of Membracids, which are more commonly known as tree-hoppers. Minuscule creatures that have the most brilliant colors and forms.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">We were only at Catolica for about a month and Shawn climbed 4 trees, mapped trails, documented bromeliad growth</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. We went out herping every possible night, yeilding new species to the ever growing hertofauna </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswwe3nxnnhzeCEnKttDFKmVKlgZZG5ak9TjDghkpqqtHq0QTVnsNaYJenOCV7xf-Cu6UMqjlwosr6LnMJyjO_aPntEWa3eaH5awrlA8CIvXjXr8tQuizwA-vrLLUgbVR3-hsxLz3AuNie/s1600-h/0063036_IMGP6206.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswwe3nxnnhzeCEnKttDFKmVKlgZZG5ak9TjDghkpqqtHq0QTVnsNaYJenOCV7xf-Cu6UMqjlwosr6LnMJyjO_aPntEWa3eaH5awrlA8CIvXjXr8tQuizwA-vrLLUgbVR3-hsxLz3AuNie/s320/0063036_IMGP6206.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281887384991664306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">list for Yasuni National Park.<br /><br />Alvaro identified all our trees, except for a few, in just one evening. He is brilliant. I also took DNA samples of the trees Shawn climbed for further genetic work.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">At some point in the future comparison genetic work will be done on the various species within this canopy environment to determine their relationship to one another.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn submitted his DIGG proposal after over a month of painstakingly</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBZJQXzzg9Gy_WXUv8jygvJCZoIDZK1KBhbWHXz80axCNdeFH5pwLkRi3vVcqeeU7u84_NkNoVRwY8XDtd7prlyaBGSSaysnBwxsllGRjv0KcCmDs71l8jRMRHnkRXMaMfTkHtukzYWRf/s1600-h/0063022_IMGP6192.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBZJQXzzg9Gy_WXUv8jygvJCZoIDZK1KBhbWHXz80axCNdeFH5pwLkRi3vVcqeeU7u84_NkNoVRwY8XDtd7prlyaBGSSaysnBwxsllGRjv0KcCmDs71l8jRMRHnkRXMaMfTkHtukzYWRf/s320/0063022_IMGP6192.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281888121507468738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> writing. He also took a flight over the Via Auca, provided by PetroEcuador, looking for <span style="font-style: italic;">Achmea zebrina</span> bromeliads. He did find a few patches in a few last remaining chunks of primary forest (photo to right). He </span><span style="font-family:arial;">believes he found approximately 15 trees. Most of the area consited of cleared forest as seen in the photo to the left. The plane flew low and they opened the door so he</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> could look directly down. The flight lasted about an hour and he said he is now hooked. He wants to fly an ultra-light plane. Until that time comes, I think he will be purchasing a remote control helicopter with a camera mounted to the base so that we may find the trees containing <span style="font-style: italic;">Achmea zebrina</span>.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Shawn and </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I left for Quito at the</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBK_r-UAoAPekrVhsFa9DP2KQTlmRBaUFZFOibhFL-dznCVFWVzgCtk6G4UdsvuwjBUKRpRU9CJL50LF2kk1MJhzsOhX6hNyFElHPGHSYyV8-5RJueONCCJymhgfIqOjDn9lHIEPnDH0R9/s1600-h/0063211_IMGP7800-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBK_r-UAoAPekrVhsFa9DP2KQTlmRBaUFZFOibhFL-dznCVFWVzgCtk6G4UdsvuwjBUKRpRU9CJL50LF2kk1MJhzsOhX6hNyFElHPGHSYyV8-5RJueONCCJymhgfIqOjDn9lHIEPnDH0R9/s320/0063211_IMGP7800-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281892479876474674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> end of the month for Shawn's presentation at the Universidad de San Fransisco de Quito. He had about 100 students for his presentation and everyone was impressed. His slide presentation is fanta</span><span style="font-family:arial;">stic, describing his work and the history of Yasuni in relation to oil and colonization.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />As we say goodbye to all our friends at Catolica, this field season rapidly approaches the end, like our good friend Rosa (seen in the photo to left with Bejat), who owns the Wao tienda in Timpoca on the Rio TIputini. Walking away is always hard and looking back can be even harder, but knowing you will be returning makes it bearable. So you say your goodbyes, give the kisses and hugs, and wave until your arm feels as if it may fall </span><span style="font-family:arial;">off.</span><br /></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-36064931191082847022008-11-10T07:01:00.007-06:002008-11-27T06:27:28.346-06:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Posted by Bejat</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Photographic documentation of our previous month at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS):</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Click photo for larger image</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfO3C9i7QqiqX524JPiyvGQ7__U_liPs_kb3hrMiMneYveGFUgFXFTm_HnSx_-1Zj3LzIBijA3nhDb3Ms2koAI12n9BYqcQ5w6iCyCxIujrPDAtp9kdMDnHLA2CQAC8k_rfCyd0yhgrkX/s1600-h/0056244_IMGP9770-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfO3C9i7QqiqX524JPiyvGQ7__U_liPs_kb3hrMiMneYveGFUgFXFTm_HnSx_-1Zj3LzIBijA3nhDb3Ms2koAI12n9BYqcQ5w6iCyCxIujrPDAtp9kdMDnHLA2CQAC8k_rfCyd0yhgrkX/s400/0056244_IMGP9770-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273008009416733906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Sunset from Tower I</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzRqSZwzzy0DC4O7uojPPq8ySsdHWVPf3UP2uqoQCE_kXNZZ3IvxbiXYLN5by-zwRZYKPQGfKxXzc5OyDPoXYcz2-8n6VtWXn6n12AnDvZ-q7fY3ApKNxQMLPNa5cTYDSOeYJD5bykv71/s1600-h/0059083_IMGP3282.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzRqSZwzzy0DC4O7uojPPq8ySsdHWVPf3UP2uqoQCE_kXNZZ3IvxbiXYLN5by-zwRZYKPQGfKxXzc5OyDPoXYcz2-8n6VtWXn6n12AnDvZ-q7fY3ApKNxQMLPNa5cTYDSOeYJD5bykv71/s400/0059083_IMGP3282.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273008005269307346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn after final tree climb at TBS</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRt1Ryv9GzTAlt5zDZ5273t9IVAVlCIYBCNtWgLcQkNeZ4GWknSVOSVZyqKd5kCqQI1uourmBtBXxNvY0Jxa0Tue9PBFzqufiQecv5YL2sOe4lq5qb69h6uKwXrvvYVbhiX-gLULSy1e3/s1600-h/0059020_IMGP3189-Edit-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRt1Ryv9GzTAlt5zDZ5273t9IVAVlCIYBCNtWgLcQkNeZ4GWknSVOSVZyqKd5kCqQI1uourmBtBXxNvY0Jxa0Tue9PBFzqufiQecv5YL2sOe4lq5qb69h6uKwXrvvYVbhiX-gLULSy1e3/s400/0059020_IMGP3189-Edit-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273008000047909042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn working 40 meters high </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Parkea multijuga</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> tree</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJa22Mx6QqTBhIbkl_NTZ3xYCf_5EYiYVFuf4SKDwwanVPVufEIBMqEahFWcqO-ItPqTQ_23dIHejDo1FWJ1aeQLDlC8t7B_s7Y3Aj4RyLJHygAW4z3LwmbZNYI7XluWyxTV4gJWEUp0bX/s1600-h/0059013_IMGP3172.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJa22Mx6QqTBhIbkl_NTZ3xYCf_5EYiYVFuf4SKDwwanVPVufEIBMqEahFWcqO-ItPqTQ_23dIHejDo1FWJ1aeQLDlC8t7B_s7Y3Aj4RyLJHygAW4z3LwmbZNYI7XluWyxTV4gJWEUp0bX/s400/0059013_IMGP3172.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273007991277655170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn ascending </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Parkea multijuga</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTT8WdHK4lZMRFxP9twvzC1AubmcZVD4Z_Ew4CTOkb-gNQ7pMZ5cMUSq7hHOVuWMyzVPzeTlrEDGzF5L9EoW_ZUEJ4Kz_90xRwkgsH2uPoQVeOkIDUWtJdIbFgHd9-FKhxLceKk7l9uky/s1600-h/0058757_IMGP2906.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTT8WdHK4lZMRFxP9twvzC1AubmcZVD4Z_Ew4CTOkb-gNQ7pMZ5cMUSq7hHOVuWMyzVPzeTlrEDGzF5L9EoW_ZUEJ4Kz_90xRwkgsH2uPoQVeOkIDUWtJdIbFgHd9-FKhxLceKk7l9uky/s400/0058757_IMGP2906.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273007988492708194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Alfredo, Shawn, Kenny and Bejat</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGEvav_uN2Lq2Vx2c_dIQkBBwqe0ZX8iPiQ-0-Spz_RBjsfUXMAnApzrojxRgjyg0BHcFUTeasOPLFYgAqr6JkGiDVTOxg_NeY-rOirLOXOTgiCR_uu2zYxfc9m7gKofZY4S5tSzpBx4_/s1600-h/0061219_IMGP5811.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGEvav_uN2Lq2Vx2c_dIQkBBwqe0ZX8iPiQ-0-Spz_RBjsfUXMAnApzrojxRgjyg0BHcFUTeasOPLFYgAqr6JkGiDVTOxg_NeY-rOirLOXOTgiCR_uu2zYxfc9m7gKofZY4S5tSzpBx4_/s400/0061219_IMGP5811.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272601053497900002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Vampyrodes caraccioli</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWCIUKvn9MYtQs3On6ovJOYePimE_AjOuUFSZUnGgLRq5Eazbb2fuAyihANbay6F9BH3eU7wq34BxVswl7RpSqJdNv-R3O58K3_bRpVLsGvJACWYR27FK0IRJIrKCIodgOXJNwIPc6h7G/s1600-h/0061217_IMGP5809.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWCIUKvn9MYtQs3On6ovJOYePimE_AjOuUFSZUnGgLRq5Eazbb2fuAyihANbay6F9BH3eU7wq34BxVswl7RpSqJdNv-R3O58K3_bRpVLsGvJACWYR27FK0IRJIrKCIodgOXJNwIPc6h7G/s400/0061217_IMGP5809.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272600035105731538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Vampyrodes caraccioli</span> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGBU0S-8UGWiZxg5KTtTWApoF1HxwqDuZUO3GLhTOEb_V66D3eYDInWAM6eGG9djtDWXm8vPGK_4Hur0K-_ClDJ_2sbLL1OkEVrutP19sOL5WYdo5RE3KYxopRPaPAuVsKGhn0WIRYrY3/s1600-h/0061207_IMGP5799.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGBU0S-8UGWiZxg5KTtTWApoF1HxwqDuZUO3GLhTOEb_V66D3eYDInWAM6eGG9djtDWXm8vPGK_4Hur0K-_ClDJ_2sbLL1OkEVrutP19sOL5WYdo5RE3KYxopRPaPAuVsKGhn0WIRYrY3/s400/0061207_IMGP5799.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272600024196574290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Vampyrodes caraccioli</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_ItEpY_pLDzTAnfhKy1A82e-NX7pDyzf22Z35GTf1SgxEanJvhdRsg8SHsNE1bKLbOw2C6qC4JV0Xwo6a0vXbGPk4OniaxMAt_bPlmMrXsldDts1Yu6qwR_p3Lh3Z3Arkth5qcbA-W7R/s1600-h/0061177_IMGP5769.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_ItEpY_pLDzTAnfhKy1A82e-NX7pDyzf22Z35GTf1SgxEanJvhdRsg8SHsNE1bKLbOw2C6qC4JV0Xwo6a0vXbGPk4OniaxMAt_bPlmMrXsldDts1Yu6qwR_p3Lh3Z3Arkth5qcbA-W7R/s400/0061177_IMGP5769.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272600022510611586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Unidentified bat</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgud6T1jVFq0Q6oN0Bda-49pBBlrU_pWN3H1IR6kEfyMgHj-DZhG2etY3u34brXUOGg5i7SMHQgtrZfPMbx0iKAqObhMa7jx2MW-Lp4EzQ2Del2sJx-_-eejm_zh2OFzB7QgehdCRcwez4L/s1600-h/0061120_IMGP5708-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgud6T1jVFq0Q6oN0Bda-49pBBlrU_pWN3H1IR6kEfyMgHj-DZhG2etY3u34brXUOGg5i7SMHQgtrZfPMbx0iKAqObhMa7jx2MW-Lp4EzQ2Del2sJx-_-eejm_zh2OFzB7QgehdCRcwez4L/s400/0061120_IMGP5708-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272599039867583314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Saccopterys bileneata </span>with juvenile<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>on Ficus tree</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQ5YwutB6nniezgRJMKR0JS-Y8pm05OET5sxY0p35MA0pmwmM8-M6ShjIzNbk5CR1Uj2hwoiYi3ZsBPAFV4SROVD_w2AohsxT6pSwYh-HP3XcKtFhWCNDrf3NZ-4LQPskefduOQRSsod9/s1600-h/0061088_IMGP5676.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQ5YwutB6nniezgRJMKR0JS-Y8pm05OET5sxY0p35MA0pmwmM8-M6ShjIzNbk5CR1Uj2hwoiYi3ZsBPAFV4SROVD_w2AohsxT6pSwYh-HP3XcKtFhWCNDrf3NZ-4LQPskefduOQRSsod9/s400/0061088_IMGP5676.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272599040336411426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Fungus eating beetle</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3my-JXSEprA4qMa9_3i5qFXwHzYAXsE82ptGyIfh6RZR1iDIF-CE4xB8qi1ZuWYM_LuwcW943ekrY7hNwiG4_LiCXqWwnIIfKkqHGVucpg5sZRPCjydbQrd87jox3Z7QXAlc2T0aqTIpr/s1600-h/0061053_IMGP5640.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3my-JXSEprA4qMa9_3i5qFXwHzYAXsE82ptGyIfh6RZR1iDIF-CE4xB8qi1ZuWYM_LuwcW943ekrY7hNwiG4_LiCXqWwnIIfKkqHGVucpg5sZRPCjydbQrd87jox3Z7QXAlc2T0aqTIpr/s400/0061053_IMGP5640.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272599035180060114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Dwarf Caiman, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Paleosuchus palpebrosus,</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> awaiting prey in small stream<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1b2Aik1iOtIv0E_FNljA2qYoo-WVe_oyMNYBiCxub_DTcXHnHl1VGjEMa24hVXd6l_nZxeOzyOmXxCgqUvxMxexAmirxUL-fkw1tq1douM1I5flY03uT3dQTtUZ7kRSdnYPvp0aJG_IY/s1600-h/0061035_IMGP5619-Edit-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1b2Aik1iOtIv0E_FNljA2qYoo-WVe_oyMNYBiCxub_DTcXHnHl1VGjEMa24hVXd6l_nZxeOzyOmXxCgqUvxMxexAmirxUL-fkw1tq1douM1I5flY03uT3dQTtUZ7kRSdnYPvp0aJG_IY/s400/0061035_IMGP5619-Edit-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272599038093778978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pristimantis paululus</span> on Heliconia<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9fhCZbKf0OTn2GlesrzBMeLp4CJRMa7BYiHqWZpNjtndzk-UfBsUw2VaX4aLC129XhfzOLenNeeQ08mOeVXUxMTXByrmJeKjT3H39k1fgE88Ucf46eEk5oM6GJhWnIEohQwVx0N8fdY9/s1600-h/0060846_IMGP5416.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9fhCZbKf0OTn2GlesrzBMeLp4CJRMa7BYiHqWZpNjtndzk-UfBsUw2VaX4aLC129XhfzOLenNeeQ08mOeVXUxMTXByrmJeKjT3H39k1fgE88Ucf46eEk5oM6GJhWnIEohQwVx0N8fdY9/s400/0060846_IMGP5416.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272593195201785666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Glasswing butterfly pollinating<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSZTWMidAGUEKQEIxhsyZiH3AJYIQ4nCLfM78MJYlXzVOyRai-XjUdwkOGOTkf0xYDFTilMhSLtp4-FaAnzrq1kycYHLMNLDulOy54pzKYB4nJss4ySUDVC_huxatdeltnckasBnV28Y_/s1600-h/0060800_IMGP5363.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSZTWMidAGUEKQEIxhsyZiH3AJYIQ4nCLfM78MJYlXzVOyRai-XjUdwkOGOTkf0xYDFTilMhSLtp4-FaAnzrq1kycYHLMNLDulOy54pzKYB4nJss4ySUDVC_huxatdeltnckasBnV28Y_/s400/0060800_IMGP5363.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272593197018965618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Small bloom of Wandering jude</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqRB6n_je0FtHK-LwFmu8b_bJC1f5VNrTSRyII4ZH957Q8a0TI8UXD_Dg1kI6iyUftgkBLWHx1xQrSrvaH-4-NSKIuB16Ts-5-aAPSuH5rgYQZ_RyKCOytPjYDS4ocfV3q1x-Db-u3GnN/s1600-h/0060774_IMGP5328-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqRB6n_je0FtHK-LwFmu8b_bJC1f5VNrTSRyII4ZH957Q8a0TI8UXD_Dg1kI6iyUftgkBLWHx1xQrSrvaH-4-NSKIuB16Ts-5-aAPSuH5rgYQZ_RyKCOytPjYDS4ocfV3q1x-Db-u3GnN/s400/0060774_IMGP5328-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272593190770436674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cochranella midas</span> in amplexus<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXp-WWPMfU2NrOi9CGfIRiFMUpyxdWQ48B04m_AOAyL443CDeqhAzrg3e4y2cRnxcqOdbi0I1KZ-UZy1VsZACPwrLkD6NncwXlHh0MqUx_4uX2ZF9nsdMzv9Q4Eo1xA4Wb_9mLQRI5P-2/s1600-h/0060640_IMGP5186.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXp-WWPMfU2NrOi9CGfIRiFMUpyxdWQ48B04m_AOAyL443CDeqhAzrg3e4y2cRnxcqOdbi0I1KZ-UZy1VsZACPwrLkD6NncwXlHh0MqUx_4uX2ZF9nsdMzv9Q4Eo1xA4Wb_9mLQRI5P-2/s400/0060640_IMGP5186.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272593191707606498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Imantodes cenchoa<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-1d_eyb7gDJKf9rKhkf-5C5u4jBDbMlMSHfYkD3AYDnoTQ_hrBziJiksWNMoygrwtfB4MwC9pByhOhKlSYa5VRPxumnnurVwt5lDpN6Px91p43ogwkb-6hV_ACmRFfD6keQmTCs1VWHe/s1600-h/0060594_IMGP5133-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-1d_eyb7gDJKf9rKhkf-5C5u4jBDbMlMSHfYkD3AYDnoTQ_hrBziJiksWNMoygrwtfB4MwC9pByhOhKlSYa5VRPxumnnurVwt5lDpN6Px91p43ogwkb-6hV_ACmRFfD6keQmTCs1VWHe/s400/0060594_IMGP5133-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272593190348244914" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjC8Ac3Lr5IqHxha2Avulak4rQckp8gJtEw1OHJOYy-KKyzjujrsYFSLGyyIdtYYmW3XcTN90cWwoYk9TxlQLYJDRtwpurtIcbYrsNWR67WbjbGMBnxQBVwnYfQikLYDxOiuMtDjULzCN/s1600-h/0060494_IMGP5021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjC8Ac3Lr5IqHxha2Avulak4rQckp8gJtEw1OHJOYy-KKyzjujrsYFSLGyyIdtYYmW3XcTN90cWwoYk9TxlQLYJDRtwpurtIcbYrsNWR67WbjbGMBnxQBVwnYfQikLYDxOiuMtDjULzCN/s400/0060494_IMGP5021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272592318489631426" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZcuJV3WXMDhFXbE2kDRsyJsAyzBJMd65T9TlOsRNcdTMM1bzBKRdyOHEgZ7plKnt_ZKDon8cQAZW64tuA0dTVe8dp6SsaneaRzvourIAIcTnSfjMGFDebY9aNG_RLAGUKS1rnOalXtiY/s1600-h/0060423_IMGP4944.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZcuJV3WXMDhFXbE2kDRsyJsAyzBJMd65T9TlOsRNcdTMM1bzBKRdyOHEgZ7plKnt_ZKDon8cQAZW64tuA0dTVe8dp6SsaneaRzvourIAIcTnSfjMGFDebY9aNG_RLAGUKS1rnOalXtiY/s400/0060423_IMGP4944.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272592315402095090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Saccopterys leptura</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> with juvenile nursing in canopy</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNla4noN6SuZ5_9kw8C-4F3fKuzleQX8Siw9GB31MffNN36CkWhbzxGo4TszNPThAfPv1Qn8o7BHik6m7QBEdsNcrQhkoPyyKNdyFeAc0cppb4WcLrss6ibUTDyUdOtryeq8GLG4eme9X/s1600-h/0060410_IMGP4929.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNla4noN6SuZ5_9kw8C-4F3fKuzleQX8Siw9GB31MffNN36CkWhbzxGo4TszNPThAfPv1Qn8o7BHik6m7QBEdsNcrQhkoPyyKNdyFeAc0cppb4WcLrss6ibUTDyUdOtryeq8GLG4eme9X/s400/0060410_IMGP4929.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272592312111753090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Sunset over the canopy</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYW5xvIp_V6WDq2niCFQiv4gMTI7aVZOoZXM1TAthzoAGTZHIiQo3NJG4DHewGskTFCujInKQ8SYSUdNXfbuC1QIQjKXSQWDBmwHSd5qLJIXfq0Roeoa0XTSKBS6l06xog03Qo4RkfDc5/s1600-h/0060399_IMGP4916.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYW5xvIp_V6WDq2niCFQiv4gMTI7aVZOoZXM1TAthzoAGTZHIiQo3NJG4DHewGskTFCujInKQ8SYSUdNXfbuC1QIQjKXSQWDBmwHSd5qLJIXfq0Roeoa0XTSKBS6l06xog03Qo4RkfDc5/s400/0060399_IMGP4916.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272592312360846002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Black Caimen, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Melanosuchus niger</span>,<span style="font-family:arial;"> in Lagoon<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCIFkt1xnewY2NXkSR0zxnsku3nm5kAQv0-4qu80QJHzSWJEt1LjjfN02CdpEAlt5l4yzkQVv3mkey0N6rSpP6kwRrtyah_i_GssWEGDbIU6MDRVS-UEuS-gypG694cbY_tzuGVWJZq6r/s1600-h/0060369_IMGP4876.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCIFkt1xnewY2NXkSR0zxnsku3nm5kAQv0-4qu80QJHzSWJEt1LjjfN02CdpEAlt5l4yzkQVv3mkey0N6rSpP6kwRrtyah_i_GssWEGDbIU6MDRVS-UEuS-gypG694cbY_tzuGVWJZq6r/s400/0060369_IMGP4876.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272592304995672258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Piping guan, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Pipile cumanensis cumanensis</span>,<span style="font-family:arial;"> on forest floor<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMdaBk_vOmNTfUI4gQcjtmSMa_aXA_s5CKmwj11k0k9ZgHvQ1xfDhHC5wnKnO8hI9kpzijU7CmZQNIn4h5CLQsFy2RNv4vXvkOCmv3XsA5ZRDZpqBn8vP9w4iTE19SlgV5mkkhF4o2O5M/s1600-h/0060326_IMGP4822-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMdaBk_vOmNTfUI4gQcjtmSMa_aXA_s5CKmwj11k0k9ZgHvQ1xfDhHC5wnKnO8hI9kpzijU7CmZQNIn4h5CLQsFy2RNv4vXvkOCmv3XsA5ZRDZpqBn8vP9w4iTE19SlgV5mkkhF4o2O5M/s400/0060326_IMGP4822-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272584269826228066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Spider monkey<span style="font-style: italic;">, </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Ateles belzebuth belzebuth</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;">,</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> hanging from Cecropia</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7Omeu01r3YtkDPQvHCrwiR2NXHK15eyiqGFg8LNCWseBPEXSDCY_ROdlnoMJlhQ_mJhU_R4-40st2s_Qn-WSlOF8mhPSJDAmDMgbDxJy16CE82OItQhu2apAyE4nCrBd4bMOw8HBOUCE/s1600-h/0060199_IMGP4651.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7Omeu01r3YtkDPQvHCrwiR2NXHK15eyiqGFg8LNCWseBPEXSDCY_ROdlnoMJlhQ_mJhU_R4-40st2s_Qn-WSlOF8mhPSJDAmDMgbDxJy16CE82OItQhu2apAyE4nCrBd4bMOw8HBOUCE/s400/0060199_IMGP4651.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272584269051320162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Cryptic moth<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLERTWs_z68rwivGzG03AUZ8zB59nM6aHlp4Q2L0oOUlau2q7wLxkBrOPi-Mwe5mVzhxQqsdknni-WBb6QD3firnV-7WzmR4AwpxBKAz3z78CnFRcHL2sJucknedsGf4aorjaMM19W0VN-/s1600-h/0060159_IMGP4597.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLERTWs_z68rwivGzG03AUZ8zB59nM6aHlp4Q2L0oOUlau2q7wLxkBrOPi-Mwe5mVzhxQqsdknni-WBb6QD3firnV-7WzmR4AwpxBKAz3z78CnFRcHL2sJucknedsGf4aorjaMM19W0VN-/s400/0060159_IMGP4597.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272584270667101218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Three second spider, </span><em style="font-family: arial;">Phoneutria</em><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >keyserlingi</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, eating prey</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtFRr4rpv_Q3I1rLcorUcaJ8yiwoJwb_-gVcYaG6uGTx4kQl3eMRDCmmQ-rYmAANeyjtvc-paEF6nehksrKhpybzQu4YtEqhCMCc9IMmaOZ9yAA2WaWTecmtEoRXqE8W0eeNMwseZ8Jvy/s1600-h/0060064_IMGP4482.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtFRr4rpv_Q3I1rLcorUcaJ8yiwoJwb_-gVcYaG6uGTx4kQl3eMRDCmmQ-rYmAANeyjtvc-paEF6nehksrKhpybzQu4YtEqhCMCc9IMmaOZ9yAA2WaWTecmtEoRXqE8W0eeNMwseZ8Jvy/s400/0060064_IMGP4482.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272584264160492098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Juvenile Howler monkey</span><span style=";font-family:Skia;font-size:100%;" ><u><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span>,</u></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Alouatta seniculus seniculus, </span>watching me</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvwzVhMk-3qXjsGFK6h_KSGUCYEKjwBsulqUVLR3AVaIJdiI37EIZhZIFLqwn_XcDAKYFjB9HXXcz-ewXznlgpi7zLpZbVk654ENprFNgH3B-387BxiJO5gEA2ZApSvwcctyeJ_s6TDBp/s1600-h/0059938_IMGP4334.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvwzVhMk-3qXjsGFK6h_KSGUCYEKjwBsulqUVLR3AVaIJdiI37EIZhZIFLqwn_XcDAKYFjB9HXXcz-ewXznlgpi7zLpZbVk654ENprFNgH3B-387BxiJO5gEA2ZApSvwcctyeJ_s6TDBp/s400/0059938_IMGP4334.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272584259958212898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Bigonaceae blooming along Lagoon</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNxcL8WJm1VagJSpu9jrpi_sKCE8tW__ujoxYNOHZuWnU03YK82ya2wRLiUEu1jzBFiEFVrSrn_zBwZ3oGygzttcGdeyEFIznJKIOZviaRmvPfaqvTVCuTbWRetgYwxHZPtO1Ov9s_TJs/s1600-h/0059922_IMGP4313.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNxcL8WJm1VagJSpu9jrpi_sKCE8tW__ujoxYNOHZuWnU03YK82ya2wRLiUEu1jzBFiEFVrSrn_zBwZ3oGygzttcGdeyEFIznJKIOZviaRmvPfaqvTVCuTbWRetgYwxHZPtO1Ov9s_TJs/s400/0059922_IMGP4313.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272582118119069538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Curious Hoatzin, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Opisthocomus hoazin</span>,<span style="font-family:arial;"> on Lagoon</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_uCaDTqcmfi-XKBrHPsgp_xwfsV1-Glk9tCyawkP8Ca-wFUEB78g44CrigwEwDB3jI7x_gkVIOAZivi4Cysya0B-f1bNVe1emUQsf_MfJ4zvShj_bqnlDDBCVFlQx2KmDvAuAVDMVGN-/s1600-h/0059819_IMGP4195.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_uCaDTqcmfi-XKBrHPsgp_xwfsV1-Glk9tCyawkP8Ca-wFUEB78g44CrigwEwDB3jI7x_gkVIOAZivi4Cysya0B-f1bNVe1emUQsf_MfJ4zvShj_bqnlDDBCVFlQx2KmDvAuAVDMVGN-/s400/0059819_IMGP4195.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272582115039822082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Tree buttress</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiLIlPJiYDqdmKlb7LtFABe1Ne3gbN4MBv-4FTRrfQ6_3EAsr3ndvzBTVM_n9ofXVDP7pbaibXPCFvTvXgmJkk-FCwNMDLNUMhr0Dd-NcPSAv6a_LZjkBvWZSeq8hgcLCaMnGQnYKRxWE/s1600-h/0059803_IMGP4151.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiLIlPJiYDqdmKlb7LtFABe1Ne3gbN4MBv-4FTRrfQ6_3EAsr3ndvzBTVM_n9ofXVDP7pbaibXPCFvTvXgmJkk-FCwNMDLNUMhr0Dd-NcPSAv6a_LZjkBvWZSeq8hgcLCaMnGQnYKRxWE/s400/0059803_IMGP4151.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272582113832586994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Ants tending aphids<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBiZwIz5JKFLvH8lLqq2XFVXxWEvGh16bSuWoRu2kK9KBXV0QNj53FohiWF7UAxXUdmbecizjWTQ3xNMSLXnFWErkKbr8Q4qFnPXAaBOe_HrpBWTgs51NfdKgrMa_Vu3PR6rXRn88rPO-/s1600-h/0059778_IMGP4122.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBiZwIz5JKFLvH8lLqq2XFVXxWEvGh16bSuWoRu2kK9KBXV0QNj53FohiWF7UAxXUdmbecizjWTQ3xNMSLXnFWErkKbr8Q4qFnPXAaBOe_HrpBWTgs51NfdKgrMa_Vu3PR6rXRn88rPO-/s400/0059778_IMGP4122.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272582108597397746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo taken in order to complete painting</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQOK_kPUx7H9A4MYbjw8aoOcbGf_JKgGFdCvAjhoam9GyPQnrqzw2h_74abhJNgLeiiRBhB_nvDNGFi25vNTMOcWjCafOBJxGZR5kGaB504-GKcQUuWPmQatu-GilwVtiI32PH5C78DaJ/s1600-h/0059768_IMGP4112.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQOK_kPUx7H9A4MYbjw8aoOcbGf_JKgGFdCvAjhoam9GyPQnrqzw2h_74abhJNgLeiiRBhB_nvDNGFi25vNTMOcWjCafOBJxGZR5kGaB504-GKcQUuWPmQatu-GilwVtiI32PH5C78DaJ/s400/0059768_IMGP4112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272579507566268098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Ant<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDcLUlxJuc9u5feJbqoTGbkXClVHAhXfO_m2ZvTJSJ4oN51uQUevAiCmS0EaNzzGCS-GBOycujZ2c582OybA2ke9VuoPWA_rtKP2ENI9EcrECn_D8x9wf3QrqstGJ0N93WhKO37lqICYM/s1600-h/0059754_IMGP4092-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDcLUlxJuc9u5feJbqoTGbkXClVHAhXfO_m2ZvTJSJ4oN51uQUevAiCmS0EaNzzGCS-GBOycujZ2c582OybA2ke9VuoPWA_rtKP2ENI9EcrECn_D8x9wf3QrqstGJ0N93WhKO37lqICYM/s400/0059754_IMGP4092-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272579502470427506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Oreobates quixensis</span> hiding in fungus<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOuI5SjXOoED8voQKn-csvD-3oROoKMZMuH0Xcx4KShhKFZAvOrwmI2ACHp7-cXbsy50tZotIYvfnxKWUrObwpEwj5rc3sf-qE7ci5taMg8taurIBveXTb55Qq99ibQkL7FPvP-KIcSO9S/s1600-h/0059714_IMGP4042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOuI5SjXOoED8voQKn-csvD-3oROoKMZMuH0Xcx4KShhKFZAvOrwmI2ACHp7-cXbsy50tZotIYvfnxKWUrObwpEwj5rc3sf-qE7ci5taMg8taurIBveXTb55Qq99ibQkL7FPvP-KIcSO9S/s400/0059714_IMGP4042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272579503397533410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Pristimantis aureolineatus</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> on </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Aechmea zebrina</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> bloom<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKidkYEmfOU8aHNxSA2QTK2Sn-rcMsMa2w0sAPqpO-4Y9SfpX2rFKEs6AmkUrvYeH09B8Bo_-1iEVyGMFadvHDs1xiQ-61COS9W1_QpdyoKl5NYAVXbP3vRRfyBMOK34_KSNu4tnZemano/s1600-h/0059421_IMGP3715.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKidkYEmfOU8aHNxSA2QTK2Sn-rcMsMa2w0sAPqpO-4Y9SfpX2rFKEs6AmkUrvYeH09B8Bo_-1iEVyGMFadvHDs1xiQ-61COS9W1_QpdyoKl5NYAVXbP3vRRfyBMOK34_KSNu4tnZemano/s400/0059421_IMGP3715.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272579503728796546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Hoatzins</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Opisthocomus hoazin</span>,<span style="font-family:arial;"> along Lagoon<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdoSZMq-SBy9ivSy1tThGgWSqPqxQWAoz6pn55P7WgPKVPAEFASYyre68ufoawA4o4JJVIl5_qt9668VaZM1XaEKFlwCjCQDi0XO1F1Ft34AICynca4Uu10b-_cRp-3R5v_fTWYsTgw4D/s1600-h/0059176_IMGP3427-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdoSZMq-SBy9ivSy1tThGgWSqPqxQWAoz6pn55P7WgPKVPAEFASYyre68ufoawA4o4JJVIl5_qt9668VaZM1XaEKFlwCjCQDi0XO1F1Ft34AICynca4Uu10b-_cRp-3R5v_fTWYsTgw4D/s400/0059176_IMGP3427-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272579497726553458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Endemic tiny Golden-mantled tamarin</span><span style=";font-family:Skia;font-size:100%;" ><u><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >,</span></u></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Saguinus tripartitus, </span>marking a young tree<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFzMaM-S7zw-j5WAJpLT2VllDQkrMizULn3gB5yvAsq7HoGrqwpWDrrT9r0zsch-t_5lhl97KBxdmfEces849iGYBY9gGQkrKezanjZKOgK74CHS_M5jn-TjJvnFpc6ACHup2NMhaPrmt/s1600-h/0058687_IMGP2816-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFzMaM-S7zw-j5WAJpLT2VllDQkrMizULn3gB5yvAsq7HoGrqwpWDrrT9r0zsch-t_5lhl97KBxdmfEces849iGYBY9gGQkrKezanjZKOgK74CHS_M5jn-TjJvnFpc6ACHup2NMhaPrmt/s400/0058687_IMGP2816-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272218730604281330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Irridescent Horned beetle<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPPJKyiC0M71MapgmzpvPHGTyr86aVwnniMLJTWu3YBFEGW6-Q1Eq3vmXXby69JUt53WW_8ffuK5iIB_Lc8237C312rTI8y3I8EUZoIBG_dc7CI_0pD06x7sOr2fKmR0gEBC1vIqtRhcf/s1600-h/0058618_IMGP2743-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPPJKyiC0M71MapgmzpvPHGTyr86aVwnniMLJTWu3YBFEGW6-Q1Eq3vmXXby69JUt53WW_8ffuK5iIB_Lc8237C312rTI8y3I8EUZoIBG_dc7CI_0pD06x7sOr2fKmR0gEBC1vIqtRhcf/s400/0058618_IMGP2743-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272218726867641298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hyla bifurca</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelEB6wXaeBOyycmiOpKj_jLe9CJNjYgDDf1U8adIj1bZcHu1IRTe1qzJ-Q5c2ah2858qm0s5LmFWA3E4NEryL0kA6G5OYYrggRYbHm7hDo0Scm3k6ScqyRDWzuW3tnHCOU93mxQTfdHlJ/s1600-h/0058494_IMGP2598.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelEB6wXaeBOyycmiOpKj_jLe9CJNjYgDDf1U8adIj1bZcHu1IRTe1qzJ-Q5c2ah2858qm0s5LmFWA3E4NEryL0kA6G5OYYrggRYbHm7hDo0Scm3k6ScqyRDWzuW3tnHCOU93mxQTfdHlJ/s400/0058494_IMGP2598.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272218720931526978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hyla lanciformus</span> in Mauratia swamp<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzHNgdFSERkCRzYtHfo8XRtDJqGDni2qO2UzcbSIwkdqzgv5qj87lRSuzRdEl5Cz0E-G2h0yqSZq2R55yzTRlFJV6QuIxEktOJtVpZe5TrNbqvI80p-l3Oz6ex1hEByM8fjFEL9IahQJo/s1600-h/0058431_IMGP2523.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzHNgdFSERkCRzYtHfo8XRtDJqGDni2qO2UzcbSIwkdqzgv5qj87lRSuzRdEl5Cz0E-G2h0yqSZq2R55yzTRlFJV6QuIxEktOJtVpZe5TrNbqvI80p-l3Oz6ex1hEByM8fjFEL9IahQJo/s400/0058431_IMGP2523.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272218717397112114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Tarantula protecting protecting lair<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKcKPUvUJ0MALvL8tX9ebx9Ic02B9aDUfbZzNKgPxJB421n4iEdYen50wuHa-6PKnoiT_9iHqTaMLiSph0ZhmNtDj3Z833UScDAKwv82vgBYT4rSKy1lxRNXJadXmYZ5NEoldyTCijOpB/s1600-h/0058397_IMGP2482.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKcKPUvUJ0MALvL8tX9ebx9Ic02B9aDUfbZzNKgPxJB421n4iEdYen50wuHa-6PKnoiT_9iHqTaMLiSph0ZhmNtDj3Z833UScDAKwv82vgBYT4rSKy1lxRNXJadXmYZ5NEoldyTCijOpB/s400/0058397_IMGP2482.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272218709757484690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Fading light of day from Tower II at TBS</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxs_c5ospn0teZuckEyMB6gnVlmTG-5fbrT4DATJQnNQThaksKptvDHxAgyLlEKJSKrp2SLEvMY_0X9mrC8gudFeDiKX5U_BPbh4UhyheoIQKcXKOuX5qf86snPlTpqpa8O2vYARKciZB4/s1600-h/0058381_IMGP2466-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxs_c5ospn0teZuckEyMB6gnVlmTG-5fbrT4DATJQnNQThaksKptvDHxAgyLlEKJSKrp2SLEvMY_0X9mrC8gudFeDiKX5U_BPbh4UhyheoIQKcXKOuX5qf86snPlTpqpa8O2vYARKciZB4/s400/0058381_IMGP2466-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272217697096603362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Sunset from Tower II at TBS<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzFgVSvzYeO39igiGFygQtW-RsCe85gbgpL-X2L6l_38ZNgr19VVLjyM_GyO958CAAK9HJ5yDfsoqwa08gK46UISmf_0huzEj1SoJDJHqIE6LEQYnu4Os-JbhIoUtaU_suRsmcfpL-jvA/s1600-h/0058314_IMGP2370-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzFgVSvzYeO39igiGFygQtW-RsCe85gbgpL-X2L6l_38ZNgr19VVLjyM_GyO958CAAK9HJ5yDfsoqwa08gK46UISmf_0huzEj1SoJDJHqIE6LEQYnu4Os-JbhIoUtaU_suRsmcfpL-jvA/s400/0058314_IMGP2370-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272217682611368706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Tiny Orchidacea bloom<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOEGIA3N4LJVnWo7-pVnCwz8nw1OL9OelhEJaCyflLe6KjC-R2FfGK330dB-61d6qeed0M65t1FAcUHE_9sOCudNIlYPC4oMcIGZrLNap3eOCJUPSRaZnm84vT7rRjlZk0RHLayQ18DdH/s1600-h/0058264_IMGP2311-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOEGIA3N4LJVnWo7-pVnCwz8nw1OL9OelhEJaCyflLe6KjC-R2FfGK330dB-61d6qeed0M65t1FAcUHE_9sOCudNIlYPC4oMcIGZrLNap3eOCJUPSRaZnm84vT7rRjlZk0RHLayQ18DdH/s400/0058264_IMGP2311-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272217676065118930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Leptodactylus ventral photograph for specimen identification<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdiat9hd9rFiv1EayMH3WhrLkimRp4Y6aw8kEpsf7ziS0TKI-o3aXUTIhJMydToPnZOI1dP5rY5UmDLRdTOYwn08c_h4M6gWnYNlgC_-2yWhZYSMmAPQ7GfAkH9ImSefxfjDX0HX5ZJca/s1600-h/0058241_IMGP2281-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdiat9hd9rFiv1EayMH3WhrLkimRp4Y6aw8kEpsf7ziS0TKI-o3aXUTIhJMydToPnZOI1dP5rY5UmDLRdTOYwn08c_h4M6gWnYNlgC_-2yWhZYSMmAPQ7GfAkH9ImSefxfjDX0HX5ZJca/s400/0058241_IMGP2281-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272217675197491170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Palm towering over the canopy in the last moments of light<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokvcKGI3LOrXZxQBhGdBEWpEp6pMpmsVEQsozzRSdUwk2x6vAHPqQ504YjYI2iP51dSnT1opj5DUE5huDVZYl1AsOcfrAZcLNqr3f-x7W9BkPz1cWk-sP1nOqum9IF5DLHHUe2Pl-amCt/s1600-h/0058129_IMGP2167.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokvcKGI3LOrXZxQBhGdBEWpEp6pMpmsVEQsozzRSdUwk2x6vAHPqQ504YjYI2iP51dSnT1opj5DUE5huDVZYl1AsOcfrAZcLNqr3f-x7W9BkPz1cWk-sP1nOqum9IF5DLHHUe2Pl-amCt/s400/0058129_IMGP2167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272216503539521010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Passifloriaceae (Passion flower)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkQnLAGHwynaZ7Gb_0EZeLH_Vc5ZSzsmv082LyW48KrL4ePiCVSZZcyNFO3P8ElSgrkYt2IQuPM9kdneovyMiuC283M3SjfnASRrrmrpwDzrMayGp1whICwndUmjvKFusG6fF5FIwqxpp/s1600-h/0058111_IMGP2149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkQnLAGHwynaZ7Gb_0EZeLH_Vc5ZSzsmv082LyW48KrL4ePiCVSZZcyNFO3P8ElSgrkYt2IQuPM9kdneovyMiuC283M3SjfnASRrrmrpwDzrMayGp1whICwndUmjvKFusG6fF5FIwqxpp/s400/0058111_IMGP2149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272216500432853794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Passifloriaceae (Passion flower)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjj5udOe2zFtVZ1Mw3rLsyiS7HWiuWF4scI6OcIEbs4pt0gXdfdviY-wtbBmiQkuhFOm2qw7uSQp8lX8liBShdkURZ4lhJtmJbPPYymdoBRpy43sMadL1LFgaXzX6M00eirb6pdJFpZSGD/s1600-h/0058090_IMGP2128-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjj5udOe2zFtVZ1Mw3rLsyiS7HWiuWF4scI6OcIEbs4pt0gXdfdviY-wtbBmiQkuhFOm2qw7uSQp8lX8liBShdkURZ4lhJtmJbPPYymdoBRpy43sMadL1LFgaXzX6M00eirb6pdJFpZSGD/s400/0058090_IMGP2128-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272216498053060530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Passifloriaceae (Passion flower)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Oc9AgNRbQz6BZeV-KHQ-Prj9u6WSTHE9Z_LPpkNNB5YTAg88eCe1Ar7BGVrFiy0FSc1UAKbXZ1I6q-E4Fa_97N2eqVFbvbA2GiqRBpDjfD2Y0qIwoJa7KR4TMeAvpn-4rPKfH9jGLI22/s1600-h/0058064_IMGP2091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Oc9AgNRbQz6BZeV-KHQ-Prj9u6WSTHE9Z_LPpkNNB5YTAg88eCe1Ar7BGVrFiy0FSc1UAKbXZ1I6q-E4Fa_97N2eqVFbvbA2GiqRBpDjfD2Y0qIwoJa7KR4TMeAvpn-4rPKfH9jGLI22/s400/0058064_IMGP2091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272216491926030850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Passifloriaceae (Passion flower)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFlnKKn3UY1QwGavnEQS7Ne1EejkRtE8GPzp_8XXFo8aMRwfpWBa7ASbqepNCRGmS_mZLMSH0zJe6t_EOrDBTZpVsfRB-PAzFWWfjtJG4krUOEWWCJS9KBUQNtQW1ea7fyHrX1_P7pgObm/s1600-h/0058054_IMGP2081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFlnKKn3UY1QwGavnEQS7Ne1EejkRtE8GPzp_8XXFo8aMRwfpWBa7ASbqepNCRGmS_mZLMSH0zJe6t_EOrDBTZpVsfRB-PAzFWWfjtJG4krUOEWWCJS9KBUQNtQW1ea7fyHrX1_P7pgObm/s400/0058054_IMGP2081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272216488430622258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Katydid resting in Heliconia swamp</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRPjGip9CJoPUOXA1FjvWtVgW-HvqokSpOMicJhsGZudCPNOaYkPaWiLnHcVfxB-zFm_PoojFDy9WeKBdmZppK_6R8ukbjQS16EdFT6whT8jKAiU_11hOvf_jApTHkIKRFAOehCkUR-Cu/s1600-h/0058035_IMGP2060-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRPjGip9CJoPUOXA1FjvWtVgW-HvqokSpOMicJhsGZudCPNOaYkPaWiLnHcVfxB-zFm_PoojFDy9WeKBdmZppK_6R8ukbjQS16EdFT6whT8jKAiU_11hOvf_jApTHkIKRFAOehCkUR-Cu/s400/0058035_IMGP2060-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272215614627934194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Fungus emerging from cricket</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19qlugYWDdDuiiOsrgcqK1mh0BsU-6eTciakfw74lr5R3B8sKrWaCr-8fhwkmGIvB-gPhswUQ76MrygF_pa21tlXf7OLY8hwZJHGp1qfUsHZ5qrkYQqJhHoDqEfzU0HaOr3Oqku6cgvQe/s1600-h/0057986_IMGP2000-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19qlugYWDdDuiiOsrgcqK1mh0BsU-6eTciakfw74lr5R3B8sKrWaCr-8fhwkmGIvB-gPhswUQ76MrygF_pa21tlXf7OLY8hwZJHGp1qfUsHZ5qrkYQqJhHoDqEfzU0HaOr3Oqku6cgvQe/s400/0057986_IMGP2000-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272215614349516434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Glasswing butterfly resting at night</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHujqMU4iyoUbm1r2LFKcZBSqV8lcM4TVufCSIIk1bZBy5E9NH74qemCT8j1RBxuBHlcybRKLT6i92j0uYPKHRbSpi1zmA3jONRNGCbKaDRzcpjISDlduApX0jhyPyVNJoH7ngfbaRvTq/s1600-h/0057956_IMGP1959.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHujqMU4iyoUbm1r2LFKcZBSqV8lcM4TVufCSIIk1bZBy5E9NH74qemCT8j1RBxuBHlcybRKLT6i92j0uYPKHRbSpi1zmA3jONRNGCbKaDRzcpjISDlduApX0jhyPyVNJoH7ngfbaRvTq/s400/0057956_IMGP1959.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272215608310103922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Long-billed Woodcreeper, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Nasica longirostris</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRdoQK2LFLv02A8by5Xfnbm6ULwTme_UCKUWtbz6ukUYST4Tgqpv2OMfz_f1LJ18APCjeI-cv45_4mqdCz2vXKslEVAs5acA7Fwj4sXqhXCxpyx6ZQsCeqvnvb2zHBTuC4fEWA8ueg-H2/s1600-h/0057946_IMGP1943.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRdoQK2LFLv02A8by5Xfnbm6ULwTme_UCKUWtbz6ukUYST4Tgqpv2OMfz_f1LJ18APCjeI-cv45_4mqdCz2vXKslEVAs5acA7Fwj4sXqhXCxpyx6ZQsCeqvnvb2zHBTuC4fEWA8ueg-H2/s400/0057946_IMGP1943.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272215598734282850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Long-billed Woodcreeper, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Nasica longirostris</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjjdQ4Q8AMDVhS7absEQtkg0UrkJ_P_JzOHOrkIeQMX3CaPYhlXIyYUMvMUVHTS_wsTb4QvS2Mg0ZxkzIrdgPnCNU2jVKBWq_8Htc5C20LxRRSSo5mlyHIETR_8YBsZle8_vh0zB20HQ-/s1600-h/0057861_IMGP1839.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjjdQ4Q8AMDVhS7absEQtkg0UrkJ_P_JzOHOrkIeQMX3CaPYhlXIyYUMvMUVHTS_wsTb4QvS2Mg0ZxkzIrdgPnCNU2jVKBWq_8Htc5C20LxRRSSo5mlyHIETR_8YBsZle8_vh0zB20HQ-/s400/0057861_IMGP1839.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272214927951154178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Single bloom</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWiXc_uuxpQRcnR4f7EmN_x41p7G04PmnwyKg5e82Gk-xx9b6a494VUJzzRStBY8W7ielaEuXeKYhFahAjeybk39Fuv48PZz-vNZOHm4qEX53pGR0xcMzRPZDHdXnMGnEBR5aNSXuD8vQ/s1600-h/0057796_IMGP1741.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWiXc_uuxpQRcnR4f7EmN_x41p7G04PmnwyKg5e82Gk-xx9b6a494VUJzzRStBY8W7ielaEuXeKYhFahAjeybk39Fuv48PZz-vNZOHm4qEX53pGR0xcMzRPZDHdXnMGnEBR5aNSXuD8vQ/s400/0057796_IMGP1741.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272214924087502578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Hoatzins</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Opisthocomus hoazin</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, along Lagoon</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMggDCMZIecZPkHT2_fg1s4acpb4x8N-jzx3rzHBMFzdPbeb9L8Gr_agGWNKp550t5mVykLq1eas-48SwuaFnXEMQgJj1tDNQm28NdVpFVyrTgcpKFYlHD67F67XnOQTGwBinnbEqAFTM/s1600-h/0057749_IMGP1677.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMggDCMZIecZPkHT2_fg1s4acpb4x8N-jzx3rzHBMFzdPbeb9L8Gr_agGWNKp550t5mVykLq1eas-48SwuaFnXEMQgJj1tDNQm28NdVpFVyrTgcpKFYlHD67F67XnOQTGwBinnbEqAFTM/s400/0057749_IMGP1677.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272214922536289170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Great Potoo, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Nyctibius grandis</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, resting on Spiney palm during day on Lagoon</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtnb3hH05fgbvA6g6ZT6c4XhDna8k2v0hqp_9Hm6DXIx5ZqLop3RWcmRrgEXCH4YFQ5p1SteX-uD60DkJ0mjGSQH_rwsgLt9_9s4rE50siJvMdVNdVC9osxlfKvUquHwwZoHi6_4W8Fd6/s1600-h/0057742_IMGP1669.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtnb3hH05fgbvA6g6ZT6c4XhDna8k2v0hqp_9Hm6DXIx5ZqLop3RWcmRrgEXCH4YFQ5p1SteX-uD60DkJ0mjGSQH_rwsgLt9_9s4rE50siJvMdVNdVC9osxlfKvUquHwwZoHi6_4W8Fd6/s400/0057742_IMGP1669.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272214916137588834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Great Potoo, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Nyctibius grandis</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, resting on Spiney palm during day on Lagoon</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCz9cwvDW_Bp1it3qmgRJwmJIC5Uxzywy9qXo61RW5DNgRHrRWxE5lY6m_hHvKtx1eK6WOVbUefVQ-ZLRrCexH5mwk5Ne6ZZLKcMLcbX4gd7Gh5tTop_xp4b70p-lH5nt8JfY_Z3kxUXW/s1600-h/0057468_IMGP1316.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCz9cwvDW_Bp1it3qmgRJwmJIC5Uxzywy9qXo61RW5DNgRHrRWxE5lY6m_hHvKtx1eK6WOVbUefVQ-ZLRrCexH5mwk5Ne6ZZLKcMLcbX4gd7Gh5tTop_xp4b70p-lH5nt8JfY_Z3kxUXW/s400/0057468_IMGP1316.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272213267456920002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Vibrant beetle on Agaric fungus</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9PT-HFemH2eI20AHGlua8ZDy_Bia7dpxeV7k2pex1xCSHTqjN5WfwRal8cTs36G-yStPzR1bUlPgMRZUKQLzm5od2VPhv-YjIR6X0PPUlufjHMpQ-z-M6uRi8UbPLP18RrXN-q3LNf6Y/s1600-h/0057296_IMGP1055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9PT-HFemH2eI20AHGlua8ZDy_Bia7dpxeV7k2pex1xCSHTqjN5WfwRal8cTs36G-yStPzR1bUlPgMRZUKQLzm5od2VPhv-YjIR6X0PPUlufjHMpQ-z-M6uRi8UbPLP18RrXN-q3LNf6Y/s400/0057296_IMGP1055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272213259918483922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Salvins curasow aware of my presence</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzST6oxzHdUTH764MFJDd3ivluw3ENeufYp2zcU_OyS9qKIGq2ponBRzfYdw9bRjsA_8ZsKB6NyoSn4vGWGK6pFts71Lhu6nh7yYIKsPcbFHUrPlN_4pT2jSuUjwv2Lze2oczoMwCqgof/s1600-h/0057124_IMGP0865.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzST6oxzHdUTH764MFJDd3ivluw3ENeufYp2zcU_OyS9qKIGq2ponBRzfYdw9bRjsA_8ZsKB6NyoSn4vGWGK6pFts71Lhu6nh7yYIKsPcbFHUrPlN_4pT2jSuUjwv2Lze2oczoMwCqgof/s400/0057124_IMGP0865.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272213252643045330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Passifloraceae (Passion flower)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTMKqXW7-WdmDz39bjZES3UYtdgBFzb_y5qn82G6h_-UFvDvXhrDaA8nFpQdyNTANEM8F86uNQ6ywXgr7NLn9oUpyKJzff4ZgXvAaQNYmvDnhK0vIFy6JT7P9PyIpVvHwzfITs1KQiux1/s1600-h/0057094_IMGP0820.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTMKqXW7-WdmDz39bjZES3UYtdgBFzb_y5qn82G6h_-UFvDvXhrDaA8nFpQdyNTANEM8F86uNQ6ywXgr7NLn9oUpyKJzff4ZgXvAaQNYmvDnhK0vIFy6JT7P9PyIpVvHwzfITs1KQiux1/s400/0057094_IMGP0820.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272213246243688002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Capuchin monkey</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">, </span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cebus albifins aequatorialis, </span>in sub-canopy</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmGin-yfXuwPLjxs5x5kEujegsux55ZDVNUl9W-2cY9giPZNnmn12PGzyIEB_5gYQ0bp9ixyaTUmYDu2JSN1JNGgdIUbSZ-3F1olv3FcPPQPn5I6br0cg6s3PtosA5CVm0cE3lm9cp82w/s1600-h/0057077_IMGP0798-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmGin-yfXuwPLjxs5x5kEujegsux55ZDVNUl9W-2cY9giPZNnmn12PGzyIEB_5gYQ0bp9ixyaTUmYDu2JSN1JNGgdIUbSZ-3F1olv3FcPPQPn5I6br0cg6s3PtosA5CVm0cE3lm9cp82w/s400/0057077_IMGP0798-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272211594632194690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Capuchin monkey</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">, </span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cebus albifins aequatorialis, </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">alarm calling in sub-canopy</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLtXjbjwrOY67iXNTXb_evG58ZQcVoDOa2gRLeaS8HI_XsCLcd5nPLjsFmRKNisWMSCGkUiTTus7ulpVtWc6Yzhtwg777YSYSgDub059oKBBuwdmDaXYl9SU3DBqZkm1Oy2NRWFdGOCTb/s1600-h/0056970_IMGP0649.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLtXjbjwrOY67iXNTXb_evG58ZQcVoDOa2gRLeaS8HI_XsCLcd5nPLjsFmRKNisWMSCGkUiTTus7ulpVtWc6Yzhtwg777YSYSgDub059oKBBuwdmDaXYl9SU3DBqZkm1Oy2NRWFdGOCTb/s400/0056970_IMGP0649.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272211596802851394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Mantid on tree bloom</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMiY5j8K7jamhH75p1TqOS__qhUuTjZ-P2RrgR7dkk5fRUm6J-3JG9EiEDCul5-o9mw3T_AgdilAwLA1r8A8SO6_kwKTnhbJT3FF5l2JpFssuwv7sd5gQoKsuIGdJaUDumNbdWHhshkma/s1600-h/0056879_IMGP0547.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMiY5j8K7jamhH75p1TqOS__qhUuTjZ-P2RrgR7dkk5fRUm6J-3JG9EiEDCul5-o9mw3T_AgdilAwLA1r8A8SO6_kwKTnhbJT3FF5l2JpFssuwv7sd5gQoKsuIGdJaUDumNbdWHhshkma/s400/0056879_IMGP0547.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272211590706707250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Costaceae blooms</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp2_NS0n9kukHszz3Qg_Hz6j74YxHqtFbyCdU1a1amSnP3l0hIL-Sn98b1M3zVGiyoTAdkisWBZ5qSVumhiVb7Swyid2Ly1hvFdxE-Si-GXJObKOjnj-wxDIAkQxeIiN8r4PFZ0sXIXaL/s1600-h/0056878_IMGP0546.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp2_NS0n9kukHszz3Qg_Hz6j74YxHqtFbyCdU1a1amSnP3l0hIL-Sn98b1M3zVGiyoTAdkisWBZ5qSVumhiVb7Swyid2Ly1hvFdxE-Si-GXJObKOjnj-wxDIAkQxeIiN8r4PFZ0sXIXaL/s400/0056878_IMGP0546.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272211588089452594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Interior of Costaceae bloom</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1QvPrGLB-XlxTWqdOuqeh9EiDmKSupoPBsvH7NR8WONNbESifrF8DSUuhTL32Idc0jsjzQM5bWVtxXPJ2Rl9qo2dk6Aa_KhIusou7b3RVuceGkLAPyYiEcNJCaVJ7qqIx5k6eLh1LpVn/s1600-h/0056615_IMGP0264-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1QvPrGLB-XlxTWqdOuqeh9EiDmKSupoPBsvH7NR8WONNbESifrF8DSUuhTL32Idc0jsjzQM5bWVtxXPJ2Rl9qo2dk6Aa_KhIusou7b3RVuceGkLAPyYiEcNJCaVJ7qqIx5k6eLh1LpVn/s400/0056615_IMGP0264-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272211581801813922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The king of Katidids</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvP_-nXxhtsTYJcCdfiACDV1pV8fgngXSWP_6xiPfDolWVebmejgK1WciNFWxxJ9g3ubTHNYHtaTCRexCR08wKgW1tMEbYzQKuhHiL09iOr2ANw-N8gmwwwR4YojTmh4WmJDMsYs7hVtD/s1600-h/0056562_IMGP0184-Edit-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvP_-nXxhtsTYJcCdfiACDV1pV8fgngXSWP_6xiPfDolWVebmejgK1WciNFWxxJ9g3ubTHNYHtaTCRexCR08wKgW1tMEbYzQKuhHiL09iOr2ANw-N8gmwwwR4YojTmh4WmJDMsYs7hVtD/s400/0056562_IMGP0184-Edit-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272209313688061090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Female Wolley monkey</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, <span style="font-style: italic;">Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii, </span>with infant</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nJv6ncbHb_TZnEk3xTgzHvjoo6svd8ANaP160tem_X1pJoNIs3CTiA7hjMvvI8E8135IkBuNumf8d32p9kgY7r95hz4ZfXov5e6Bp1xNFZFO0LG51qZqiUx4CLT3QAVGoQHaEFxhU3Ng/s1600-h/0056461_IMGP0034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nJv6ncbHb_TZnEk3xTgzHvjoo6svd8ANaP160tem_X1pJoNIs3CTiA7hjMvvI8E8135IkBuNumf8d32p9kgY7r95hz4ZfXov5e6Bp1xNFZFO0LG51qZqiUx4CLT3QAVGoQHaEFxhU3Ng/s400/0056461_IMGP0034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272209303073350690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Scorpion under ultra-violet light</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66tdLRsxRO-BkrBbiJTW5gNDqaXa8YnvFG0tagsif-Czr69kb751WOGNa_MCPkk-tzvt4nAaFIyqgNade9FR4Ltb9Ftmkc4LQCt5xn8KbA3nyMJpzGW7ZGS-Xf6dntjRloT2AywT2I1sq/s1600-h/0056283_IMGP9835-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66tdLRsxRO-BkrBbiJTW5gNDqaXa8YnvFG0tagsif-Czr69kb751WOGNa_MCPkk-tzvt4nAaFIyqgNade9FR4Ltb9Ftmkc4LQCt5xn8KbA3nyMJpzGW7ZGS-Xf6dntjRloT2AywT2I1sq/s400/0056283_IMGP9835-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272209298010689362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Membracid</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit39wp9d-69YR_8P2-qUav3mbCZVTWI-mecWdZlzDEkHTErheiBlm7PU38Fk6y0xLxjvAbdW4eGbFl6irk8g-fmBxDHsHWINKs-R4gyzCc9HziL-pdzQ3MCFpFnhODCScspJAEhLgGy0xB/s1600-h/0056217_IMGP9738.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit39wp9d-69YR_8P2-qUav3mbCZVTWI-mecWdZlzDEkHTErheiBlm7PU38Fk6y0xLxjvAbdW4eGbFl6irk8g-fmBxDHsHWINKs-R4gyzCc9HziL-pdzQ3MCFpFnhODCScspJAEhLgGy0xB/s400/0056217_IMGP9738.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272209295548401074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Antherium overlooking canopy</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZz0FVGPBKGGRKtm-fahz887e8Z9SeLTPxkB0n0wpQG14j31edxwvFtbT3hPNDj99vfSO0ZthToGCWcZRVF4YpjZuUyhwGJzMpbcy5dcXg_kget_Fajw1t_krGwc0FiTQXdqwlG4Pe-Xet/s1600-h/0056130_IMGP9711-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZz0FVGPBKGGRKtm-fahz887e8Z9SeLTPxkB0n0wpQG14j31edxwvFtbT3hPNDj99vfSO0ZthToGCWcZRVF4YpjZuUyhwGJzMpbcy5dcXg_kget_Fajw1t_krGwc0FiTQXdqwlG4Pe-Xet/s400/0056130_IMGP9711-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272209292729214530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Rio Tiputini</span><br /></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-71602361483247651092008-11-08T09:58:00.008-06:002008-11-14T14:40:20.108-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphendINbN4XhwU9omgLVfyztG6khyphenhyphenXtdfZQOz8-kxjIOGb9YYiDLP6vRtt8H_IinsOf4V8RfH9CQWcVhqNdlbp1krJKmt5L09HXQz8Y8o_7yRKI2QaZ1V91BgoTOPNkaegJLUkH5iZo5y6M/s1600-h/0056135_IMGP9718-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphendINbN4XhwU9omgLVfyztG6khyphenhyphenXtdfZQOz8-kxjIOGb9YYiDLP6vRtt8H_IinsOf4V8RfH9CQWcVhqNdlbp1krJKmt5L09HXQz8Y8o_7yRKI2QaZ1V91BgoTOPNkaegJLUkH5iZo5y6M/s320/0056135_IMGP9718-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268219675063443202" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Posted by Bejat</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEM_44Bo62FIo9aM9Q4sUFTw-FHazI0_lD7SdQ9QcqFqNZh9x5gqFKIxa1sWD_05PdEiyPhvo4MvPrR3AlHXzDmBre_zEs1-mMf5TZn6rnMnymunA2sD06seuqvzKZkibkFmhQC4PljHi_/s1600-h/0057847_IMGP1821-Edit-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEM_44Bo62FIo9aM9Q4sUFTw-FHazI0_lD7SdQ9QcqFqNZh9x5gqFKIxa1sWD_05PdEiyPhvo4MvPrR3AlHXzDmBre_zEs1-mMf5TZn6rnMnymunA2sD06seuqvzKZkibkFmhQC4PljHi_/s320/0057847_IMGP1821-Edit-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268334727383420290" border="0" /></a><br />Alfredo (in the photo to the left with Kenny and Shawn) spent his final weeks here at TBS looking for the elusive Emerald Tree Boa in his spare time. He spent every evening out in the forest searching, but to his dismay he did not find any Boa. After all this time searching at the Catolica Station and here at TBS, it can lead one to believe that it is illusive rather than elusive. That is how it is though, no guarantees. That’s what makes it both challenging and that much more exhilarating when, whatever your elusive may be, is encountered. He did find many other snakes and had incredible sightings. Alfredo left about 2 weeks ago and is traveling around Ecuador before he returns to his home in Puebla, Mexico.<br /><br />Colin, Shawn’s final assistant for the 2008 Canopy Amphibian Project, has arrive<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj032Nwwhf_YpEPgBUk6Tl9jWjSSIX3OyR-XQJ3vUz0nf29S3Vu7qdiK0UhvyuazPyhF8mZimEKbo29sEa5Z-kwQLm-0_80Q9MvLuoNGQGxeC_GOYWtVcKR2U_qKCF_M6MKCQwGBI9Yx8ri/s1600-h/0056318_IMGP9883.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj032Nwwhf_YpEPgBUk6Tl9jWjSSIX3OyR-XQJ3vUz0nf29S3Vu7qdiK0UhvyuazPyhF8mZimEKbo29sEa5Z-kwQLm-0_80Q9MvLuoNGQGxeC_GOYWtVcKR2U_qKCF_M6MKCQwGBI9Yx8ri/s320/0056318_IMGP9883.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268344609010391490" border="0" /></a>d from the US. He is from Maine, a recent graduate of Carleton College in Minnesota. Kenny has recently graduated from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, but grew up in Sebastian. Both assistants are brilliant, striving for excellence, yet starkly different in character.<br /><br />Colin (seen to the right in the lower left photo) is kind and sincere, pushing to do more and be more. Kenny (seen to the left in the lower left photo) is spirited, expedient and full of ideas, exceeding our expectations daily. When working with insects you can see Kenny’s true passion shine, especially with tarantulas (as depicted in the undescribed species in the lower left photo). He has identified many insects in the bromeliads for Shawn, teac<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFa7onf7nbcAo7uG4u9D9NAdjl5DClcz45w5fIZhh8tTJeBn_n2PP8vBf3zpgkUZpgBy826LAGZBxRyF5-vgGyobxOMkqliCSGcnCKoRg_aUDw_8SQBTk5iEJd5gUh3afaaI_kTUqMzV-/s1600-h/0059010_IMGP3169-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFa7onf7nbcAo7uG4u9D9NAdjl5DClcz45w5fIZhh8tTJeBn_n2PP8vBf3zpgkUZpgBy826LAGZBxRyF5-vgGyobxOMkqliCSGcnCKoRg_aUDw_8SQBTk5iEJd5gUh3afaaI_kTUqMzV-/s320/0059010_IMGP3169-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268334725007906450" border="0" /></a>hing us more about Entomology daily. Colin has only just arrived, so it’s hard to say exactly where his true interests lie, but he seems to love it all with incredible enthusiasm.<br /><br />Life in the forest is different from life in the city. Seclusion and isolation are one in the same as you find yourself alone in the forest day in and day out. Sometimes researchers become hermits, unusually unsocial. There hair becomes long and wild, they grow beards if they are men and body hair becomes naturally long if they are females while their bodies become more and more emaciated. Running through the forest in the heat keeps the body fit, yet in time the mind looses it’s western world tuning. Upon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D9afPpQyqLYp2l3PL6IYO1ZtGHUzKXijS_Q4ObRJVjs1CI4Wbv70IHxd1rxS6eAdO1plWZ2J5YfOsTFf2cy42hHyYs7T7p-3Vp_Ygm7iJecvWN01NZD8LBQaRnVT2l7UPJg-2sEhlj1s/s1600-h/0058338_IMGP2406.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D9afPpQyqLYp2l3PL6IYO1ZtGHUzKXijS_Q4ObRJVjs1CI4Wbv70IHxd1rxS6eAdO1plWZ2J5YfOsTFf2cy42hHyYs7T7p-3Vp_Ygm7iJecvWN01NZD8LBQaRnVT2l7UPJg-2sEhlj1s/s320/0058338_IMGP2406.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268339904133368898" border="0" /></a> return culture shock is eminent.<br /><br />Shawn climbed his final tree to extract bromeliads here at TBS (refer to photo on the right side). He climbed a total of four more trees during our brief reprieve and on Monday, November 10th, we will return to the Catolica Station (YSS) to climb four more trees. We will be rushed to climb these trees since Shawn has a presentation at the University of San Francisco de Quito, located in the suburbs of Quito, at the end of November.<br /><br />Kenny and Colin are surveying the Puma plot once more, correcting points and taking heights of trees with the Nikon Laser Range Finder. Every other day they are in th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-qpbKmEsDBnHHeyLVDrEVT3sv2tF3AArjw48qUhsQ5jy6TT_9ekyfLK6IMH41rOrmC3jB2UQeMMA_HrbOjOwLKhnBmIHrnKiOb4rC8JPfyC0qmXsDt395ePQLjN0aMqGrizP3FAqEgLC/s1600-h/0059020_IMGP3189-Edit-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-qpbKmEsDBnHHeyLVDrEVT3sv2tF3AArjw48qUhsQ5jy6TT_9ekyfLK6IMH41rOrmC3jB2UQeMMA_HrbOjOwLKhnBmIHrnKiOb4rC8JPfyC0qmXsDt395ePQLjN0aMqGrizP3FAqEgLC/s320/0059020_IMGP3189-Edit-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268338637685296082" border="0" /></a>e lab, sorting insects to order, which will be sent to Terry Erwin at the Smithsonian when we return to the States. Remarkably they only have 10 more trees to sort. They have been working diligently and may have all the insects sorted before we leave Ecuador. In the evenings they have been doing transects on the canopy walkway and we have been working the trails looking for new species. We have found several species that have not been found here before, as well as several we have never found here in the past. This is great news and I now have more photographs for the TADPOLE publication of Yasuni Herpetofauna color plates, book and web<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivL6hKcsiJkwUkEmIDji-D5H3OJVbOw0GtGsmFdMvf9vjoewjGNqwdW-OtdWOVxOqZOSc3dlQoEJT67YRj-ezy1CgI6qgJIRuVtNiLL_jm-uY7uQL4F5tlOXEGDNlCjHl7G1x_h21qFYxE/s1600-h/0059868_IMGP4250-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivL6hKcsiJkwUkEmIDji-D5H3OJVbOw0GtGsmFdMvf9vjoewjGNqwdW-OtdWOVxOqZOSc3dlQoEJT67YRj-ezy1CgI6qgJIRuVtNiLL_jm-uY7uQL4F5tlOXEGDNlCjHl7G1x_h21qFYxE/s320/0059868_IMGP4250-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268345484169723650" border="0" /></a>site.<br /><br />Shawn has been working day and night on his DIGG grant proposal, Doctoral Improvement Grant, so that we can return next year to finish the 3rd field site where he will climb 18 more trees. I will be continuing the work for TADPOLE and working as Shawn’s primary research assistant, so I will need to generate funds to continue the efforts of TADPOLE. My efforts will be through my paintings, photographic work and fundraising.<br /><br />I have also been practicing and climbing several trees in preparation to climb one of the next trees to video and photograph Shawn while working in the tree. It will be nice to get a better vantage point than from what I always get on the ground. As long as<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x3FLhlRAD-56c27UMFOClFA_2DrrH3VziWlVXWd0JIXEqIdQjbh_OT9OwVSVvKGUGbnWOOEmIN9OPD49HTTMRiGyaMU-5Wu9AvtEItNmMmGxDzNyQ4-VHOgearLbFjpuQ0_31y-enjd9/s1600-h/0057643_IMGP1520-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x3FLhlRAD-56c27UMFOClFA_2DrrH3VziWlVXWd0JIXEqIdQjbh_OT9OwVSVvKGUGbnWOOEmIN9OPD49HTTMRiGyaMU-5Wu9AvtEItNmMmGxDzNyQ4-VHOgearLbFjpuQ0_31y-enjd9/s320/0057643_IMGP1520-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268609136599317298" border="0" /></a> Shawn is able to find a crouch to work in while strapped to his lanyard, he can get off the rope and I can then climb up and capture his work.<br /><br />Since things have slowed down over the past several days I have been traipsing around the forest videoing and photographing. I have spent many days at the lake rowing around in a dugout canoe to find the enormous Black Caiman, Spectacled Caiman, Sungrebe, Great Potoo, Hoatzins, Pitche, Tanagers, Cocoi Heron, Striated Heron (pic to right) and the list is infinite. Tracking the Black Caiman (depicted in photo on upper left side) around the lake is energizing. The lake is simply spectacular.<br /><br />Went out netting bats at a luscious clay lick on the Yasuni side of the Rio Tiputini. Located about 15 minutes down stream fro<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zaWXRGFRjOCx9OsmOXxH0oObVzIOIBXDpF_yCjGyC9amkSSH8MxFr1DA6IkZxREi6eQKqq4pXnBt5oqrRFJ2MGeOsYzzrxoCaEb-Ot5tieySCDcRjC35MabruIC-gMFYgJPdQiFpRlVb/s1600-h/0061166_IMGP5758.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zaWXRGFRjOCx9OsmOXxH0oObVzIOIBXDpF_yCjGyC9amkSSH8MxFr1DA6IkZxREi6eQKqq4pXnBt5oqrRFJ2MGeOsYzzrxoCaEb-Ot5tieySCDcRjC35MabruIC-gMFYgJPdQiFpRlVb/s320/0061166_IMGP5758.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268613797110031618" border="0" /></a>m the station and about 1 1/2 kilometers into the park, it was laden with animal and Waorani hunting trails all leading to this one location. It was GREAT! WOW! We caught 48 bats! I must have taken out about 15 or possibly even more by myself. It was so amazing. They are gorgeous. There were small ones, big ones and monstrous ones. I got bit by one of the small leafed-nose fruit bats and my finger is still throbbing, but it was well worth it. I have my rabies shot, so all is well, but hot damn it hurts. That little guy bit clear through to the other side of my index finger on my left hand. He did this chomp, grip and rip technique similar to a dog playing tug-o-war. He was thrashing his little head back and forth, making the most of his efforts and doing a fair amount of damage that was quite painful. Ouch! All I could do was be patient and calmly try to pry his little jaw apart. What a little macho. Bats are so full of character with faces like angels, devils, dogs, cats and other indescribable creatures. The services they provide to this forest are remarkable. The evening ended about 11pm and we hiked back out to the river and saw a large red brocket deer. What a stellar night.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpePeRiXdTTM3jZnJ6EDSDdvtMj_dB1syPhcrvy50ea4FV14yyq6bmEafs4eiyPz3FePOxmEmgtBEduyQQDJGfJbtOFSXVTqCc2Mu3cXPnAXGnkJHOaMHCIGuhrpjmiJzfctacRz_OWuu/s1600-h/0061214_IMGP5806.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpePeRiXdTTM3jZnJ6EDSDdvtMj_dB1syPhcrvy50ea4FV14yyq6bmEafs4eiyPz3FePOxmEmgtBEduyQQDJGfJbtOFSXVTqCc2Mu3cXPnAXGnkJHOaMHCIGuhrpjmiJzfctacRz_OWuu/s320/0061214_IMGP5806.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268347821091644354" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The rainforest is a mystery and the story unfolds daily before my own eyes. Take a seat anywhere in the forest and you will find the secret bounty of life. Amazingly enough the observations become clearer in minute detail. If the eye of the beholder is where the beauty lies, then my eyes must be rose tinted because everything is beautiful here.<br /></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-2465064756025806282008-10-31T14:58:00.019-05:002008-11-13T11:53:57.882-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggrHShnhsOQ055zxqcR-oRqtbbY0AqcLJezQY9LKGJvUfadxqvsM3TV6xrzCaVDgE2yX9k2g6hrZC5hWnk079UDOHlWrj_l7L78nl-D01_l5M9CFmifzL3lF-z-RtOppr6bjTWrFM3EBRy/s1600-h/0054676_IMGP7907.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggrHShnhsOQ055zxqcR-oRqtbbY0AqcLJezQY9LKGJvUfadxqvsM3TV6xrzCaVDgE2yX9k2g6hrZC5hWnk079UDOHlWrj_l7L78nl-D01_l5M9CFmifzL3lF-z-RtOppr6bjTWrFM3EBRy/s320/0054676_IMGP7907.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264513170232425762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">View of Dayuma from the Via Auca<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Posted by Bejat</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We are back in the primary rainforest here at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS). The forest is like a magnificent dream and the camp has this romantically rustic feel. It is magically enchanting, like I have entered a fairy tale passing thru a secret porthole known as the Rio Tiputini.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Our trip to Dayuma on the Via Auca was cut short due to the lack of <span style="font-style: italic;">Aechmea zebrina </span>bromeliads. What is left of the forest there is mostly secondary growth with small patches of primary growth. It appears that nearly all of the emergent trees have been excavated. Shawn and I agree that all hardwood trees were removed years ago as we witnessed their enormous trunks bundled high on large semi trucks.<br /><br />This area is only 20 miles from a tree Shawn climbed at the Catolica Research Station, yet there were no <span style="font-style: italic;">Aechmea zebrina</span> bromeliads. Shawn has found a previous project where scientists pinpointed the occurrence of <span style="font-style: italic;">Aechmea zebrina</span> and they exist all around the Via Auca in a continuous circle, but not along this road or any adjacent roads. We can only assume that the lack of habitat, whether it be the lack of trees for growth and/or humidity due to transpiration <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >(</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >process by which water that is absorbed by plants, usually through the roots, is evaporated into the atmosphere from the plant surface - Riverweb Glossary)</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> of a healthy forest has caused their extermination. Contamination, less rainfall and hotter temperatures could also potentially be at cause. The dust from the roads rises up into the existing vegetation and coats it with the fine particulates of dust choking their ability to breath, which we believe is another contributing factor.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We were witness to what one often only reads about, like excessive oil spills, rivers coated with black sludge with years of oil running through them, miles of trees fallen to the ground and burning forests. We were living in modest conditions with the colonists in Dayuma, a growing community due to the influx of oil. The people of Dayuma are extremely kind, however poor they may be, they are rich in love. They are non-judgmental and open their hearts and doors to complete strangers. Although I was shocked by our living conditions, the people inspired me to look beyond and into the lives of their existence. Our host family was welcoming, making our experience lovely. However, I must mention the slight misfortune of my sleeping conditions. When it would rain my bed would become saturated. Luckily we experience within the first few days that we could not unpack anything, that it should remain in plastic bags since half of our room leaked heavily.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Our days consisted of walking along the Via Auca and dirt roads to oil wells for 50 kilometers in the blistering heat looking for </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Aechemea zebrina</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> bromeliads. We did not find even one! We found other types of bromeliads and epiphytes, but not the abundance one would find in a pristine or even disturbed forest. I did not see an abundance of orchids either. I did see a few populations of the hearty Maxillaria and Oncidium in less disturbed areas. We saw one forest mammal, an Agouti, on the road to Pindo. Otherwise it was dogs, cats, chickens, cows, horses, mules, pigs and cock-fighting roosters. Roosters so large that I feared for my safety at times when walking alone. The dogs were no better chasing us down the roads barking. We would pretend to pick up a rock or act as if we were throwing a rock at the vicious dogs and this would send them running, or at least stop the attack. Our observation of children using this technique provided the idea to adopt it as a ritual-like motion when passing the farms along these roads.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The dust rising from the roads with each passing truck, semi, bus or rancherra rose high into the air, clogging our noses and pores. The sun was so blazing hot that even with 30 plus sunscreen, hats and umbrellas we all received red skin. At the end of the day all we wanted was a cold shower at the restaurant on the other side of town. We would walk back to our rooms retrieving an ice cold coke along the way and sit on the porch watching the pigs below in the chancerra (pig pen). The wafting smell of the pigs was something less to be desired, but at least better than the bathroom. I preferred to use the forest honestly. We would then walk to the other side of town to use the shower that was shared with all the petroleras and family. Fortunately, there was a door on the shower. Then we would dress in the shower and return to our rooms. Shawn would evaluate his saved Google Earth imagery that he has over-layed with other satellite imagery to determine where we would survey the next day.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We would eat at 7pm and return to our rooms to watch season 3 and 4 of Lost on DVDs that we borrowed from fellow researchers at TBS. We would watch a few episodes and get to bed a decent hour for an early rise. In the morning we ate our breakfast at D'Davids and visited the Pandaria to pick up some bread for lunch. On our way out of town we bought fruit at a small fruit stand. Bread and fruit was our daily lunch.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn's new assistant Kenny arrived from Florida. He is a riot, I can tell already that we are all going to have a wonderful adventure together. Although he does not speak Spanish, he gets by and managed to get himself to Coca. Shawn took a day and traveled to Coca to retrieve him from the airport. Alfredo and I went out looking for bromeliads on the road to Pindo. We made it to a town called Santa Rosa where we turned off the main road onto a muddy less traveled road leading us to the Rio Tiputini. We climbed up muddy hillsides looking far beyond the reaches of our binoculars across the Rio Tiputini. Even using our cameras to photograph trees, zooming in on the photos to determine the species of bromeliads. Unbelievably no </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Achemea zebrina</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. We were quite far out on this road and it was getting late so we had to walk as quickly as possible to catch transportation back to town. If not we would be returning shortly before midnight without any light. I think we caught the last ride possible with a petrolera that was exceptionally talkative. He told us about his family, his experience traveling in Spain and his work. He spoke so quickly it was very difficult to understand him and all I could do was listen intently and ask Alfredo for some translation every so often when he took a moment to breath.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">After nearly being abducted by the Waorani inside the park boundaries of Dabo’s community, we felt we had the sign we needed to just move on to our next location. The oil company representative and some quick thinking on my part saved us from Waorani incarceration. This kind gentleman was from the Chinese company that is in charge of relations. We had this great idea that we would go directly to the end of the Pindo Road and access Yasuni National Park. We had hoped that we would be successful but only found that the Waorani were displeased by our entry and set a roadblock. As we were walking a representative from the oil company drove by and said that we were trespassing and the Waorani were furious We did not know about these “rules”, so the representative picked us up in the bed of his truck taking us around the corner where the roadblock was in place just for us. Wow, now we felt special. This was Kenny’s first day of work. I spoke with the Waorani and told them how Bolivar said it would be okay to visit this region and that we were friends with him, Tihue, Nambi and others along the Via Maxis. After we discussed the matter everything seemed to be okay as long as we agreed not to return. So we left.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">On our final day we hiked the Puma Road where the pipelines have been removed because the wells have become unproductive. As usual I was running behind, taking photos and wandering about looking into the farms, into the lives of the people along the Via Auca. The farms along the Puma Road have been in existence for many more years than the other roads; therefore they were larger and more defined in their space. The homes were painted and landscaped, surrounded by pasture or fields. Some of these fields were on fire, burning along the landscape, filling the sky in eminent darkness. My heart sank at the sight of it and the heat rising from the fire was edging on my ebbing anger.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For lunch Alfredo picked fruit, Guayabas, along the road for us to eat. As we ate without care, Kenny noticed they were infested with worms. We immediately looked at Alfredo and remarked, "THANKS Alfredo!" I was especially pleased with my worm fruit and proceeded to give him a hard time about it. Poor Shawn probably ate about 3 or 4 of them. Ewwww, worm protein. Shawn and I ,at that point, had intestinal worms again and had to take the de-wormer once again. So the worm fruit did not go over well. Granted it’s not the same type of worms, but the thought of it was just too much.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We spent about 8 or 9 hours a day walking the road for a few weeks until Shawn said that it was hopeless and we should return to TBS. All we wanted was to find one </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Aechmea zebrina</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. It just did not seem possible that we could not find at least one. Baffling. We were uncertain at times if we were living in reality, maybe due to the sun, but also due to this inconceivable truth. We packed up or gear and returned to TBS.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Days of walking, hitch hiking and looking for the infamous bromeliads left us all dazed and confused. I had people yelling at me from afar “Hola Gringa!” This persisted day and night. A child tried to sell me his Yellow-Footed Amazon Tortoise. I explained that I was not interested that I only wanted to see them in the wild and documented the scene sneakily by taking a photo without their knowledge. I was offered beer, rides within the cabs of trucks in the air conditioning, while the guys sat in the tailgate with other hitch hikers, sometimes in the pouring rain. I appreciated riding in the cab, because the river rock roads are incredibly hard on the body.<br /><br />People along the road were very kind and offered advice, directions and friendly discussion. There was no sense of urgency, only the sense of self. After 50 kilometers, which is equivalent to 31 miles, I had taken 6,000 plus photos and found the truth behind rainforest destruction, human survival.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is the story of living along the Via AUCA:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXCyAgaLXwZ4FAJKB3VPwUI4dufgaXlDwI9KgRvE1hIVlmGM_fjpub8sipzhTvptPtmwBp1AR7wRfOhEQ_phZo-ARGODt5IOAxArSNOSg4nAGdZSxUdClAsfYw2zWlAdCdV_aDqXF2UNN/s1600-h/0054683_IMGP7917-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXCyAgaLXwZ4FAJKB3VPwUI4dufgaXlDwI9KgRvE1hIVlmGM_fjpub8sipzhTvptPtmwBp1AR7wRfOhEQ_phZo-ARGODt5IOAxArSNOSg4nAGdZSxUdClAsfYw2zWlAdCdV_aDqXF2UNN/s320/0054683_IMGP7917-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264513158403508322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Pipelines along the Via Auca<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxV_Y-wticGf7H3cixS6KXDjryjEma_zmOYCi0i068TPEp-zTzjdj4ZNn2lfH2PypSjBEw6gww4gJg8rw0YdxFnO49yNkzLeDTjqDqiseI3YKfXdwV_HFaEGwqwK2cEG2dv5GAUyCB8hu6/s1600-h/0054743_IMGP8000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxV_Y-wticGf7H3cixS6KXDjryjEma_zmOYCi0i068TPEp-zTzjdj4ZNn2lfH2PypSjBEw6gww4gJg8rw0YdxFnO49yNkzLeDTjqDqiseI3YKfXdwV_HFaEGwqwK2cEG2dv5GAUyCB8hu6/s320/0054743_IMGP8000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264512386913887858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Pipelines leading to the PetroEcuador<br />central processing facility on the Via Auca.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVpUk0ef0hMQAnwZpchbc1E6efRvgNuvMmM964G_HWb8_hU2EhzBuzwvgsYIEky9usvlUmxUwP9Ps7v3386HdOTsf9Pb4sdn-TY12za_A_YNsUwhaBiIzqRhJFGcAhETHpNZGI2Sm6GC1/s1600-h/0054750_IMGP8007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVpUk0ef0hMQAnwZpchbc1E6efRvgNuvMmM964G_HWb8_hU2EhzBuzwvgsYIEky9usvlUmxUwP9Ps7v3386HdOTsf9Pb4sdn-TY12za_A_YNsUwhaBiIzqRhJFGcAhETHpNZGI2Sm6GC1/s320/0054750_IMGP8007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264512383580289106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Old pipeline capped along the Via Auca.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rL5sYeg2RLwRdoE2duJnj76koP86_v_DtgaXBr_zjow5aF5sNjFTRy1a3BEPhVDN-RoOec5jW-3_BCGNtpiIV12atvnpt7gJMXBqjhOyCQHoa31bKTldeOZoU4n6QobyxTuzPV6x8YEX/s1600-h/0054752_IMGP8009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rL5sYeg2RLwRdoE2duJnj76koP86_v_DtgaXBr_zjow5aF5sNjFTRy1a3BEPhVDN-RoOec5jW-3_BCGNtpiIV12atvnpt7gJMXBqjhOyCQHoa31bKTldeOZoU4n6QobyxTuzPV6x8YEX/s320/0054752_IMGP8009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264512376743897698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Horse grazing on what once was rainforest along the Via Auca.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapZS59BH6xO6SXK7K6Gwz6SR3zTq_lmRiaItg-D5q2INEiXbq467xxcnGpaXhDEMd3iec0iwkNM8rvePsxlAPP-GJ_ZdcKU2_pcRp2b9E2N7L6J_w-BOxszdUtlgdZ9KKqZZ1NCuFX7gz/s1600-h/0054766_IMGP8023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapZS59BH6xO6SXK7K6Gwz6SR3zTq_lmRiaItg-D5q2INEiXbq467xxcnGpaXhDEMd3iec0iwkNM8rvePsxlAPP-GJ_ZdcKU2_pcRp2b9E2N7L6J_w-BOxszdUtlgdZ9KKqZZ1NCuFX7gz/s320/0054766_IMGP8023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264512378032848018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Old pipelines along the Via Auca.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdpHExblZh_b6Zzll6KxK_uESyefHKoK18oTydLmTSoUCl_VaF1meQY8ozwe_PGpByXPSWpYcJ8YxP3DtB8pa2xu8UMfFrvUMSht-HRvRDlON84CCYnA_fdiAUTMHirSSq0KNkEXjWSI_/s1600-h/0054770_IMGP8027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdpHExblZh_b6Zzll6KxK_uESyefHKoK18oTydLmTSoUCl_VaF1meQY8ozwe_PGpByXPSWpYcJ8YxP3DtB8pa2xu8UMfFrvUMSht-HRvRDlON84CCYnA_fdiAUTMHirSSq0KNkEXjWSI_/s320/0054770_IMGP8027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264512366497783202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Pipelines that runs from the multitude of wells<br />along the Via Auca.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQVcmpQibygD1rLE-hPOg1KqnZwYDv3kqd6KmXmeaVfKIdF_fNjg9lJh_HfynkWRd5shnn2uq4hTjy02NaSJWHYo3ZVbhShK6RXKHE5k-MybY2C92FX66RiB3GErGPc1yezy-fQ-9JCF3/s1600-h/0054772_IMGP8031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQVcmpQibygD1rLE-hPOg1KqnZwYDv3kqd6KmXmeaVfKIdF_fNjg9lJh_HfynkWRd5shnn2uq4hTjy02NaSJWHYo3ZVbhShK6RXKHE5k-MybY2C92FX66RiB3GErGPc1yezy-fQ-9JCF3/s320/0054772_IMGP8031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264511518734275186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn and Bejat take a cold beverage break<br />after hiking for many hours on the Via Auca.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB9V3G0pfOfLv9_mCPIbqjxb7tMd7VZGAAQoU66E5q4wWoFbhlf4w2yzGSi1Tm1ZB9WIeJbjK3SNl-BmzpfMIkl-q67phwXOacfdMuYfpZzbYLu6tBpK0pWgjDs2eUqDsk73-yZHEODUs/s1600-h/0054787_IMGP8049.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB9V3G0pfOfLv9_mCPIbqjxb7tMd7VZGAAQoU66E5q4wWoFbhlf4w2yzGSi1Tm1ZB9WIeJbjK3SNl-BmzpfMIkl-q67phwXOacfdMuYfpZzbYLu6tBpK0pWgjDs2eUqDsk73-yZHEODUs/s320/0054787_IMGP8049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264511513032405970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Oil spill in front of this families home along the Via Auca.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAz47QhZaTSfY_rQvCTMBV559V3X8Yveyvv1FPFhgLGXfoaCq66xIzf_n_91V-BrcMIkOVc7J7qcvYdihmlGPWerZ-gc9fBwGtBzz2-YhY5Y6jLHd13h4gxPi0MHRXXCoopBecG28jKyzv/s1600-h/0054803_IMGP8067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAz47QhZaTSfY_rQvCTMBV559V3X8Yveyvv1FPFhgLGXfoaCq66xIzf_n_91V-BrcMIkOVc7J7qcvYdihmlGPWerZ-gc9fBwGtBzz2-YhY5Y6jLHd13h4gxPi0MHRXXCoopBecG28jKyzv/s320/0054803_IMGP8067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264511508487224434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Sign stating that it is dangerous to use or drink the water<br />nearby due to a reinjection well.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIT4u5jtf2fl91fzHdgAqyJUno05KAK9niWThoLeVLOfA_7SU1ZyU56XatP6ByfpGZHnQ3ZHNG6SmBjSou0OTkFOe3uZ-CDRdN-o5veeV223qVvQWZlJUZ-bpG_VAmj0pg9s19_DKkNEG/s1600-h/0054805_IMGP8069.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIT4u5jtf2fl91fzHdgAqyJUno05KAK9niWThoLeVLOfA_7SU1ZyU56XatP6ByfpGZHnQ3ZHNG6SmBjSou0OTkFOe3uZ-CDRdN-o5veeV223qVvQWZlJUZ-bpG_VAmj0pg9s19_DKkNEG/s320/0054805_IMGP8069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264511508704802018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Alfredo and Shawn looking for<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Aechmea zebrina</span> on the Via Auca.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtU2P97Ts6xEfgy4TjcBVfUD2uo4KnM6dikcV9-q6zhb-iUsmeaVsNS9-ZAmgCMIxBjdAef8AJMbl7hZHMYlJeZQOG90geXnr6Nq3_QoT6rrKHvhpmlKOAdxFe4_DbxcfDiOVkGRcYr_6X/s1600-h/0054806_IMGP8070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtU2P97Ts6xEfgy4TjcBVfUD2uo4KnM6dikcV9-q6zhb-iUsmeaVsNS9-ZAmgCMIxBjdAef8AJMbl7hZHMYlJeZQOG90geXnr6Nq3_QoT6rrKHvhpmlKOAdxFe4_DbxcfDiOVkGRcYr_6X/s320/0054806_IMGP8070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264510630497276722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Contaminated ground and water<br />due to a previous oil spill.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsfcb1zcEjKkqUIMMb-mEP82XiijIT9_aLOpoLGSGCg2S1n1_aKoeEwYZsQLxbeqTKkERp5aJc6I4bGvbnvDQSwYWMU3oHngfSniqPlJ8bOXUfMAIx6NPkYAgQv_pDGhBcgt0a7G9-QJW/s1600-h/0054810_IMGP8074-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsfcb1zcEjKkqUIMMb-mEP82XiijIT9_aLOpoLGSGCg2S1n1_aKoeEwYZsQLxbeqTKkERp5aJc6I4bGvbnvDQSwYWMU3oHngfSniqPlJ8bOXUfMAIx6NPkYAgQv_pDGhBcgt0a7G9-QJW/s320/0054810_IMGP8074-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264510623111226914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Oil spill cleanup efforts have these men hard at work turning<br />the soil by hand to remove the contaminated dirt.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFoypxltkF0C_M0Bzbe2gopiQ3ynl_ZGKW06rGHi4PQ-q68WWNjjNzGoD52tWqVV0F7IH1na0fMzbnJvf8ssLEJdIFl-QfpbHneExwBA0Ty8J_HYlwmb9DHJC8aKdvpH5-9fSFefbNuRd/s1600-h/0054835_IMGP8099-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFoypxltkF0C_M0Bzbe2gopiQ3ynl_ZGKW06rGHi4PQ-q68WWNjjNzGoD52tWqVV0F7IH1na0fMzbnJvf8ssLEJdIFl-QfpbHneExwBA0Ty8J_HYlwmb9DHJC8aKdvpH5-9fSFefbNuRd/s320/0054835_IMGP8099-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264510623211105458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Yellow-footed Tortoise found within primary rainforest<br />is for sale along the Via Auca.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgh0VygLFycB-Y41d3vJWkcXIF-hJHZPhMk5Lt3t3dtZxb8Uu7FLqf-uuuyJBVtjTjZ2mAUQodskGsf5ZLcSHurOpDFb6DTah3jToaFpuZJPcpfDyydnyUw6C-e6CprF27pEhUCflU9R0/s1600-h/0054836_IMGP8100-Edit-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgh0VygLFycB-Y41d3vJWkcXIF-hJHZPhMk5Lt3t3dtZxb8Uu7FLqf-uuuyJBVtjTjZ2mAUQodskGsf5ZLcSHurOpDFb6DTah3jToaFpuZJPcpfDyydnyUw6C-e6CprF27pEhUCflU9R0/s320/0054836_IMGP8100-Edit-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264510610969392962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Billboard stating that trafficking of any species is illegal,<br />that the province of Orellana without Yasuni is not Orellana.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyFn1i3ucPKXzPiWq1LjLWqOFWiFcy7xHsiXSseM4GhV1pGkxM3psnZqY2pHCQt5hQZakh25WY17gDmbCqFfhkbzqSqsXX-YbApnctveFN9FLvewNXbbBAYRpvyOFQz0_toxhF9zF0Yit/s1600-h/0054840_IMGP8104.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyFn1i3ucPKXzPiWq1LjLWqOFWiFcy7xHsiXSseM4GhV1pGkxM3psnZqY2pHCQt5hQZakh25WY17gDmbCqFfhkbzqSqsXX-YbApnctveFN9FLvewNXbbBAYRpvyOFQz0_toxhF9zF0Yit/s320/0054840_IMGP8104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264510609391672466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Pipelines running over a small contaminated stream<br />along the Via Auca.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CDmWjynBNXtHxDN7qkql1Aa_EuXfBKqJPK0Dc2Z-Kudag14gocxlq0yTVZde5PrDTNgqhX_fvvmY1SVQd7CXbgV8PbSqk4jaJFlzE4ppgb8XBg4ZYei7APHmqtn0aISnNMO05LMoZC6h/s1600-h/0054842_IMGP8106.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CDmWjynBNXtHxDN7qkql1Aa_EuXfBKqJPK0Dc2Z-Kudag14gocxlq0yTVZde5PrDTNgqhX_fvvmY1SVQd7CXbgV8PbSqk4jaJFlzE4ppgb8XBg4ZYei7APHmqtn0aISnNMO05LMoZC6h/s320/0054842_IMGP8106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264509618085027602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Dust and heat rising from a gravel road leading to Pindo.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNkpwvv8BqITHfGj9rdjh0XitQyrNWte0on9OvlAEbOzzxM-QvGGS4aAbxQsSGeyXHBhbDz9xPFxI5imh-fmCEp2gEoGJNeeRY7oVACWO7hIjSwbGU3JWxEeWfbhe3BLx6wv2mLUZqE9X/s1600-h/0054847_IMGP8111.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNkpwvv8BqITHfGj9rdjh0XitQyrNWte0on9OvlAEbOzzxM-QvGGS4aAbxQsSGeyXHBhbDz9xPFxI5imh-fmCEp2gEoGJNeeRY7oVACWO7hIjSwbGU3JWxEeWfbhe3BLx6wv2mLUZqE9X/s320/0054847_IMGP8111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264509610165094818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Semi truck passing Alfredo and Shawn on the road to Pindo.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVFu3YQOQdBWurDgHQeo1f5ImeG11esrK3DkmODRqy8MpNJvU037LhQXgCiVg4Ru-n6RTgs6sxufhMMoncNxzEhu_rGHLc1uNMVLXYLjCqch1zYZP8BVNa8UztCkPlXR81MGYVEHZpIxz/s1600-h/0054854_IMGP8118.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVFu3YQOQdBWurDgHQeo1f5ImeG11esrK3DkmODRqy8MpNJvU037LhQXgCiVg4Ru-n6RTgs6sxufhMMoncNxzEhu_rGHLc1uNMVLXYLjCqch1zYZP8BVNa8UztCkPlXR81MGYVEHZpIxz/s320/0054854_IMGP8118.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264509605172177282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Dust rising from the public transportation<br />bus on the road to Pindo.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGbaRjsrwxjABH9QnjcnqutAbKYOIVSNsccs6fxeTyh45W2p0BhCFVihltm4b2X4riDFCzLx7YXYcnm8F8ZmNtsfbL8VSxsrmm5hkkA51F6-CWUCEGn1DOKAZCyTKJOegVdrQavPZu-y2/s1600-h/0054870_IMGP8134.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGbaRjsrwxjABH9QnjcnqutAbKYOIVSNsccs6fxeTyh45W2p0BhCFVihltm4b2X4riDFCzLx7YXYcnm8F8ZmNtsfbL8VSxsrmm5hkkA51F6-CWUCEGn1DOKAZCyTKJOegVdrQavPZu-y2/s320/0054870_IMGP8134.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264509601192173266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Pipeline leading from a well over a small shallow stream<br />exhibiting the oil coated rocks beneath.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTPx0sBmNT3xIUK-t4WEkdv8m8waFmUhwcXXZj-S7_FhDkE26JlIIvcaka8G-pjgJkQSdN_xvAcsYVaH7D9ahrAqt4mO4-yne6xXg9GbDHi9-hdXNyuHrTDiKkmT4Hb9pm_IzYc8edeJW/s1600-h/0054890_IMGP8154.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTPx0sBmNT3xIUK-t4WEkdv8m8waFmUhwcXXZj-S7_FhDkE26JlIIvcaka8G-pjgJkQSdN_xvAcsYVaH7D9ahrAqt4mO4-yne6xXg9GbDHi9-hdXNyuHrTDiKkmT4Hb9pm_IzYc8edeJW/s320/0054890_IMGP8154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264509589081027090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">AUC well #13 leaking on the road to Pindo.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADC9IZFMzqbpQUj9xckqNQ0f-J7VPh92rfF4myCFL0Rrf5dX6wFBAf4D2mgMDPTnl1sU4p4lGLfl4cO1Jmg-yqavbRXfoLd7OVKP6l1Do8WFIiRi3vjjikkzx705R6XnZV4wYwZlCWLfJ/s1600-h/0054960_IMGP8251-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADC9IZFMzqbpQUj9xckqNQ0f-J7VPh92rfF4myCFL0Rrf5dX6wFBAf4D2mgMDPTnl1sU4p4lGLfl4cO1Jmg-yqavbRXfoLd7OVKP6l1Do8WFIiRi3vjjikkzx705R6XnZV4wYwZlCWLfJ/s320/0054960_IMGP8251-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264508427784664706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">We found many other species of bromeliads,<br />but no <span style="font-style: italic;">Aechmea zebrina</span>.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QzcpxVgvB0L9pDBBdmE-M2qGvIEsPJyhL7aqMoVM7Mt3ZK5muEA0jtmVZMrnUsNa5AKPxzI3AK8XjhyEYkl-QIyghtbJMq8jWif5FCI4_EVDw4C6A_up4qu-CFRvSxGQ3IeFbZG8AtOz/s1600-h/0054961_IMGP8253.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QzcpxVgvB0L9pDBBdmE-M2qGvIEsPJyhL7aqMoVM7Mt3ZK5muEA0jtmVZMrnUsNa5AKPxzI3AK8XjhyEYkl-QIyghtbJMq8jWif5FCI4_EVDw4C6A_up4qu-CFRvSxGQ3IeFbZG8AtOz/s320/0054961_IMGP8253.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264508421475948450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Pipeline running a few feet in front of this family's<br />home on the road to Pindo.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa3AwT47IAtm_MjyC_9Q0L9XOaWcpERpnCncdGJ39NY04wEXLr939v51iWG_gl8UHDcsqf4OMueaBjcA-4KcUdsv_B76o96I75mnbgo5E042v3z6uanwhI5_kJ136_Xa5HR40YN9QdeOZ/s1600-h/0054969_IMGP8263.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa3AwT47IAtm_MjyC_9Q0L9XOaWcpERpnCncdGJ39NY04wEXLr939v51iWG_gl8UHDcsqf4OMueaBjcA-4KcUdsv_B76o96I75mnbgo5E042v3z6uanwhI5_kJ136_Xa5HR40YN9QdeOZ/s320/0054969_IMGP8263.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264508416957678562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Cleared and recently burned pasture land<br />that was once rainforest as little as 30 years ago.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFtW4Z-5ue0XfPhFrrAUL-eSh1_c5WMEGBtkC71ZwuEB7K4nHw4VlRk1NgUJlwQHN02uooSe7ipSXYubxHIDk_0nNMvU9JkUqjF5qU88y7-q4H1GTm9wiwR2yDACSXyJ_twHwy1vcpMed/s1600-h/0054993_IMGP8294.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFtW4Z-5ue0XfPhFrrAUL-eSh1_c5WMEGBtkC71ZwuEB7K4nHw4VlRk1NgUJlwQHN02uooSe7ipSXYubxHIDk_0nNMvU9JkUqjF5qU88y7-q4H1GTm9wiwR2yDACSXyJ_twHwy1vcpMed/s320/0054993_IMGP8294.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264508412820480834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Oropendola nests in an open pasture along the road to Pindo.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV7koMDggiivBZelsNm9GteDIh6O6J3emw4fmvBc7j_rj8bK1LfCCe9zOu_gYlOsZIPXGmiW5u2VCVZCwhFF3hLNM1cAzLkcZjua7e8ZKwoskkfQGAa9v5PGfHte4koRm0DvZOhfoiPN8/s1600-h/0055004_IMGP8317-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV7koMDggiivBZelsNm9GteDIh6O6J3emw4fmvBc7j_rj8bK1LfCCe9zOu_gYlOsZIPXGmiW5u2VCVZCwhFF3hLNM1cAzLkcZjua7e8ZKwoskkfQGAa9v5PGfHte4koRm0DvZOhfoiPN8/s320/0055004_IMGP8317-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264508411523125922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Deforestation for bananas, coffee, yucca, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">guabana<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> and corn on the road to Pindo.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8VGDE4zCeyzucQupu-742rFKf6ZyECtbuVRlrlAMKSK89OQsY4OD9PLi4_GBKCJLldhxHNF9nVdHIZ6dF98DOaYK0G7anfUkARsed9idFUNuBjf5Hq6FazIL3H7mK4LNcZAjKfzATgeI/s1600-h/0055007_IMGP8321.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8VGDE4zCeyzucQupu-742rFKf6ZyECtbuVRlrlAMKSK89OQsY4OD9PLi4_GBKCJLldhxHNF9nVdHIZ6dF98DOaYK0G7anfUkARsed9idFUNuBjf5Hq6FazIL3H7mK4LNcZAjKfzATgeI/s320/0055007_IMGP8321.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264507409340400738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Deforestation for pastures on the Pindo Road.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAwICYzi3sNgu9G6qMQlfIc1czxAXF_V94ZcO5-TpMSxdJrm4fohkehMUnQq_XDkjY5qzH3kcS6r9pBknlzbbOa764UcUEoWmCiHwMSr90PCFPjEp1y3yKvM7spn9PWISK_4O0s4K7V3P/s1600-h/0055016_IMGP8331-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAwICYzi3sNgu9G6qMQlfIc1czxAXF_V94ZcO5-TpMSxdJrm4fohkehMUnQq_XDkjY5qzH3kcS6r9pBknlzbbOa764UcUEoWmCiHwMSr90PCFPjEp1y3yKvM7spn9PWISK_4O0s4K7V3P/s320/0055016_IMGP8331-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264507401519745570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Dust and emissions from this gas filled semi truck<br />chokes the vegetation.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkP-eC4ssplp1_aGkp5rPJ7nCmAUDN5FdlzTB1PBdK60th4fHkytTFfLrsVExZZ3Ox3bEavVPE7HvULUv1ZwWMdqzcL9URAkKbF_d_wk1q4JimN0h8BjaUIlAoU4ElpJn7r0CrXO_PUec/s1600-h/0055022_IMGP8338-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkP-eC4ssplp1_aGkp5rPJ7nCmAUDN5FdlzTB1PBdK60th4fHkytTFfLrsVExZZ3Ox3bEavVPE7HvULUv1ZwWMdqzcL9URAkKbF_d_wk1q4JimN0h8BjaUIlAoU4ElpJn7r0CrXO_PUec/s320/0055022_IMGP8338-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264507392569069522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Multi-directional well site on the road to Pindo.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXQugZwKo4ZUUgXawYC2anES1qzeFH5tBLDAfbupWL7HK02f2g4BniAgp5fGqD4_lNQNvjp-YJCupNjvFDC34haK4akSCFnNbRguitF6dJidRqaOnS6QQprh0VtF7sqoxZZzMHyzgPP-9/s1600-h/0055025_IMGP8341-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXQugZwKo4ZUUgXawYC2anES1qzeFH5tBLDAfbupWL7HK02f2g4BniAgp5fGqD4_lNQNvjp-YJCupNjvFDC34haK4akSCFnNbRguitF6dJidRqaOnS6QQprh0VtF7sqoxZZzMHyzgPP-9/s320/0055025_IMGP8341-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264507385156101922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The sun was setting as we race to get back before nightfall.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDwy92YjvlpSWdLsqtJzSKxN94tFrsgMgrcKx72xXb1pJSicnJxT2P_XSKNnXsk1jLoJ32U1LXlB3Fn-vp16uRMclg2sTu6EAuNYDycXpLUJAV3Ht9wtTUe1HjEo7vBgH3PjCD3E9ZDnu/s1600-h/0055033_IMGP8359-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDwy92YjvlpSWdLsqtJzSKxN94tFrsgMgrcKx72xXb1pJSicnJxT2P_XSKNnXsk1jLoJ32U1LXlB3Fn-vp16uRMclg2sTu6EAuNYDycXpLUJAV3Ht9wtTUe1HjEo7vBgH3PjCD3E9ZDnu/s320/0055033_IMGP8359-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264507381352378290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Neighbor across from our rented room looking out her kitchen window.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMINVHC551fs6Sj77ysObvYa6zzZMbEWOJGy4YqO0oBbnHKf7kn5JveEfcBm9CZDtkTs5LI26RL8bIqyU4Cx3UGtJ2juz_7ODn9WAc_RoivcelAVwLeEJpxbuseQGBWE9SthHOc3nkcBo/s1600-h/0055035_IMGP8363.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMINVHC551fs6Sj77ysObvYa6zzZMbEWOJGy4YqO0oBbnHKf7kn5JveEfcBm9CZDtkTs5LI26RL8bIqyU4Cx3UGtJ2juz_7ODn9WAc_RoivcelAVwLeEJpxbuseQGBWE9SthHOc3nkcBo/s320/0055035_IMGP8363.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264506381956361410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Summer Institute of Linguistics Evangelical missionary church in Dayuma.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hoeOMdId5DwEuO6Iuhvb7PMWWFjb-go0PpGnFb4fAra5mpcOoPT6IQIe36FQZPxd6q0nWWer-Z8IoS7FLWq6PQ0YX8VmonsMUjwGjYGwg94pgXT-K095Xei2811oHocZLd_gtGDXUsbU/s1600-h/0055042_IMGP8371-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hoeOMdId5DwEuO6Iuhvb7PMWWFjb-go0PpGnFb4fAra5mpcOoPT6IQIe36FQZPxd6q0nWWer-Z8IoS7FLWq6PQ0YX8VmonsMUjwGjYGwg94pgXT-K095Xei2811oHocZLd_gtGDXUsbU/s320/0055042_IMGP8371-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264506373309778066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Pandaria that we visited daily in Dayuma.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbg7tcEFj3U82dyVoXml9KM1r_6nrxYLTYA8Q0SecrFXf1et6i-AbxUsxgBtE0DOmGEr7mU3V-hjKrz6az5gBAZHbiD4tqRrNvsoQKwFEuRSMvad9pgdUwwym9LcPZG_B4fdecz6CPg-f_/s1600-h/0055043_IMGP8372-Edit-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbg7tcEFj3U82dyVoXml9KM1r_6nrxYLTYA8Q0SecrFXf1et6i-AbxUsxgBtE0DOmGEr7mU3V-hjKrz6az5gBAZHbiD4tqRrNvsoQKwFEuRSMvad9pgdUwwym9LcPZG_B4fdecz6CPg-f_/s320/0055043_IMGP8372-Edit-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264506372837647298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Our daily lunch is being delivered from the owner.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn19qBHe4cqloTOYi9xpFQkgafnob04BVT44qOhoz9gMavDhMn9co14RU_Eh4IJuOdKX13alH8En83nn6se76lQAfJ0szGGzuRRKltHt_VbXeMMxm0W-Xpgf-VuaZ1BW6o6LcRox5hp0nb/s1600-h/0055048_IMGP8378-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn19qBHe4cqloTOYi9xpFQkgafnob04BVT44qOhoz9gMavDhMn9co14RU_Eh4IJuOdKX13alH8En83nn6se76lQAfJ0szGGzuRRKltHt_VbXeMMxm0W-Xpgf-VuaZ1BW6o6LcRox5hp0nb/s320/0055048_IMGP8378-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264506369068244978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Fruit stand where we bought our lunch in Dayuma.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTWh2vUON-hBvbNJc9AxmUJKTzQ-dUUBx7bcz1z2vPqs_ITOPfYW3TagyfKl7b25wZ67lYZGdiaKUNwPuZJa5MADvC3FnWqBJ5-24xUIZ1GcG38IbYRSrjCaxBVqPaZNS1DMxhihCRt3h/s1600-h/0055071_IMGP8418-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTWh2vUON-hBvbNJc9AxmUJKTzQ-dUUBx7bcz1z2vPqs_ITOPfYW3TagyfKl7b25wZ67lYZGdiaKUNwPuZJa5MADvC3FnWqBJ5-24xUIZ1GcG38IbYRSrjCaxBVqPaZNS1DMxhihCRt3h/s320/0055071_IMGP8418-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264506365367895346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Argentinean owned processing facility in Pindo.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGoCclNTd4K0zH5fOaiAg1IZfhsI1b7VscDnEKvy3HC1mhKlPjKi5K-0DsX2yHH8gg49xupr-e_jkT28vBwKHrY727vXN7787_jLX3M-x85weHhW-Sf7cD9x_LHufmqGRT4gQZ2PU1tgd/s1600-h/0055074_IMGP8421.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGoCclNTd4K0zH5fOaiAg1IZfhsI1b7VscDnEKvy3HC1mhKlPjKi5K-0DsX2yHH8gg49xupr-e_jkT28vBwKHrY727vXN7787_jLX3M-x85weHhW-Sf7cD9x_LHufmqGRT4gQZ2PU1tgd/s320/0055074_IMGP8421.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264504626757118434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Flares burning excess natural gas and waste</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">from processing the heavy crude oil.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzskcB4LgS1n88Sr5aeHLYM-grk6hazntUjBzldMCvz-dFws23O9RWg7uwsOnGQ0TL2_f9q7g9lT_d_-mGWp4jcblU7dRZKJUuhiwaQ3qDwPyO_xCttCi1_zvXxS6W903UftZmVbb8kBno/s1600-h/0055084_IMGP8434.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzskcB4LgS1n88Sr5aeHLYM-grk6hazntUjBzldMCvz-dFws23O9RWg7uwsOnGQ0TL2_f9q7g9lT_d_-mGWp4jcblU7dRZKJUuhiwaQ3qDwPyO_xCttCi1_zvXxS6W903UftZmVbb8kBno/s320/0055084_IMGP8434.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264504618881241330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Coffee beans drying in the sun in the small town of Pindo.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAKs-0fE8sAyorrQVE3w8SIFf_HID4FgLI41fFXAvIM4l8lU2hH19NBMCX0DdI_wFwLLzA5YJWEZIUk9Gh0q1PFQG3EwP0_zFPblH6_gg6LXhVZKE7vqpzYcfJUm2Rt6liklXeM0V3lkv/s1600-h/0055106_IMGP8465.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAKs-0fE8sAyorrQVE3w8SIFf_HID4FgLI41fFXAvIM4l8lU2hH19NBMCX0DdI_wFwLLzA5YJWEZIUk9Gh0q1PFQG3EwP0_zFPblH6_gg6LXhVZKE7vqpzYcfJUm2Rt6liklXeM0V3lkv/s320/0055106_IMGP8465.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264504611118245186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Unfinished and abandoned home along the Pindo Road.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgyIzHGOcED4yeDXc1nW0NEGLNmWejk_RJBwWl3RLdPPRaLlMPWFf4OE75PvtDdU0TEKR52Q49g_05b8YTMZODw5A2uMcNwk7V3IKxb2i0K1iVrCzJD1P8yspnJMptmfcRIGGxrzLJd3Y/s1600-h/0055111_IMGP8471.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgyIzHGOcED4yeDXc1nW0NEGLNmWejk_RJBwWl3RLdPPRaLlMPWFf4OE75PvtDdU0TEKR52Q49g_05b8YTMZODw5A2uMcNwk7V3IKxb2i0K1iVrCzJD1P8yspnJMptmfcRIGGxrzLJd3Y/s320/0055111_IMGP8471.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264504610434539650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Detail of unfinished and abandoned home.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAo-VuwgsNBnXrEWQfwwF0kBZcWBdQz26zvRsUy1lrZ7MrHPnVk4oKT3Zpn9HJ1c-L0yUPanQlROf-3Ksto8UPXCZkuadVHHTDRqnj8iRLI6TzpBVnje6hhCBJkFaPOthib4DVUjkW-LF/s1600-h/0055119_IMGP8482.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAo-VuwgsNBnXrEWQfwwF0kBZcWBdQz26zvRsUy1lrZ7MrHPnVk4oKT3Zpn9HJ1c-L0yUPanQlROf-3Ksto8UPXCZkuadVHHTDRqnj8iRLI6TzpBVnje6hhCBJkFaPOthib4DVUjkW-LF/s320/0055119_IMGP8482.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264504607759197170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Unusual observation on the Pindo Road.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOH7uub3-fp-s9142HeDw_FJ21dHphxov26esp5vLCAtTsfekHJlgl8LMIh-Yk8QelGplVMNySv9IkHHPhzsEKucdnDlVE5hcjtxWstNkCn5MSgZiijfYtQYelKn6DggEIpDe_qRnXXBgi/s1600-h/0055125_IMGP8490-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOH7uub3-fp-s9142HeDw_FJ21dHphxov26esp5vLCAtTsfekHJlgl8LMIh-Yk8QelGplVMNySv9IkHHPhzsEKucdnDlVE5hcjtxWstNkCn5MSgZiijfYtQYelKn6DggEIpDe_qRnXXBgi/s320/0055125_IMGP8490-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264503774674596722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">MAS? (click to enlarge any of the photos)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6aegseuxSEAhyphenhyphenSo1hJszfz69cwHiHUrt4Em8_wVVykc0oPDrSnxRrjRyGq7mORixPFYFix7pY8UPc7WIfrCYZJAI2gPHrlHyqgMx2njZww6lpjenEcjHn4EOQo_tAHf7cJmTkGtwomvi/s1600-h/0055132_IMGP8500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6aegseuxSEAhyphenhyphenSo1hJszfz69cwHiHUrt4Em8_wVVykc0oPDrSnxRrjRyGq7mORixPFYFix7pY8UPc7WIfrCYZJAI2gPHrlHyqgMx2njZww6lpjenEcjHn4EOQo_tAHf7cJmTkGtwomvi/s320/0055132_IMGP8500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264503772794732562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Pipeline, bridge and the Rio Tiputini on the Pindo Road.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkytr3Kf9KC2-7pDAZOqa2fjEpyeEFJAyac-vAEek3sVdj2IKPO8RiUgVrpSyUxtd53bcU261Tbhz2B7eZzNzXjwfA44k7ZhcnZsL7_7jbyCfQ7G1-CaYNBGPRXHPbj9NY9VB3ussnQN3W/s1600-h/0055136_IMGP8506.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkytr3Kf9KC2-7pDAZOqa2fjEpyeEFJAyac-vAEek3sVdj2IKPO8RiUgVrpSyUxtd53bcU261Tbhz2B7eZzNzXjwfA44k7ZhcnZsL7_7jbyCfQ7G1-CaYNBGPRXHPbj9NY9VB3ussnQN3W/s320/0055136_IMGP8506.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264503761622355330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn looking for <span style="font-style: italic;">Aechmea zebrina</span>.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTtydtFJgsvjvBZ9dKfhWB7PUuwULzEx4WWyLOktqVbKcJMo0Ui3HIVZQOsXaa5Ge0EfwvR2BcYZyWVLhdTNB9ptUU9DuDDFIRH-0QdLiNjnP3r-jlbb0RZycQU7s1RV5R6ACRxoMOYwk/s1600-h/0055197_IMGP8583.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTtydtFJgsvjvBZ9dKfhWB7PUuwULzEx4WWyLOktqVbKcJMo0Ui3HIVZQOsXaa5Ge0EfwvR2BcYZyWVLhdTNB9ptUU9DuDDFIRH-0QdLiNjnP3r-jlbb0RZycQU7s1RV5R6ACRxoMOYwk/s320/0055197_IMGP8583.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264503762715702354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Slash and burned rainforest on the Pindo Road near Santa Rosa.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVlMHvD3a6kQyi4Jn5_sSxnisVESoHYrobYnpL_y1kzrnkGmxF6eVkEXHC0lQEHFQyXsXdrVRGx9ibdr_Sdirv1oDRAjEnVCWh_3IQ6jDD9v_6BISTzBCpNAJ1MViiZlbrCAn2lo55k1f/s1600-h/0055200_IMGP8586.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVlMHvD3a6kQyi4Jn5_sSxnisVESoHYrobYnpL_y1kzrnkGmxF6eVkEXHC0lQEHFQyXsXdrVRGx9ibdr_Sdirv1oDRAjEnVCWh_3IQ6jDD9v_6BISTzBCpNAJ1MViiZlbrCAn2lo55k1f/s320/0055200_IMGP8586.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264503755989934802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The ground was still hot after being recently slashed and burned.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4U-RoilxpBu3eXh-GfzbJJfQAqk_yw4XNoXfj2muY4YXQrSuY627SVYnJvFJZegFa4_IeGTEwyBL5_cSCIEFSKXSdfuGNk5Xpr_MKJMDz_GJxpcKcwVS9pLfYQEZOSqzCqDqnMK7fMKdC/s1600-h/0055209_IMGP8597.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4U-RoilxpBu3eXh-GfzbJJfQAqk_yw4XNoXfj2muY4YXQrSuY627SVYnJvFJZegFa4_IeGTEwyBL5_cSCIEFSKXSdfuGNk5Xpr_MKJMDz_GJxpcKcwVS9pLfYQEZOSqzCqDqnMK7fMKdC/s320/0055209_IMGP8597.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264502866531119346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Sun setting on Dayuma.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1y1uw7BuSz-RpvJqNAO3oU3zeloNltR9E1B8Hz5ja5OU3zFLSE3ugQhr8xnqo8aJdIERmlHkdB-7m2wq119h6W0P_IB46lip1nDV5luANlfWx5tZeo-Kkk1PEJ1cssYDOIZCVDIWiKgs/s1600-h/0055290_IMGP8688.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1y1uw7BuSz-RpvJqNAO3oU3zeloNltR9E1B8Hz5ja5OU3zFLSE3ugQhr8xnqo8aJdIERmlHkdB-7m2wq119h6W0P_IB46lip1nDV5luANlfWx5tZeo-Kkk1PEJ1cssYDOIZCVDIWiKgs/s320/0055290_IMGP8688.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264502855946997730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The watermelon man gives us directions.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4cDydlFArWLlV6HCqa9-HQE_zn0xVRuYGoZ5MwHAXs5KMgUoCKTaQBx-E4oIJJv3KLLkm-QbZg_w3miBJIeHwtEBlhfZfi4yJcd-7GxQt5zjtqn0zdPc6dOIp2h7JZ6EtuuQQ4zSRXpt/s1600-h/0055306_IMGP8704.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4cDydlFArWLlV6HCqa9-HQE_zn0xVRuYGoZ5MwHAXs5KMgUoCKTaQBx-E4oIJJv3KLLkm-QbZg_w3miBJIeHwtEBlhfZfi4yJcd-7GxQt5zjtqn0zdPc6dOIp2h7JZ6EtuuQQ4zSRXpt/s320/0055306_IMGP8704.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264502852858135890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Oil tank rumbles through the center of Dayuma,<br />towering above the rooftops.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijG6kQDlhyphenhyphenQcegq-ssdAqkGY-tBpp__LNObqWYdRSDcI-9UJWsPQj9ukMXdcmEiluihM7e_m1UOQjxwEraBezhBpk_6Ko94TDzFRnDtaT6gB0lwV81L7F2jDt2LhJ5mDq0aKcha6piDAaT/s1600-h/0055311_IMGP8710.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijG6kQDlhyphenhyphenQcegq-ssdAqkGY-tBpp__LNObqWYdRSDcI-9UJWsPQj9ukMXdcmEiluihM7e_m1UOQjxwEraBezhBpk_6Ko94TDzFRnDtaT6gB0lwV81L7F2jDt2LhJ5mDq0aKcha6piDAaT/s320/0055311_IMGP8710.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264502845306871922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">"Yes, There are cold oranges" states the sign</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">of the orange and juice vendor.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSMhRxZaK5zvaT4lVJUN57aDTp6lDs5p4L3mXCqfezSIdczm7tpGnebsuXS2cEMIYidUuGLaJjN68I4nY97ptTyFGdWvavcy2pRTiqfbyUeJaezhQDrIKj4QdjFOG8dxBx7e9e1XTRi0l/s1600-h/0055338_IMGP8748.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSMhRxZaK5zvaT4lVJUN57aDTp6lDs5p4L3mXCqfezSIdczm7tpGnebsuXS2cEMIYidUuGLaJjN68I4nY97ptTyFGdWvavcy2pRTiqfbyUeJaezhQDrIKj4QdjFOG8dxBx7e9e1XTRi0l/s320/0055338_IMGP8748.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264502840732122002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">P29 INY/08 well leaking on an unnamed road leading to several wells.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VF4GLzHw-AtFozLYGvkVc3Q7XXiB_ZQNA5zBm9Z5hhraR2CiO6kk9yjiMv3wJUxZInbQg65mWDdkSZLd2AQ90dCuzKV5SeLIH_WDZKJYrAY8ivN8iaoq5LDkJbqb6VEA0Fw2xs7yRkWL/s1600-h/0055352_IMGP8763-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VF4GLzHw-AtFozLYGvkVc3Q7XXiB_ZQNA5zBm9Z5hhraR2CiO6kk9yjiMv3wJUxZInbQg65mWDdkSZLd2AQ90dCuzKV5SeLIH_WDZKJYrAY8ivN8iaoq5LDkJbqb6VEA0Fw2xs7yRkWL/s320/0055352_IMGP8763-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264501882837161794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn working on his computer in our humble abode<br />looking for possible <span style="font-style: italic;">Aechmea zebrina</span> locations.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuZ_iCAFHgsvq0jT5VrvfnrZIFdzcXoUP68LN0OM70mzUaKu4rlwHCrxNDcg_V6z3rFFjp4GmxAOx7cru3XSmTXfKm6uequ3rgRGiEoLidlPAyY8t4FTrf89WBQtDiGcL2ikuBvnS0bvs/s1600-h/0055353_IMGP8764-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuZ_iCAFHgsvq0jT5VrvfnrZIFdzcXoUP68LN0OM70mzUaKu4rlwHCrxNDcg_V6z3rFFjp4GmxAOx7cru3XSmTXfKm6uequ3rgRGiEoLidlPAyY8t4FTrf89WBQtDiGcL2ikuBvnS0bvs/s320/0055353_IMGP8764-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264501875816717090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Alfredo relaxing in his room after a long day.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaLVjaQm4KPTfCiF57M_5qSKe64Hs3hGi86E0937qx7KX92iRZmsR9w5JtqUC6DIo21vVfvoitk1_pWCXHAf8F6ncz9fgoHsYNJxPzLI1sJgSD_slsW8I3OCISEd-3lpyiDaCAoeQUN9o/s1600-h/0055354_IMGP8766.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaLVjaQm4KPTfCiF57M_5qSKe64Hs3hGi86E0937qx7KX92iRZmsR9w5JtqUC6DIo21vVfvoitk1_pWCXHAf8F6ncz9fgoHsYNJxPzLI1sJgSD_slsW8I3OCISEd-3lpyiDaCAoeQUN9o/s320/0055354_IMGP8766.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264501873945509442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Stairs leading to the second floor of our accommodations.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfUo9wpy5_c46V2gqaERSg8V85JJmwgo1qwvGyGZekodp1Dz0U-4FihRSqBX3plXhyLhpl6Blkk-BQfShuw3GsF5nb4hEGljXb6EzLIgQudzpbr2Y_X4OGIMkT6uu1qEzo0uW7s8lMnEd/s1600-h/0055355_IMGP8767-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfUo9wpy5_c46V2gqaERSg8V85JJmwgo1qwvGyGZekodp1Dz0U-4FihRSqBX3plXhyLhpl6Blkk-BQfShuw3GsF5nb4hEGljXb6EzLIgQudzpbr2Y_X4OGIMkT6uu1qEzo0uW7s8lMnEd/s320/0055355_IMGP8767-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264501863377897090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">View from our balcony.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigN73IgIL5l3oLuW-fMahgz0FRHZpGFtG7xBFDJSpv1KjOVWAlCcrwmbcBT0T3devFNmZwa9xB4h_aelITagvDNX6BfKMg-oVtzb3FOObZInJf8dzoTU7nLMy_BjGGNX9TXI8CnjLVKfGQ/s1600-h/0055366_IMGP8778.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigN73IgIL5l3oLuW-fMahgz0FRHZpGFtG7xBFDJSpv1KjOVWAlCcrwmbcBT0T3devFNmZwa9xB4h_aelITagvDNX6BfKMg-oVtzb3FOObZInJf8dzoTU7nLMy_BjGGNX9TXI8CnjLVKfGQ/s320/0055366_IMGP8778.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264501863338341202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Children playing in the dirt along the Via Auca in Dayuma.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiKSVeBOIBQcrdKWp1ej-HSkvoJ69wG6-wHD3njelNdFl-TEB4sdCMJCOr1mq3FXhQYf5axB3PADEd96CbfLQn8ZeFYqcW1OizdqqWG0IlMEGFMdm0KtBQIA5d1wS7cMC8nkUBEr3G0kZ/s1600-h/0055395_IMGP8813.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiKSVeBOIBQcrdKWp1ej-HSkvoJ69wG6-wHD3njelNdFl-TEB4sdCMJCOr1mq3FXhQYf5axB3PADEd96CbfLQn8ZeFYqcW1OizdqqWG0IlMEGFMdm0KtBQIA5d1wS7cMC8nkUBEr3G0kZ/s320/0055395_IMGP8813.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264499684058524034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Fallen trees fronted by hybrid bananas</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">before entering Yasuni National Park.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCImhtwyL5iC3rqnvNWreRgFWbq6cZz2XO8TpJkbEtESDGK5M695Kd3MX_RS3SlmFHYgizLp7Rtzf5ZLdRUCIMgleHeTMnWjVb11JGbXkiP6KLMlityRXv1WVQScNM6S9Jel74ZxWxsqKr/s1600-h/0055462_IMGP8881.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTmwwhYa-TNIXM8bexwdgFO34WIh87L6N9F5Aj8I8triaJh0ALS7viDLRCBjFsZnpJYL3Il9hsexUtKsYi-VI6uo1BQHqNKRJsXrxKT96lvxQolu-dFIwDZl1Pl8ndRcFBQZhk1O7_w8e/s320/0055537_IMGP8967.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264499651412147762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Fallen tree over several pipelines</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">that has been planked for use by chainsaws.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjED49fFuL0CCiVydcp6js1O-ULNdqW-eH338Y2hwngSaBjotQGs4bAS5uCNxqIZhscOpRhlEW6IjJR_DJb3pDNvVuKu7FGUPS_AvGjSkYiDf7cZ2XMvrtspbusIhyphenhyphenGufrKC_LZEvzrPWrq/s1600-h/0055591_IMGP9049.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQk21MF8rbmESgc7uhooZeI0OYIDsC1JoN4rTDhI7Iwxv9iyRWc1Mf9fzYzDAyZPIQtGaN8ztKE8LxX3KGFFafoZVIj7yYEGSYd_JBoz3i1A1Hv0bwFMMGxgcir-POEAfVPGcX0Uhk7ASC/s320/0055633_IMGP9106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264498320421280178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Children transporting produce over a bridge with pipeline.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9lou0ronDjhyphenhyphenMG0WFpFAaH8jdl3qgkO7kRxbUFOu_B2Zyy2yvUvErkFO44BaLqRCvXCPzP0uoZc1gsyTQ30Rr9FMcz5yg1-2gmwu6ryNvPDhMLmKFPvQ0GwrC1AJpeN4Uaxwhg3PKBAW/s1600-h/0055643_IMGP9116.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9lou0ronDjhyphenhyphenMG0WFpFAaH8jdl3qgkO7kRxbUFOu_B2Zyy2yvUvErkFO44BaLqRCvXCPzP0uoZc1gsyTQ30Rr9FMcz5yg1-2gmwu6ryNvPDhMLmKFPvQ0GwrC1AJpeN4Uaxwhg3PKBAW/s320/0055643_IMGP9116.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264498313408412066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Emergent tree that has been taken and planked out for use.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizF7APH-4tpm-fjlbfMXyjF_mLpP3B2xA91T2HypzK9782TqgEh6WZMQT9oOA9rW-igCiaglP6CSe1Qu78f1DM_fpL8J-ZETTjMeJKuCovp0X4Vq6ux39IxK5USzkIjyIojiAIKIfuXvJ/s1600-h/0055646_IMGP9119.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizF7APH-4tpm-fjlbfMXyjF_mLpP3B2xA91T2HypzK9782TqgEh6WZMQT9oOA9rW-igCiaglP6CSe1Qu78f1DM_fpL8J-ZETTjMeJKuCovp0X4Vq6ux39IxK5USzkIjyIojiAIKIfuXvJ/s320/0055646_IMGP9119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264477221550968674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Planked wood waiting for transport to town where it will be sold.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tZx6lixB33D0dU_Nn_WHxzSt0fVau7CDU1NRhRrRXT5oopmRGN08aZoAMofGFM2weH3U-zUk0aFnc8gSBlXzrfZhx7zxsC60v7NCjYrxaSTl78dvTTaImv0HFyDFQKf9FNiQntywMgJP/s1600-h/0055677_IMGP9163.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tZx6lixB33D0dU_Nn_WHxzSt0fVau7CDU1NRhRrRXT5oopmRGN08aZoAMofGFM2weH3U-zUk0aFnc8gSBlXzrfZhx7zxsC60v7NCjYrxaSTl78dvTTaImv0HFyDFQKf9FNiQntywMgJP/s320/0055677_IMGP9163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264477204878946706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Several large emergent trees have been taken and planked with chainsaws.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaoed46Ohn5L5SwEVVOmvOrH0U07FttbeAA3pF66M8UfLacfvTliN5cnTFziNsDi8TGAFrrn2VipyTo-_U-PAAUuWmPk325zvr-OKmwnAsEfkrJPQkzaDkp5GYfkBuihV4rrJDCTvNJEc/s1600-h/0055705_IMGP9194.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaoed46Ohn5L5SwEVVOmvOrH0U07FttbeAA3pF66M8UfLacfvTliN5cnTFziNsDi8TGAFrrn2VipyTo-_U-PAAUuWmPk325zvr-OKmwnAsEfkrJPQkzaDkp5GYfkBuihV4rrJDCTvNJEc/s320/0055705_IMGP9194.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264477199938563906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Mule dung is a fresh commodity.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_cA2ZohkG2r1bddcyQKRRpmGOjqvJv4RmAxG0wbys66unVabniHXJRsmq6y-M4INk7uK_-uj2Wyzb8r_5LfBU4CAi1pubaRCdoUcODTTXycCcAUgaqfdTxFZYWsDyMO81X2oiVWvCyfK/s1600-h/0055718_IMGP9213.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_cA2ZohkG2r1bddcyQKRRpmGOjqvJv4RmAxG0wbys66unVabniHXJRsmq6y-M4INk7uK_-uj2Wyzb8r_5LfBU4CAi1pubaRCdoUcODTTXycCcAUgaqfdTxFZYWsDyMO81X2oiVWvCyfK/s320/0055718_IMGP9213.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264477191149075298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">A new well is excavated at this drilling platform.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqjFF2ie7uLE3um93n4fuaR4hBGGcQRrtaryp7gDh9xNozAiNo1l0XcbFxQIO6z66yzf33hFvoB-q8uZ1MqV5n_0cM20_frByhFkpUq2Y2TBNBcW9d6Mj-I3AcmM6yfnJRKLQTTZoDHVq/s1600-h/0055723_IMGP9218.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqjFF2ie7uLE3um93n4fuaR4hBGGcQRrtaryp7gDh9xNozAiNo1l0XcbFxQIO6z66yzf33hFvoB-q8uZ1MqV5n_0cM20_frByhFkpUq2Y2TBNBcW9d6Mj-I3AcmM6yfnJRKLQTTZoDHVq/s320/0055723_IMGP9218.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264477175272919586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Walking through the site of the drilling platform.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFZ1DEFqR-HG6giMKYayeg0aOZHPzBQisuveCaUNUr2nIL8I5pyTRYbFN6Xo8WOKxMr2rodee_-z_d27yT7JQ66OVMzbDUOsioQ2_yaK90cr_nKpDsxXrJ9fIW4tHXEUkQVqcCIhROVAX/s1600-h/0055731_IMGP9227.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFZ1DEFqR-HG6giMKYayeg0aOZHPzBQisuveCaUNUr2nIL8I5pyTRYbFN6Xo8WOKxMr2rodee_-z_d27yT7JQ66OVMzbDUOsioQ2_yaK90cr_nKpDsxXrJ9fIW4tHXEUkQVqcCIhROVAX/s320/0055731_IMGP9227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264476051888648594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The butcher, Antony, in Dayuma.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZE-ynKShLKWggQGlab3th3yZDWkoWNB7XXP7upG1YMwaBqDOnxglUuYWaksNWmYGVJhHaSeonpUTB3iWoUXgIKDy9_YrqVKolTaVV1cS62Gmg2wnbrhAZJN2KdAbipeFSmQL-DDt1n_E8/s1600-h/0055736_IMGP9232.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZE-ynKShLKWggQGlab3th3yZDWkoWNB7XXP7upG1YMwaBqDOnxglUuYWaksNWmYGVJhHaSeonpUTB3iWoUXgIKDy9_YrqVKolTaVV1cS62Gmg2wnbrhAZJN2KdAbipeFSmQL-DDt1n_E8/s320/0055736_IMGP9232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264476047857222258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Butchering a cow for a local farmer.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-42_7KogbTLrDC0gyOIqDzAdfAWQunjtl7b5-sfm8MH4NesWwKpMhbj8GoSeLkSD0fU0B3Aql9MfJJWxmVCAJRdPZxgGtcbbRDAQqhOL8RJWvyFJ85MA4V_SftfgQM3rd8-Z5sMhQzWb/s1600-h/0055739_IMGP9235.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-42_7KogbTLrDC0gyOIqDzAdfAWQunjtl7b5-sfm8MH4NesWwKpMhbj8GoSeLkSD0fU0B3Aql9MfJJWxmVCAJRdPZxgGtcbbRDAQqhOL8RJWvyFJ85MA4V_SftfgQM3rd8-Z5sMhQzWb/s320/0055739_IMGP9235.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264476039909396978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Weighing each cut.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Bsid9JjOXLT46xGmfH-5Zw5lT2vuZDJbUyu5ToIQ701w5A7v4uBC6MXGCB0OoH9H6yDNa9jerkeXvU_kqTEVh_xXKNJ0oOLGvabF6yAZ-zL2NNJ0dHTXhrpk-_IaaNmz-Tia5oc7u2eI/s1600-h/0055749_IMGP9245.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Bsid9JjOXLT46xGmfH-5Zw5lT2vuZDJbUyu5ToIQ701w5A7v4uBC6MXGCB0OoH9H6yDNa9jerkeXvU_kqTEVh_xXKNJ0oOLGvabF6yAZ-zL2NNJ0dHTXhrpk-_IaaNmz-Tia5oc7u2eI/s320/0055749_IMGP9245.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264476026288109330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Neighbors to the right of our accommodations.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidk3faR6pr49_hq-nEZUWEYApC3RV7ZPf5ZoLkHAKprESD954vvbX4g9Z_eL_a7WgeKt7DUWqKERgngO9Be7XZjddN3UKh5dOy4yeKKENi1oL2aMVpz364_3tLFYROLvjFrh_9y69cvY8-/s1600-h/0055751_IMGP9247.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidk3faR6pr49_hq-nEZUWEYApC3RV7ZPf5ZoLkHAKprESD954vvbX4g9Z_eL_a7WgeKt7DUWqKERgngO9Be7XZjddN3UKh5dOy4yeKKENi1oL2aMVpz364_3tLFYROLvjFrh_9y69cvY8-/s320/0055751_IMGP9247.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264476011393170546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Kitchen sink.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUw3C7MgbuRWxDPzNyz_6pOWmsmKVEYb_eIahvdrcoD3teGUFDWJvKk-c3szVNb3Hgm6Ax2RXEPE0Hqib_CL0aryeRANFhMQ2HrFU7JKoViJ09IWymqfhAb91G4OM9koZ-5DDhzvYuG5nr/s1600-h/0055753_IMGP9251.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUw3C7MgbuRWxDPzNyz_6pOWmsmKVEYb_eIahvdrcoD3teGUFDWJvKk-c3szVNb3Hgm6Ax2RXEPE0Hqib_CL0aryeRANFhMQ2HrFU7JKoViJ09IWymqfhAb91G4OM9koZ-5DDhzvYuG5nr/s320/0055753_IMGP9251.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264474478828558466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn McCracken.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYtbN5klH-hxBzWl1rqC2Nj1Q4W9IuR8ifkIkOGST1X7JsVsCa67bzto2fE6ccgLqiol3ahisXNYMO1xNApd-fRjBMqXA9MYAengylvYy-5uLnJHlzNGnroZBcuoLTOIxyGCmqHyo16b7/s1600-h/0055777_IMGP9282.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYtbN5klH-hxBzWl1rqC2Nj1Q4W9IuR8ifkIkOGST1X7JsVsCa67bzto2fE6ccgLqiol3ahisXNYMO1xNApd-fRjBMqXA9MYAengylvYy-5uLnJHlzNGnroZBcuoLTOIxyGCmqHyo16b7/s320/0055777_IMGP9282.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264474467047769394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Eduardo feeds his pigs below our living accommodations.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIacZ93h7qar5ZY3xDrvIWkpZftx5-GSoHlslPijhyphenhyphenn6TdPvY1plW1Pkoc_5TQEZtcvSbRSC-fOg5JZ8h2tal51I5fU3Jr6jqznRfE566XmN65pgdms5Stb2fjyR_Ee5vuUVgvi6nrRhW/s1600-h/0055812_IMGP9317-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIacZ93h7qar5ZY3xDrvIWkpZftx5-GSoHlslPijhyphenhyphenn6TdPvY1plW1Pkoc_5TQEZtcvSbRSC-fOg5JZ8h2tal51I5fU3Jr6jqznRfE566XmN65pgdms5Stb2fjyR_Ee5vuUVgvi6nrRhW/s320/0055812_IMGP9317-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264474459592467842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Neighbor across from us rinses her dishes.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWu3L8tnl1ymh9RTbTr8vk4sYwSRuDPU-ohMVjoIRcuRXjH2y5kwEx7MyuorXoznYOMlR6s5bOoUDW1xuPFSlPaZpShFTnKvxpzDFmukJlXAOI3gkoNfvLcgI3dqMbjtVbKGZWXejKlPK/s1600-h/0055822_IMGP9342.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWu3L8tnl1ymh9RTbTr8vk4sYwSRuDPU-ohMVjoIRcuRXjH2y5kwEx7MyuorXoznYOMlR6s5bOoUDW1xuPFSlPaZpShFTnKvxpzDFmukJlXAOI3gkoNfvLcgI3dqMbjtVbKGZWXejKlPK/s320/0055822_IMGP9342.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264474452631481618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Fresh cut bananas resting over the pipeline along the Via Auca.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczhaXaAZXSr357RlP3FGd7xirgg9jdF2NPQnrhaDsO7Sicm-6t3bh_FgVYuDa8-0efsmibvdgciJ220FIApruYvpM7MUWLqrkgB-laniCoJuupOqtgKkWmQWwBMxjWdy9xzh333xAV39S/s1600-h/0055837_IMGP9359.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczhaXaAZXSr357RlP3FGd7xirgg9jdF2NPQnrhaDsO7Sicm-6t3bh_FgVYuDa8-0efsmibvdgciJ220FIApruYvpM7MUWLqrkgB-laniCoJuupOqtgKkWmQWwBMxjWdy9xzh333xAV39S/s320/0055837_IMGP9359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264474450156748706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Tar tank and structure for paving the Via Auca.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdm8DNR2YTvvKmX2Y1ZUc5G9JkozWkHvpp5RCoQFZI8jLuD1-k0YxHRddZL4pdb1hTKoWIKo839elc2VzWUAIuD7jg1K9yW_kCIJEhlyLa09YXef4KJk6uRuobLE9rgPgHdhxvQF7DWeA/s1600-h/0055842_IMGP9366.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdm8DNR2YTvvKmX2Y1ZUc5G9JkozWkHvpp5RCoQFZI8jLuD1-k0YxHRddZL4pdb1hTKoWIKo839elc2VzWUAIuD7jg1K9yW_kCIJEhlyLa09YXef4KJk6uRuobLE9rgPgHdhxvQF7DWeA/s320/0055842_IMGP9366.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264472984374894242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Runoff from the road provides water</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">used to wash clothes along the Via Auca.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGc4aTVaidRkRD9erNqbt28Qmsi4iTopBv1qA-TdPcwfiM0I6RafA0vvYZ7tfnsrhgt7M4ve4-gQaERno47EL7A2hhpS3OqsfMU9mtv-KEAwY1sVGrMb6vVZfu16pf2fzpcvBCqKFPuoXf/s1600-h/0055882_IMGP9424.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGc4aTVaidRkRD9erNqbt28Qmsi4iTopBv1qA-TdPcwfiM0I6RafA0vvYZ7tfnsrhgt7M4ve4-gQaERno47EL7A2hhpS3OqsfMU9mtv-KEAwY1sVGrMb6vVZfu16pf2fzpcvBCqKFPuoXf/s320/0055882_IMGP9424.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264472973173533506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Play set on school grounds on the Puma Road.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyrrMy4zuWOVifthle2x9eFkkIuK2W8AdWosAvrA4NIBTpPIGx3Lql-ZAFCVOD5QyOj2ny9jFtv_2bXYwv1NDBUo56WCwormzDjAYCyEZ_JFFawcnVdH-HNO7TD6hQ_yTsw2yZX0ZRx8Q/s1600-h/0055906_IMGP9453.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyrrMy4zuWOVifthle2x9eFkkIuK2W8AdWosAvrA4NIBTpPIGx3Lql-ZAFCVOD5QyOj2ny9jFtv_2bXYwv1NDBUo56WCwormzDjAYCyEZ_JFFawcnVdH-HNO7TD6hQ_yTsw2yZX0ZRx8Q/s320/0055906_IMGP9453.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264472961960632466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Established farm house surrounded by aloe vera on the Puma Road.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpzXvv7S5bZa3y225YPYgutMOC9ldackZpv_waSyrpEMdfiL6CfE_ZvSUxrRHKqlMcfM4o3buApnm5Hs_rEwZJsJ_bqhCiTxocI6GXxTgMBH-hLgeyDPWhDeby9eNL_MPdKoLfLUx0vn2/s1600-h/0055907_IMGP9454.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpzXvv7S5bZa3y225YPYgutMOC9ldackZpv_waSyrpEMdfiL6CfE_ZvSUxrRHKqlMcfM4o3buApnm5Hs_rEwZJsJ_bqhCiTxocI6GXxTgMBH-hLgeyDPWhDeby9eNL_MPdKoLfLUx0vn2/s320/0055907_IMGP9454.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264472954376997922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Boots place out to dry on the Puma Road.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9_QyorA4EYJFZ8xqe0_vuO2bL7naJ-Op8HPlfFf0sQ9ofkhNtgbhAaZEzViEPX33a9QiRq4EK9YrgFs9LUSGqR7qho6nWMBTJqGWKyCOsL1LrukjovFl2ngHKYHc-0wU34WMfrauGlle/s1600-h/0055936_IMGP9490.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9_QyorA4EYJFZ8xqe0_vuO2bL7naJ-Op8HPlfFf0sQ9ofkhNtgbhAaZEzViEPX33a9QiRq4EK9YrgFs9LUSGqR7qho6nWMBTJqGWKyCOsL1LrukjovFl2ngHKYHc-0wU34WMfrauGlle/s320/0055936_IMGP9490.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264471590187430786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Piglets nursing on the Puma Road.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57O29h-FiiQIWrpQ-H9pISvLhzyLYM3lCU2rbPWBMkLVSw10TYcVOLgNp5u5HgCpIguTTl6dOUTH31H7enfORN7hEh1M7tH7aX3OAWW4GN1O-l1R6hJfYBi033QrdNNGi9aCrBVVUZhSU/s1600-h/0055949_IMGP9508.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57O29h-FiiQIWrpQ-H9pISvLhzyLYM3lCU2rbPWBMkLVSw10TYcVOLgNp5u5HgCpIguTTl6dOUTH31H7enfORN7hEh1M7tH7aX3OAWW4GN1O-l1R6hJfYBi033QrdNNGi9aCrBVVUZhSU/s320/0055949_IMGP9508.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264471583848197250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Structure left from the pipeline that has been removed.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsC8bniaq94wYF3AzH9g6G5VXSvfkInxMj_H2ucLyGyTyao___fp7EI3Oq-GPMRSpWlkK8c4bebybjNy78jiCPzrHRL8EKvful-TihYa_-HLyqBVV1Ozbk6uOctXRHk1Dw5nTIDaI4HZO/s1600-h/0055956_IMGP9515.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsC8bniaq94wYF3AzH9g6G5VXSvfkInxMj_H2ucLyGyTyao___fp7EI3Oq-GPMRSpWlkK8c4bebybjNy78jiCPzrHRL8EKvful-TihYa_-HLyqBVV1Ozbk6uOctXRHk1Dw5nTIDaI4HZO/s320/0055956_IMGP9515.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264471575670331538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Burning fields for cow pasture.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknH2F7Az5pqHC4d5DYRochmmwo4XKyyPi1gnnr7yzViFVSDrKUGm46dkiwFb2UOn57qUSfMI9tQ_Z-irhULz_HnClITwUV5cUzIt2BIkHOVUImrNipY96hyfj1Y5d-MNSUHzbY7zLOOXg/s1600-h/0055964_IMGP9523.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknH2F7Az5pqHC4d5DYRochmmwo4XKyyPi1gnnr7yzViFVSDrKUGm46dkiwFb2UOn57qUSfMI9tQ_Z-irhULz_HnClITwUV5cUzIt2BIkHOVUImrNipY96hyfj1Y5d-MNSUHzbY7zLOOXg/s320/0055964_IMGP9523.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264471565535092146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Replenishing the soil with nutrients can only do so much</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">for this nutrient poor soil.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYNGKPl-75MEI2Vk8M_lsK9LSn5Qx9Qe6ZnAN86Pfg6De52WmMde7yAmTBkrsRjPBe9RZS1zlSb2fOZZWKu2SZDA8QsxqMLgWF-FrOGIIuJLQ9cVnMnSfocDiMkMf0KS0YCOlmeN7CcRd/s1600-h/0055988_IMGP9547.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYNGKPl-75MEI2Vk8M_lsK9LSn5Qx9Qe6ZnAN86Pfg6De52WmMde7yAmTBkrsRjPBe9RZS1zlSb2fOZZWKu2SZDA8QsxqMLgWF-FrOGIIuJLQ9cVnMnSfocDiMkMf0KS0YCOlmeN7CcRd/s320/0055988_IMGP9547.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264471559257112770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">This fire will burn without limitations if left unattended.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcmai1GlcZeA8-Sk8f2X4Lmw0ljyN06qZzBTynwPavwThmIr8tQJ1XjT-HV8CW9jQ9I2bYG2SLiQYAcNuwOV6_OJiPuBVPZkG1iJstXsiBSQdJECqev31rkpjW186xGNqkZ6tzwswOzpu/s1600-h/0056032_IMGP9597-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcmai1GlcZeA8-Sk8f2X4Lmw0ljyN06qZzBTynwPavwThmIr8tQJ1XjT-HV8CW9jQ9I2bYG2SLiQYAcNuwOV6_OJiPuBVPZkG1iJstXsiBSQdJECqev31rkpjW186xGNqkZ6tzwswOzpu/s320/0056032_IMGP9597-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264469112891420738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Our shared shower.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeCXvulEE87qYxXZmqF9zDSaExBbhUynyFYlf9V7W3bp8qba0Jc1ssdb9_i5tZTyVxOaZzI5tBEeBmMV20ZkqtAuNvHY__ah9ZZf8EhDShIKA90fKWGU2UGpG6vwORZAdcXgKJz0ZP62A/s1600-h/0056022_IMGP9585.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeCXvulEE87qYxXZmqF9zDSaExBbhUynyFYlf9V7W3bp8qba0Jc1ssdb9_i5tZTyVxOaZzI5tBEeBmMV20ZkqtAuNvHY__ah9ZZf8EhDShIKA90fKWGU2UGpG6vwORZAdcXgKJz0ZP62A/s320/0056022_IMGP9585.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264469104984502802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">View of our accommodations from the backside.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW6WKRKJBZcm4wstQBqOCC_8JCyGkUv4H4baiNClYSe-Izb0qGuNbYRIOZeZ4tCZv1r_U5fqJJbWvPBdm-g39M06dWKtf5BVGkV9M_JhLtBVln4SrgGDFtFqA4AgWeC-fJq2ABz86zMzS/s1600-h/0056039_IMGP9604.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW6WKRKJBZcm4wstQBqOCC_8JCyGkUv4H4baiNClYSe-Izb0qGuNbYRIOZeZ4tCZv1r_U5fqJJbWvPBdm-g39M06dWKtf5BVGkV9M_JhLtBVln4SrgGDFtFqA4AgWeC-fJq2ABz86zMzS/s320/0056039_IMGP9604.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264469096992886354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Diego and Alfredo.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5JffKxtfh47AaEbxTb5UhGS8BtoNGgLzlQ2D4DoIBnRsPlJo4Vt3XczJdK4fnviviuYwkaTZucL5RFzaLER8hhv4Ypboux8UXmBOJNWEz3A32-B63o2_8OCxubVv12aOqkE-6PGdOZvZ/s1600-h/0056049_IMGP9614.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5JffKxtfh47AaEbxTb5UhGS8BtoNGgLzlQ2D4DoIBnRsPlJo4Vt3XczJdK4fnviviuYwkaTZucL5RFzaLER8hhv4Ypboux8UXmBOJNWEz3A32-B63o2_8OCxubVv12aOqkE-6PGdOZvZ/s320/0056049_IMGP9614.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264469088430181058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">D'David's Resturant and Hostal.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkctZUhlKHXWFZdMZmKkwCb3UmaX-HNJGhUxfMeJ3WArP5h1rJ1PSwDevpOjNQMQNTbKkbn5M03iGDVCl9zuOdzq154Bmu7breUyud-QJ8nj93OqY9hyphenhyphenlZdETosg2crdN2163wSWvdt_p5/s1600-h/0056050_IMGP9615.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkctZUhlKHXWFZdMZmKkwCb3UmaX-HNJGhUxfMeJ3WArP5h1rJ1PSwDevpOjNQMQNTbKkbn5M03iGDVCl9zuOdzq154Bmu7breUyud-QJ8nj93OqY9hyphenhyphenlZdETosg2crdN2163wSWvdt_p5/s320/0056050_IMGP9615.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264469083461733858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Our living accommodations from the front (street side).<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOttIal7s6X-ww3dhfq7eVCfY1BSmG4hv3vANTSR_gRsW3WfJ4GHfhyphenhyphen_hyphenhyphenaYXN6_HrIQoPawIxnVVP60PQj_lECePZ4slSSVvG-i0DX4WtepF1tYToheBuIFLAAQd9_TRA6YdlUbFriHjx/s1600-h/0056058_IMGP9623.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOttIal7s6X-ww3dhfq7eVCfY1BSmG4hv3vANTSR_gRsW3WfJ4GHfhyphenhyphen_hyphenhyphenaYXN6_HrIQoPawIxnVVP60PQj_lECePZ4slSSVvG-i0DX4WtepF1tYToheBuIFLAAQd9_TRA6YdlUbFriHjx/s320/0056058_IMGP9623.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264467607061475506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Our toilet.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OEDnev5nUf0vRBPCWDkeoD1WBR25_3VGOvxKjH4AT_pfB0nSyaNSHRN5g9ZfGEXlMS-Q-1AOuWJ7kN4EataEOk0HtrEk40AgRrylNxF6q-3xL0dgiOKYoHMH4AUm4b4oLRhj4Ljnipob/s1600-h/0056059_IMGP9624.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OEDnev5nUf0vRBPCWDkeoD1WBR25_3VGOvxKjH4AT_pfB0nSyaNSHRN5g9ZfGEXlMS-Q-1AOuWJ7kN4EataEOk0HtrEk40AgRrylNxF6q-3xL0dgiOKYoHMH4AUm4b4oLRhj4Ljnipob/s320/0056059_IMGP9624.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264467598469380386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Tank of water used with gallon jugs to flush the toilet.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-g8RXlpvfh_Jcec1u1WD96RgO4VQpXVo7Q8aFC5r5xWg-ckDuln6F3iBhMlurwm3TOFlVpwLlQjxXLYDtyP3MLzrYNeW456UG6VKyHVT2UYFTXxZ7GdrI5i_GyN-4U0SfyCPe3668wZm/s1600-h/0056068_IMGP9636.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-g8RXlpvfh_Jcec1u1WD96RgO4VQpXVo7Q8aFC5r5xWg-ckDuln6F3iBhMlurwm3TOFlVpwLlQjxXLYDtyP3MLzrYNeW456UG6VKyHVT2UYFTXxZ7GdrI5i_GyN-4U0SfyCPe3668wZm/s320/0056068_IMGP9636.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264467597197088530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Kenny, Shawn, Eduardo, Margarita, Alfredo and Diego in front of D' David 2.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wQ1TPZSfFljSepRpKnPhOoAujtrqnx-LWOJqf-Aahc9CSCdbUSfEoOf4aFyCaCA10aWucxJkbGJwsFmR2zSUDz6U0HJEN8DBneJBHwro3yuP4Wd3NdhCv0qMHTrbTS8oUKvqPcKbIcPF/s1600-h/0056070_IMGP9638.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wQ1TPZSfFljSepRpKnPhOoAujtrqnx-LWOJqf-Aahc9CSCdbUSfEoOf4aFyCaCA10aWucxJkbGJwsFmR2zSUDz6U0HJEN8DBneJBHwro3yuP4Wd3NdhCv0qMHTrbTS8oUKvqPcKbIcPF/s320/0056070_IMGP9638.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264467586643924386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Oil spill directly behind the community of Dayuma.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRDoCCVnYYS848ctyI210MW4p9tWP2YaZknd3Q2lHN8qtBcxud4a3PWDFBsyShfKJcQoo7nXSTsfoIlcCFfvHZnNN-shbQvwWO_LzdIORBUmQc7jmxfN8GzJG46fdOyNbeTR650NKWdgN/s1600-h/0056072_IMGP9640.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRDoCCVnYYS848ctyI210MW4p9tWP2YaZknd3Q2lHN8qtBcxud4a3PWDFBsyShfKJcQoo7nXSTsfoIlcCFfvHZnNN-shbQvwWO_LzdIORBUmQc7jmxfN8GzJG46fdOyNbeTR650NKWdgN/s320/0056072_IMGP9640.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264467576083625186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Closeup of Oil spill that is floating in a swamp</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">visable from the road that runs through the middle of town.</span><br /></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-67297803329179609462008-09-21T09:21:00.004-05:002008-09-21T17:46:44.738-05:00<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Posted by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bejat</span></span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We are leaving this part of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Yasuni</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Rainforest</span> tomorrow for the oil town of Coca. We will then move to the Via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Auca</span>. We will be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">inaccessible</span> for the next several months, however, I will be updating the blog when it becomes possible once more with entries I compile while in the field. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn's work is incredibly difficult and time consuming. His work is labeled as ground breaking, being the first person to do such research with amphibians within the canopy. His research is vitally important. The disturbance of roads has already proven to be a factor in not only frog populations, but also insects and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">bromeliads</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">TADPOLE would greatly appreciate your donations to assist in funding all other aspects of our project like the photographic work, documentary, recordings, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">gps</span> and the finding of new species. Equipment failure is always a factor in this harsh environment and we are in need of replacing several GPS<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"></span> units, antennas and ring flash. This equipment provides the proof necessary to save the most biological diverse place on Earth, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Yasuni</span> National Park, located within the Ecuadorian Amazon.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With even a $5 tax <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">deductible</span> donation you can help save this pristine <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">rainforest</span>. Not only is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Yasuni</span> National Park a Biosphere Reserve, but it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Therefor</span> it is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">imperative</span> that we must save this magical <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">rainforest</span> for future generations. You can make your donations online at www.tadpoleorg.org and select the DONATE NOW. The TADPOLE website also contains a wonderful montage of music and ambient recordings from TBS, titled <span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Amazonal</span>. If you are able to make a larger donation you can receive photographic gifts (once we return to the States). </span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Thank you,<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Bejat</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">McCracken</span><br />TADPOLE artist/photographer/secretary/treasurer</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />www.tadpoleorg.org</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />www.bejat.com</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">bejat@bejat.com</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Keep faith in yourself and others and anything is possible - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">B</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-83943926015882617092008-09-20T14:14:00.009-05:002008-09-21T09:21:31.593-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZUQdou2daArU5tcON55i53FOzVYf2IGp7_ocQaHymxz3tvvlYCGlnSEuBMZby2pyVtSu4w57BqwO7T5FqWBzVz4OgG-s6QgpBCpEAxNF63CURyem6pXU942HtZPDtOg8kgbSnwFJx5ra/s1600-h/0051636_IMGP4300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZUQdou2daArU5tcON55i53FOzVYf2IGp7_ocQaHymxz3tvvlYCGlnSEuBMZby2pyVtSu4w57BqwO7T5FqWBzVz4OgG-s6QgpBCpEAxNF63CURyem6pXU942HtZPDtOg8kgbSnwFJx5ra/s400/0051636_IMGP4300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248190289851527186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Leptodactulus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">rhydomystax</span>.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQY7NcbhpuVq9hZQtepPlk-JPXQl7tJb6ykC3zKxq0jj1rEXl0xTEjqFMxFxHMbVPBQi-fBWlBsw0POo6xilBoySb7b9YQU_cw7-Vt3SDWZdH0TIvqoG1px9jmp1W1qf2KA7y2pUhCkgV/s1600-h/0051376_IMGP3981.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQY7NcbhpuVq9hZQtepPlk-JPXQl7tJb6ykC3zKxq0jj1rEXl0xTEjqFMxFxHMbVPBQi-fBWlBsw0POo6xilBoySb7b9YQU_cw7-Vt3SDWZdH0TIvqoG1px9jmp1W1qf2KA7y2pUhCkgV/s400/0051376_IMGP3981.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248190289592334562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn passed out after final climb at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Catolica</span> Station<br />surrounded by his gear & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bromeliads</span>.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdOdJOM6J1oCYCGWjeCmHg3cn3xjMDipHIiEQgut9DzDV6xagaVmPesK5lp497hyphenhyphenwp_Tw-gSTI7cVLN4DjWQvVUwaTvphUrvjKBoc8eSiAdCvk9LWO2JSrnbOBTnOtJiJD4ChEVLp-a3d/s1600-h/0051374_IMGP3979.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdOdJOM6J1oCYCGWjeCmHg3cn3xjMDipHIiEQgut9DzDV6xagaVmPesK5lp497hyphenhyphenwp_Tw-gSTI7cVLN4DjWQvVUwaTvphUrvjKBoc8eSiAdCvk9LWO2JSrnbOBTnOtJiJD4ChEVLp-a3d/s400/0051374_IMGP3979.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248190293421093234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn covered in sweat bees along the road after his final tree climb.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48fL_TzeTo77V-JbzGLfmXnSehVbsF5Cbx7yFgUhG7W62UyoN7Q36_FT9nMt69niM_r11bBC_gjQol7v2LWCzrUPpuh9kJt1SnyU39oEQRNGbXXmfYR4AtDTDwi3jKLC3lVsOJekEtGDy/s1600-h/0051710_IMGP4380.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48fL_TzeTo77V-JbzGLfmXnSehVbsF5Cbx7yFgUhG7W62UyoN7Q36_FT9nMt69niM_r11bBC_gjQol7v2LWCzrUPpuh9kJt1SnyU39oEQRNGbXXmfYR4AtDTDwi3jKLC3lVsOJekEtGDy/s400/0051710_IMGP4380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248189332036687666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Trachycephalus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">sp</span>.</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">amplexus</span></span>.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtX_zvOCPSa0gDuXVToFxDwiIlsfGAy21FdnkZgntzpMla5xx3qx5vPIe5jpr1L0wiusu4g5Kj325HtQpB6pHKWax3YmptQLnXSmUsFLifQoGXjPDTuGCkSlvjcdSfAKqa9bEHiTIPidK/s1600-h/0052202_IMGP4952.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtX_zvOCPSa0gDuXVToFxDwiIlsfGAy21FdnkZgntzpMla5xx3qx5vPIe5jpr1L0wiusu4g5Kj325HtQpB6pHKWax3YmptQLnXSmUsFLifQoGXjPDTuGCkSlvjcdSfAKqa9bEHiTIPidK/s400/0052202_IMGP4952.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248189335560596514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">New frog for Shawn to describe<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Trachycephalus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">sp</span>.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcE8CrcazbCOkwHtVEtusHg9-1DaqK_qLVIYiLCUsYjVFNkt-AU1yC4F01IedHTvXIFrO4ctB7nMjXKhIOEFMqW-mSnvCe6q7qIP4Q-LUJnfJXgdts0HKGQ26bczEn5wwqFJhKNY_ka7KW/s1600-h/0052152_IMGP4886.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcE8CrcazbCOkwHtVEtusHg9-1DaqK_qLVIYiLCUsYjVFNkt-AU1yC4F01IedHTvXIFrO4ctB7nMjXKhIOEFMqW-mSnvCe6q7qIP4Q-LUJnfJXgdts0HKGQ26bczEn5wwqFJhKNY_ka7KW/s400/0052152_IMGP4886.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248189339167536034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Alfredo with the frog he found on the road one evening, </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Trachycephalus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">sp</span>.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzBOeoDIJzYqtsqUNf9xjrcqJHaR93e-kuUndSgv3YilckCDVVuun-gUHG6Vn2hxSz411TCYkk2PV4UZrCQ78ig5wlKIf7Jw7TMYTcemfEYmILbD_At4kTnlyz6uuZfxH8yqcsT9DFes8/s1600-h/0050756_IMGP3236.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzBOeoDIJzYqtsqUNf9xjrcqJHaR93e-kuUndSgv3YilckCDVVuun-gUHG6Vn2hxSz411TCYkk2PV4UZrCQ78ig5wlKIf7Jw7TMYTcemfEYmILbD_At4kTnlyz6uuZfxH8yqcsT9DFes8/s400/0050756_IMGP3236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248189344057609938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Leaf specimen photographs that are taken for every tree.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFqH137zuif65o5YePrlFgJLMgTGiHiYCbH_67XKHuq6xKTKBeLAFbUcrvn8Sud-SgOTabNvzGjnjsYWDafuPyzdJI82XRR-lPX_HyDUIfyrPmCHXTNgimbMvma4HL-Yplmx1R2CNlRzR/s1600-h/0050887_IMGP3389.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFqH137zuif65o5YePrlFgJLMgTGiHiYCbH_67XKHuq6xKTKBeLAFbUcrvn8Sud-SgOTabNvzGjnjsYWDafuPyzdJI82XRR-lPX_HyDUIfyrPmCHXTNgimbMvma4HL-Yplmx1R2CNlRzR/s400/0050887_IMGP3389.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248189346283638946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Specimen shot of the ventral view of </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">duellmani</span></span>.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cOc-evMTfYE7wOn_1HPwdSeJe3smWRN4QaYz2KlbbqmVZ1u9b0Oy2yKfUgAzzcu8GR-j8lAPdCmDCpMyyNtZNKj-SytYOlWzsnWmM1HMbOxvIKdDd_0u3yEdPB9OTKerL0gWZqO3WU2d/s1600-h/0052652_IMGP5515.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cOc-evMTfYE7wOn_1HPwdSeJe3smWRN4QaYz2KlbbqmVZ1u9b0Oy2yKfUgAzzcu8GR-j8lAPdCmDCpMyyNtZNKj-SytYOlWzsnWmM1HMbOxvIKdDd_0u3yEdPB9OTKerL0gWZqO3WU2d/s400/0052652_IMGP5515.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248188258697284098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">At one time these frogs were thought to be the same species,<br />but are now <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">duellmani</span></span> and <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">ventrimaculatus</span>.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcGFUw_c0DvmENrun4vQPBtNwIhwAx5GLRHoPlCfFi4V8Q7jUDRdy3ft2HQcmHqTLeLBJMjSaf6TtE3IJ_AeJlj8O-TbVFxl7x2UAWiVi5jTnqDw9U_h7axqnR7k5d5QIjvCuqNRU58bD/s1600-h/0052621_IMGP5482.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcGFUw_c0DvmENrun4vQPBtNwIhwAx5GLRHoPlCfFi4V8Q7jUDRdy3ft2HQcmHqTLeLBJMjSaf6TtE3IJ_AeJlj8O-TbVFxl7x2UAWiVi5jTnqDw9U_h7axqnR7k5d5QIjvCuqNRU58bD/s400/0052621_IMGP5482.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248188262784006610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">duellmani</span></span> is found only at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Catolica</span> Station, whereas <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ventrimaculatus</span> </span>is found at both locations<span style="font-style: italic;">.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Wr0GeyW6ZTjQa8d-Wp2fmac88PDQ8cC_OSrh3frwwI9_IWqgsRPcCTiXT3NexpNGxGQ50u-msk9-VETOrp3zTv4Aa-CjacXGzYylqYmg44b24AcS0pINBOy_LrzOrWzix9MqVJIZ1rXF/s1600-h/0052604_IMGP5464.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Wr0GeyW6ZTjQa8d-Wp2fmac88PDQ8cC_OSrh3frwwI9_IWqgsRPcCTiXT3NexpNGxGQ50u-msk9-VETOrp3zTv4Aa-CjacXGzYylqYmg44b24AcS0pINBOy_LrzOrWzix9MqVJIZ1rXF/s400/0052604_IMGP5464.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248188269134898722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And they are keeping the secret as to why</span><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzze5-3QdULt_uN-4BFgCCaIuZkRyl8E5CrbMAm3UAJfoTpkgXaqXEZ5U01Os440q9MzpjRb3BC49OzgEUBzhmVcn0sGRrbtH_AQ2x8X7rrI38Tfn_hx2flwPAjTK-vDNmnr8fuJLWYCN/s1600-h/0051832_IMGP4523.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzze5-3QdULt_uN-4BFgCCaIuZkRyl8E5CrbMAm3UAJfoTpkgXaqXEZ5U01Os440q9MzpjRb3BC49OzgEUBzhmVcn0sGRrbtH_AQ2x8X7rrI38Tfn_hx2flwPAjTK-vDNmnr8fuJLWYCN/s400/0051832_IMGP4523.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248188273199277442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Bolivar with his cousins, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Tihue's</span> children and grandchild.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQ6YSLv3ob0k6iKfTxIgJ4L_B2FF0nQYr8BDVSYyNSmTbXhUv4aCWCqFs0WwDaT2Ur21RGogG1AMmiiN1JMeJi5M5gtnkcejeGY15TQJe0PhcWKeOj-ytAtk_1sfLTkFdcxtA8Cxb8NFc/s1600-h/0052922_IMGP5814.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQ6YSLv3ob0k6iKfTxIgJ4L_B2FF0nQYr8BDVSYyNSmTbXhUv4aCWCqFs0WwDaT2Ur21RGogG1AMmiiN1JMeJi5M5gtnkcejeGY15TQJe0PhcWKeOj-ytAtk_1sfLTkFdcxtA8Cxb8NFc/s400/0052922_IMGP5814.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248187453783380818" border="0" /></a><br />Butterflies congregating along the Via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Maxxus</span>.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79FPW3unNZfUu0Tkzz8s99Ivhp_lrNkSLKflT2-e_QlpO33eOuledb1uvYsXCjU1EXCOmR7FvcNTK5090Ns1ozgNxODwb7UZE-s2CyYpJ9Z53TPvWXJmeDgwWVakOkF48yer7eRc0EdGQ/s1600-h/0052803_IMGP5688.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79FPW3unNZfUu0Tkzz8s99Ivhp_lrNkSLKflT2-e_QlpO33eOuledb1uvYsXCjU1EXCOmR7FvcNTK5090Ns1ozgNxODwb7UZE-s2CyYpJ9Z53TPvWXJmeDgwWVakOkF48yer7eRc0EdGQ/s400/0052803_IMGP5688.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248187452162482674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Helicops</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">angulatus</span></span> found in a puddle at night.<br /> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYOk5MrX2LPQ5oc5LM0XdfWiBABTtX12cH0hE86FdPlHFTTdtMJ-eVUufW2CeN36_1pnd4wBh-gxBdeUAipjGiqE4_HsCHtCUNAaabTwHWt9BMspgkLhz80Od8udVUrz2SsjqeHUTdKXn/s1600-h/0052682_IMGP5557.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYOk5MrX2LPQ5oc5LM0XdfWiBABTtX12cH0hE86FdPlHFTTdtMJ-eVUufW2CeN36_1pnd4wBh-gxBdeUAipjGiqE4_HsCHtCUNAaabTwHWt9BMspgkLhz80Od8udVUrz2SsjqeHUTdKXn/s400/0052682_IMGP5557.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248187456531173058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I notified Shawn that </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Helicops</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">angulatus</span> </span>was in camp<br />so he could catch this semi-toxic snake<span style="font-style: italic;">.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCnTMiIIGIn_DwfA1Dmv6aMFMpYXaLiQRcasHfTAVMCKoZmqLU6yBGUy5TnBhPmT6SlzdPOWBueF9OqoIV0jN73dz8qclirsHFDUpkR0Mxd67Mhx36JosGNLssjlBQsbHnHRhn6M626DM/s1600-h/0052796_IMGP5674.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCnTMiIIGIn_DwfA1Dmv6aMFMpYXaLiQRcasHfTAVMCKoZmqLU6yBGUy5TnBhPmT6SlzdPOWBueF9OqoIV0jN73dz8qclirsHFDUpkR0Mxd67Mhx36JosGNLssjlBQsbHnHRhn6M626DM/s400/0052796_IMGP5674.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248187461819254258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The three <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">muskateers</span><span style="font-style: italic;">, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">duellmani</span></span>, <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">ventrimaculatus</span> </span>and<span style="font-style: italic;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Epipedobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">bilinguis</span>.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjE-fyLP0Hti27hdIBOKtOIoE8kanbumHMYXt6W33wp5JrvVErAfBNWKKP-iPoFGBy5ukmMt-HVSKr_ReAwoZ14tm2DyByW0YSIqvPyc7sDKlqn9LIps5yF_dXdIJgo8ey8XDwTqVDAXoL/s1600-h/0052718_IMGP5596.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjE-fyLP0Hti27hdIBOKtOIoE8kanbumHMYXt6W33wp5JrvVErAfBNWKKP-iPoFGBy5ukmMt-HVSKr_ReAwoZ14tm2DyByW0YSIqvPyc7sDKlqn9LIps5yF_dXdIJgo8ey8XDwTqVDAXoL/s400/0052718_IMGP5596.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248187464483042882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Their coloration is a warning that they are toxic.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfeWQjxSwsco7mheyWh2rWU6ZQ1LB2NLxk7CVFE3kwHEk06KOO8reNQdT3A8MSCCiWOzqhID1gp2DlFW__P7sIqD59fptYwcZWyuLFJyPl1EIuuKllvvMgVnpPuE8OlEAcVEtmLAviD7l/s1600-h/0050109_IMGP2516-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfeWQjxSwsco7mheyWh2rWU6ZQ1LB2NLxk7CVFE3kwHEk06KOO8reNQdT3A8MSCCiWOzqhID1gp2DlFW__P7sIqD59fptYwcZWyuLFJyPl1EIuuKllvvMgVnpPuE8OlEAcVEtmLAviD7l/s400/0050109_IMGP2516-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248186443098573122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Roadwork in the jungle.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI5F0xo5qTV0E80S_d7Wf_k1MkFkEmi1R7rfUpcCmPPH7g7xTQp2haOhfxGAf5IfgmpIrsOO1EaGciO9aTiZLfQgdXluf_z_rGgooW9GFAORY3JI4fHvQERIMZ_HFXiwsk346kE6Y7a9c/s1600-h/0050527_IMGP2984.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI5F0xo5qTV0E80S_d7Wf_k1MkFkEmi1R7rfUpcCmPPH7g7xTQp2haOhfxGAf5IfgmpIrsOO1EaGciO9aTiZLfQgdXluf_z_rGgooW9GFAORY3JI4fHvQERIMZ_HFXiwsk346kE6Y7a9c/s400/0050527_IMGP2984.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248186450883251282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Maxxus</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMb8W23RuhdEtR78bzTDe6lS2dOXLj48zy0Swkd34oFNQg_CEMeOfRlHESu4zevjgPy9YuX3nr0CUAq57r3NR4pjerHHETaqkss4fjhVGhHAIXzsijOBOhc0fjpFv6lcy1qCMgdlZ7sdwL/s1600-h/0050012_IMGP2465.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMb8W23RuhdEtR78bzTDe6lS2dOXLj48zy0Swkd34oFNQg_CEMeOfRlHESu4zevjgPy9YuX3nr0CUAq57r3NR4pjerHHETaqkss4fjhVGhHAIXzsijOBOhc0fjpFv6lcy1qCMgdlZ7sdwL/s400/0050012_IMGP2465.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248186456634656098" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Golden Tegu</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Tupinambis teguixin</span>, that was caught by Gabriel, a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Mapadore</span><br />who has worked within the park for 15 years.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0o5Xj4jiNdCglgvDe_2VTz5Bk-sO8z4G-IAjjspf7imbDC0KjiXBK1aJTw_pnadPv0uwyEW_wE94Oy6eLxWiZ12kjTw115nZwZEck_PuGjZYFMHelyYkDkZJzZ0hZjkBO8hWQkQXKW-L/s1600-h/0050589_IMGP3048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0o5Xj4jiNdCglgvDe_2VTz5Bk-sO8z4G-IAjjspf7imbDC0KjiXBK1aJTw_pnadPv0uwyEW_wE94Oy6eLxWiZ12kjTw115nZwZEck_PuGjZYFMHelyYkDkZJzZ0hZjkBO8hWQkQXKW-L/s400/0050589_IMGP3048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248186456547685586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">White-necked <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Puffbird</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Nothararchus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">macrorhynchos</span></span></span>,<br />seen in the sunset at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Catolica</span> tower.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCFqIP3wy07zF8ljsCAuz7zv-pZbPBcmu-GaK9su8WViuEvirsUzWU9CEnlDJgwYz3X6myynF-SASd7MHvR947qKLUb4Q9YRnhwqFjhLaok69FX2PP81vhotm7tJlhn2cnhRY_9NlkCCv/s1600-h/0049233_IMGP1587-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCFqIP3wy07zF8ljsCAuz7zv-pZbPBcmu-GaK9su8WViuEvirsUzWU9CEnlDJgwYz3X6myynF-SASd7MHvR947qKLUb4Q9YRnhwqFjhLaok69FX2PP81vhotm7tJlhn2cnhRY_9NlkCCv/s400/0049233_IMGP1587-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248186458525295618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Juvenile fer-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">de</span>-lance<span style="font-style: italic;">, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Bothrops</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">atrox</span>, </span>found in camp.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_fIw8dVjxGSZFHv3J-x_YlMiIc2DSHNGr31hWG9GaJ_qqN0ulfbirK5t35qNRUDNkBWKvTj2Z0GXhnHaCWUoEukPGQBFD2bnQhqn_LabQZgbiaRQxDAktY2WtipDKWsXs-C0b4SaQYNJ/s1600-h/0044622_IMGP6521.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_fIw8dVjxGSZFHv3J-x_YlMiIc2DSHNGr31hWG9GaJ_qqN0ulfbirK5t35qNRUDNkBWKvTj2Z0GXhnHaCWUoEukPGQBFD2bnQhqn_LabQZgbiaRQxDAktY2WtipDKWsXs-C0b4SaQYNJ/s400/0044622_IMGP6521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248185606835306162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Juvenile Anaconda, <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Eunectes</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">murinus</span></span>, rapidly moves through shallow water.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLK7VYrnOBTwERhi-f3rd0fjpWYV0DkAlTycxrtSvhepiJzeoJI8HimWryyrmd5EuHInReQuf0y5iq7Xdv7BkjIfAt-ChquSsQx0Mfq3D5Itt-FtbS-3CIOSfI9VniIizR_dr7Vjt-E6E/s1600-h/0048394_IMGP0689-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLK7VYrnOBTwERhi-f3rd0fjpWYV0DkAlTycxrtSvhepiJzeoJI8HimWryyrmd5EuHInReQuf0y5iq7Xdv7BkjIfAt-ChquSsQx0Mfq3D5Itt-FtbS-3CIOSfI9VniIizR_dr7Vjt-E6E/s400/0048394_IMGP0689-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248185607194805586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Hot afternoon on the Oxbow Lake at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Catolica</span> Station.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgms5rU_7iIfVr6rgMlQVSysk9bI0UuiCjVB1ruyzEIFou5OKUhSXM_OqiYfJj9I63gBRI569nvsC8t8Ib_V_YvXWnXZbabe9JhV2qfU8Oo8atWfwsHUwXtIFjDBPdR8Of8ss1P2pruabQg/s1600-h/0048181_IMGP0412.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgms5rU_7iIfVr6rgMlQVSysk9bI0UuiCjVB1ruyzEIFou5OKUhSXM_OqiYfJj9I63gBRI569nvsC8t8Ib_V_YvXWnXZbabe9JhV2qfU8Oo8atWfwsHUwXtIFjDBPdR8Of8ss1P2pruabQg/s400/0048181_IMGP0412.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248185610456492610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">Tripanurgos</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">compressus</span></span>.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeW6eJVtIM7s7zX7c1mHInyGdmLpvqb45NFRtuczKJJP8bdFw1sEpCXq0RmcFry7HKY7naQbXRkPQX2iE8wtbp1LH6sFv_7cxXSAs3mf3QGyCc7QZGQXd0PzJqLPXkfORnX4h_jGQ1DDi/s1600-h/0049130_IMGP1464.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeW6eJVtIM7s7zX7c1mHInyGdmLpvqb45NFRtuczKJJP8bdFw1sEpCXq0RmcFry7HKY7naQbXRkPQX2iE8wtbp1LH6sFv_7cxXSAs3mf3QGyCc7QZGQXd0PzJqLPXkfORnX4h_jGQ1DDi/s400/0049130_IMGP1464.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248185612609802146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn's last tree climb along the Via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Maxxus</span>.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGLM8BfQ7nfbI1xZz150vDcgze3S6pdpSb6pLHXO7pX0uT2VRJbkOLxVGz7uqGR2fUHWYw8ctVKYVeIZbcEJejUknJfNSHNbUpdCjOZhp9eI8swrGtMW8QhKklCXyGnSAHmKakXTR-eAt/s1600-h/0049625_IMGP2021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGLM8BfQ7nfbI1xZz150vDcgze3S6pdpSb6pLHXO7pX0uT2VRJbkOLxVGz7uqGR2fUHWYw8ctVKYVeIZbcEJejUknJfNSHNbUpdCjOZhp9eI8swrGtMW8QhKklCXyGnSAHmKakXTR-eAt/s400/0049625_IMGP2021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248185622043456978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Bolivar and his dogs in front of his house at km 32 on the Via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Maxxus</span>.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69WhdEFp2lgeJTGGBKtNyPoz-YiOZ7kDPEEX7LGhVpZMGYEGhW1lBh7PtcBzHZRDtDGdMy0AHYQ_5Ss5Bl5N2SXNkmj-IvOpcEEcykAkSSBlqHfUd-850y_gP3y5FMDTmAByMkk3gUbvs/s1600-h/0044246_IMGP6071.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69WhdEFp2lgeJTGGBKtNyPoz-YiOZ7kDPEEX7LGhVpZMGYEGhW1lBh7PtcBzHZRDtDGdMy0AHYQ_5Ss5Bl5N2SXNkmj-IvOpcEEcykAkSSBlqHfUd-850y_gP3y5FMDTmAByMkk3gUbvs/s400/0044246_IMGP6071.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248184805873949346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ferns growing on a hillside along the Via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">Maxxus</span>.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3eVHYfA9ffZc5aOSqu2TmK5d9TuKR-QUDBLFlONj5GhwOZ4RUFCsCd98RzuIecs0WMKjJbjbZHT8xli0jwviyfR46Cm87wSiValL-ui1DKN3dw3W4ySjaUSmPKAU1uClfhfywOfLva8q/s1600-h/0044157_IMGP5978-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3eVHYfA9ffZc5aOSqu2TmK5d9TuKR-QUDBLFlONj5GhwOZ4RUFCsCd98RzuIecs0WMKjJbjbZHT8xli0jwviyfR46Cm87wSiValL-ui1DKN3dw3W4ySjaUSmPKAU1uClfhfywOfLva8q/s400/0044157_IMGP5978-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248184808960072722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Tyrant Flycatcher outside the lab</span>.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYdU89DfCFywlsx3qFDbpYANd2y71ES0i4yaAEGdwRqoelw4FEnQo31jXRljg9cAxDYNn2GALgs493zS6nrnhyphenhyphenFo6V29xVZ6a_xy5-yK1gIEaWoFIOHnpejshExcYaU5oGi7AKfbf9Hja/s1600-h/0044227_IMGP6051.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYdU89DfCFywlsx3qFDbpYANd2y71ES0i4yaAEGdwRqoelw4FEnQo31jXRljg9cAxDYNn2GALgs493zS6nrnhyphenhyphenFo6V29xVZ6a_xy5-yK1gIEaWoFIOHnpejshExcYaU5oGi7AKfbf9Hja/s400/0044227_IMGP6051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248184816885598722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Ripening fruit.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22RQKWFu2aRPsRpOUw4R-OkbaeTS2XYcNcA2XOWkDEm9HBpcisXJgc-Pdt_bWbkv4dolfT20ol6o3jerNOb83xhzer0IYmpPFZMGpffkvo7QsMQ0JgQlL_cUm7-0A7hgnOywDjXq85V9v/s1600-h/0044415_IMGP6282.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22RQKWFu2aRPsRpOUw4R-OkbaeTS2XYcNcA2XOWkDEm9HBpcisXJgc-Pdt_bWbkv4dolfT20ol6o3jerNOb83xhzer0IYmpPFZMGpffkvo7QsMQ0JgQlL_cUm7-0A7hgnOywDjXq85V9v/s400/0044415_IMGP6282.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248184821178704210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Both predator and prey are spiders.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqPrOQI1YcAv9tYOyNVeCvQk_FqeporplOP6bPotYm7xaoKG0HN6kips5Xo-doI72mdYzNqZ3BK-6BuXzHMvH7tMTkyvAqv0bsjdcCGd434219aHfKv2wKNZZAnw5rkd4Fg61xSrFsKIT/s1600-h/0044451_IMGP6319.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqPrOQI1YcAv9tYOyNVeCvQk_FqeporplOP6bPotYm7xaoKG0HN6kips5Xo-doI72mdYzNqZ3BK-6BuXzHMvH7tMTkyvAqv0bsjdcCGd434219aHfKv2wKNZZAnw5rkd4Fg61xSrFsKIT/s400/0044451_IMGP6319.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248184821521868578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Tarantula in it's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">camouflaged</span> nest on the side of a tree.</span><br /><br /></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-72638087513173207602008-09-11T15:26:00.004-05:002008-09-21T09:12:47.096-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT48HlVgihOm0VUiG1k3bFpWDSFHumgyZVm7KNsvrAUUuYROvUff-HGpk4ka_LXoZiU3VyCV7YPOco9qnMm90dIusGu7zxOEY7ViybFs0R4sYnsv6U-y8wbKlf0YO-68OumGMdwX8S2La9/s1600-h/0049924_IMGP2375.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT48HlVgihOm0VUiG1k3bFpWDSFHumgyZVm7KNsvrAUUuYROvUff-HGpk4ka_LXoZiU3VyCV7YPOco9qnMm90dIusGu7zxOEY7ViybFs0R4sYnsv6U-y8wbKlf0YO-68OumGMdwX8S2La9/s400/0049924_IMGP2375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248167673173393890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">Sunset on the Via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Maxxus</span>.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Posted by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bejat</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The days have bee</span><span style="font-family:arial;">n cool and alive with activity in the forest. Yesterday I spent the day out collecting many </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveDIM9bjzdrkTv_T1dFVXTUF27fRj4qgsZXBawL4PLWwK2sjAi9dBjlCQupUmdSxtigm5dV_sjPBSLfa4sIhNOnm6k1G-t8CdtLTx1MMx1zpnCXpWvDk9fjUWCOsWuwEh9wAanyMryOeP/s1600-h/0052397_IMGP5205.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveDIM9bjzdrkTv_T1dFVXTUF27fRj4qgsZXBawL4PLWwK2sjAi9dBjlCQupUmdSxtigm5dV_sjPBSLfa4sIhNOnm6k1G-t8CdtLTx1MMx1zpnCXpWvDk9fjUWCOsWuwEh9wAanyMryOeP/s320/0052397_IMGP5205.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248170082976639458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">different </span><span style="font-family:arial;">species of fallen orchids, painting and photographing along the trails. Alfredo an</span><span style="font-family:arial;">d I left in the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> morning for the plot a</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">nd</span> he guided me to the orchids that were attached to a large limb. We cut</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> up the limb and brought the orchids back to camp since they will definitely</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">di</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">e on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">fo</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">rest floor. They will be attached to trees in camp so we can keep an eye on them and get photographs of their blooms, which aids in their identification. The blooms of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">undescribed</span> species will be preserved in alcohol and glycerin for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">descrip</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">tion</span> purposes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A terrestrial orchid was blooming in the plot and we c</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">rossed</span> to the opposite side of the plot to find this Orchid (as seen in the photos to the left and right). </span><span style="font-family:arial;">This is where I spent the entire day painting its magnificent bloom. It was a huge orchid</span><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Spectacular! I had never seen anything like it in my life growing from the ground in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">lowl</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXG-2yYcPmc7cBwTR60nmtUBqMgOb1Kk601RKtS4CFUg7VADC2hEoc4r01ovnnFlYbJMn2a5ezTPJ4hN92E4J9LjZB0al832lO6Q0Y6R9mSOH5tLPkJzyZsonTG762xxU5uStWBnYwBD6/s1600-h/0052462_IMGP5293.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXG-2yYcPmc7cBwTR60nmtUBqMgOb1Kk601RKtS4CFUg7VADC2hEoc4r01ovnnFlYbJMn2a5ezTPJ4hN92E4J9LjZB0al832lO6Q0Y6R9mSOH5tLPkJzyZsonTG762xxU5uStWBnYwBD6/s320/0052462_IMGP5293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248171111812311762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">rainforest</span> here within <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Yasuni</span>. I felt honored to be in its presence.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I was visited by a group of Saki monk</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">eys</span>. There were four, which <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">includ</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">ed one juvenile. I had never seen such a large group of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Sakis</span> before. Typically </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I see two, maybe 3 when there is a juvenile or baby. Their</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> behavior was also interesting. Instead of running they stayed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">aro</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">und</span> me for about a</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVT8thBPUhe9CnGbzU_MuA57At2PEbNBKI4COMnUnjgEQlqdW4ixir2gWOY01P_Po171IFffOrLO5UvvkSco4Q8ARUiFPYlBdrwHk5Bn-Qe_9-KkCwO5LKfazfTU_nbo-8K1fpAt29RHB/s1600-h/0052440_IMGP5266-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVT8thBPUhe9CnGbzU_MuA57At2PEbNBKI4COMnUnjgEQlqdW4ixir2gWOY01P_Po171IFffOrLO5UvvkSco4Q8ARUiFPYlBdrwHk5Bn-Qe_9-KkCwO5LKfazfTU_nbo-8K1fpAt29RHB/s320/0052440_IMGP5266-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248170082255023090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">n hour, thrilling and screaming obnoxiously. They were all hiding high up in the canopy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">behind</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> heavy </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">foliage</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">appea</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">red to be yelling down at me. I stood down on the ground patiently and waited for them to calm down. Eventually they did and the large male revealed himself for many photos. He seemed to now be speaking to the others about my presence and they were thrilling/chirping back and forth to one another. I was very excited to get some photos of them since they typically just yell down at me for a few moments and then run high up and</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> away within the canopy. This was 30 minutes of observation and photos (left). My patience paid off.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Later that day they returned and I took a break from my painting to observe them again and caught a glimpse of the juvenile. I had to start all over again and spent another 45 minutes with them coercing them out into</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the open. The lighting was terribly dark and I was unable to get a decent photograph. The large male was intrigued by my presence and seemed to almost follow me back to my painting and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">obse</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">rve</span> me. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ySUWkpgHboYLWY9TrgdDeYOmww8TojNBcCqanOx0RM9qTike9AuYrGjZHfkhhkcnn377jvFt6PBf5V92R8iNlZKcn7cWaFgTJRKLvRQrHpkpyt0GzlHT74GT35vJQGhvutn1HiFkKCbL/s1600-h/0052464_IMGP5300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ySUWkpgHboYLWY9TrgdDeYOmww8TojNBcCqanOx0RM9qTike9AuYrGjZHfkhhkcnn377jvFt6PBf5V92R8iNlZKcn7cWaFgTJRKLvRQrHpkpyt0GzlHT74GT35vJQGhvutn1HiFkKCbL/s320/0052464_IMGP5300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248171840004216946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I also saw Squirrel Monkeys, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Tocans</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Orependulas</span>, Screaming <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Pehaw</span> an</span><span style="font-family:arial;">d countless other birds. The forest is in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">ful</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">l bloom and powerfully fragrant. Food is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">bountiful</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">l and everything seems to be courting and mating. It’s indescribably beautiful. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn spent the day completing his survey of the plot. He visited me covered in dirt, sweat and</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> mud. He looked rough, although I did not look much better.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> I was surrounded by sweat bees that were attracted to my stinky backpack. They can be a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">nuisance</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">ce</span>, but as I observed them pollinate the orchid I became very fond of them for a change. As Shawn likes to say, “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">sw</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">eat bees are my friends”.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Iy_Xt074MjVoPde1IPZoPbZargJPY7Y2-YWlgAVxtEn6sjtQdApIgrSv-ysVSL6BlAKDNieK_Pt1tbunEvs6PaYURmMKHoar3daon6eNUpWKt0cTkJmhSxvCTXUTDI21aGuxF3MLtg5p/s1600-h/0052497_IMGP5345-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Iy_Xt074MjVoPde1IPZoPbZargJPY7Y2-YWlgAVxtEn6sjtQdApIgrSv-ysVSL6BlAKDNieK_Pt1tbunEvs6PaYURmMKHoar3daon6eNUpWKt0cTkJmhSxvCTXUTDI21aGuxF3MLtg5p/s320/0052497_IMGP5345-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248172083600353298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Leaving the plot I got a bit lost. I felt panicked for a moment when I found myself off the trail, outside of the p</span><span style="font-family:arial;">lot, uncertain as to how far I need to go to get back to camp. I was looking at my compass that said I had to go through a deep ravine covered </span><span style="font-family:arial;">with vine tangles and I could smell that there was standing water </span><span style="font-family:arial;">so that meant it was going to take so time to get through it all. I was not interested in doing this since I had my heavy backpack full of my</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> painting supplies, camera equipment, rain gear and in one hand I was holding my camera on its tripod. Plus it was getting dark and I nee</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">ded</span> to get out of the forest before it became completely dark. Then </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I heard a large vehicle pass b</span><span style="font-family:arial;">y on the road. I never imagined I would be happy to hear traffic in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">rainforest</span>, but I was and I</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> could hear that I was close to the road, so I decided I had enough time to turn back and find the t</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAGU4KD4IE6YlWn49Ut5n0-pCmoxHmW9h1002o7Vj2-qglHU29NMeWMaxJrGQEgeeqJmcgrEXf1u0OQQ4Lq2OAEe1Nc5bKfQCK1E8Kz9PZbvbDJkdca1YJQfPn9FiZeMXXlQDhjtFfGbZ/s1600-h/0052929_IMGP5827.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAGU4KD4IE6YlWn49Ut5n0-pCmoxHmW9h1002o7Vj2-qglHU29NMeWMaxJrGQEgeeqJmcgrEXf1u0OQQ4Lq2OAEe1Nc5bKfQCK1E8Kz9PZbvbDJkdca1YJQfPn9FiZeMXXlQDhjtFfGbZ/s320/0052929_IMGP5827.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248173390013784354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">rail that would take me out of the forest. I was fortunate to find the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">tra</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">il</span> and got out of the forest in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">th</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">e fading light of the day, exhausted. I must say I am glad I had my compass. Maybe next time I will keep myself from wandering off the trail looking at monkeys and birds, or maybe not.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is our final week at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Catolica</span> Station. Alfredo and I went out a few days ago to take missing data for the trees Shawn climbed, like GPS points, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">distan</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">ce</span> from the road, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">DBH</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">densiometer</span>, etc. Some data is not taken at the tree when Shawn climbs due to environmental circumstances, time or limited bodies to carry it all. Since we return to take the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">GPS points, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">we have another opportunity to collect this missing data, like photographs of the trunk and bark that help identify the species of each particular tree (</span><span style="font-family:arial;">photo to the right).<br /><br />Later that evening we were visited by a rare moth we had never seen before, as pictured to the above right and left (with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Bejat</span>). Gorgeous and enormous, this moth had transparent sections to it's wings that were <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">creamish</span> white color. Pablo, one of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Mapadores</span> explained that this moth is consumed by bats due to its meaty substance. I can see how it would be a good meal. The moth visited our lab for several nights until it disappeared. It was apparent that it was in the final days of it's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">existence</span>.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-153862647949919752008-09-02T15:26:00.003-05:002008-09-21T08:18:42.928-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSepVHaHVLmIlCG-vepjHyuZJ0q-1n0YqJgCOEOLsUA4OdN01KmHGKv0fw6uwx_EGWtdvNlrHYetVvcYIc9A2RQkjuCmmhn03ENpWsnCgmMj5e_RJs8QHbpLZK_FZpLH4nUuXaS4AVh1y/s1600-h/0050544_IMGP3002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSepVHaHVLmIlCG-vepjHyuZJ0q-1n0YqJgCOEOLsUA4OdN01KmHGKv0fw6uwx_EGWtdvNlrHYetVvcYIc9A2RQkjuCmmhn03ENpWsnCgmMj5e_RJs8QHbpLZK_FZpLH4nUuXaS4AVh1y/s400/0050544_IMGP3002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248182502957807010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Bejat, Shawn, Kaya and Alfredo at the Catolica Station tower</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Posted by Bejat</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The days seem to be slipping by mor</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e rapidly. Kaya left yesterday and now it is Alfr</span><span style="font-family:arial;">edo, Shawn and I. The bo</span><span style="font-family:arial;">y</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrSMYcWInZI6l9LiP7Ir6eqk1zKM_pmsTo5NxPeeU8etrKqWlcY0fs_4_ceY7qKt30Qn91KPhX1BIdfwh0rUWQfb35LJtyUgik7WCVpq-7ZzSqdQ4o79bLypfFVmviyb-uHyrXR3xaAwB/s1600-h/0049524_IMGP1918-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrSMYcWInZI6l9LiP7Ir6eqk1zKM_pmsTo5NxPeeU8etrKqWlcY0fs_4_ceY7qKt30Qn91KPhX1BIdfwh0rUWQfb35LJtyUgik7WCVpq-7ZzSqdQ4o79bLypfFVmviyb-uHyrXR3xaAwB/s320/0049524_IMGP1918-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248175426838555314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">s are working the bromeliads and I am photographing and painting. I am currently painting the <span style="font-style: italic;">A</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">echmea zebrina</span> bromeliad bloom that we brought back to camp from the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> final climb with </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Bolivar.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Bolivar gave Shawn a Wao n</span><span style="font-family:arial;">am</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e, Gomimo, w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">hich is a Blue Crowned Manakin. He explained this bird is high up in the canopy during the day and lower in the forest at night to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">sleep, someti</span><span style="font-family:arial;">mes even on the forest floor where it clears fallen leaves to make a bed. He c</span><span style="font-family:arial;">alls Shawn ongine teemo inga, directly translated as man strong Tarzan. Gomimo was the na</span><span style="font-family:arial;">me of his mentor, a highly respected leader, teacher and warrior. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn fascin</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ates Bolivar and now that he has given Shawn a Wao name he says w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e owe him a gift. He de</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanLalumXe3Z2HsPkd1MiZeijPOYWLbctdZulVOsFy2Bk2A9KWqvt1RkJE5i8KGwKmtbFckLdrNz0LrsQVilqI4eTg0cEyDU1ODI-R-TSmsmUPSv14MF20GxNzg1DCFYm6xm-_5DVOvXGw/s1600-h/0049503_IMGP1897.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanLalumXe3Z2HsPkd1MiZeijPOYWLbctdZulVOsFy2Bk2A9KWqvt1RkJE5i8KGwKmtbFckLdrNz0LrsQVilqI4eTg0cEyDU1ODI-R-TSmsmUPSv14MF20GxNzg1DCFYm6xm-_5DVOvXGw/s320/0049503_IMGP1897.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248178249506129426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">clares it is</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> tradition to give a gift when a name is giv</span><span style="font-family:arial;">en. We told him we would give him our Spanish-English dictionary that he has been asking for since day one when we leave for the S</span><span style="font-family:arial;">tates. He told</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> us he would like a camera like</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> mine. I had to ex</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgij2FZt0QX57uQBrkZ_01q3Q9s9h1njv7xG4h5ssvDYjS65ahz_ra0y4n6TG_PgoOpwo3kUr0h0qfjXLMwzUN9sKTnR6WpiZAZHPcteglN8F39RsShP6uUIXEp_6kWgwS7mdyo4IYDKXMT/s1600-h/0049473_IMGP1865.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgij2FZt0QX57uQBrkZ_01q3Q9s9h1njv7xG4h5ssvDYjS65ahz_ra0y4n6TG_PgoOpwo3kUr0h0qfjXLMwzUN9sKTnR6WpiZAZHPcteglN8F39RsShP6uUIXEp_6kWgwS7mdyo4IYDKXMT/s320/0049473_IMGP1865.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248175411871208290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">plain that was not possible and that we cou</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ld only afford to give him the dictionary.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The entire day he was wanting his photo taken. He wanted to try on all the equip</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ment Shawn wears after the climb and have his photo taken. My pl</span><span style="font-family:arial;">an is to develop the photo</span><span style="font-family:arial;">s and give him a copy when we are in the city at some point before we returned to this location sometime in December. He is so </span><span style="font-family:arial;">excited and has been a </span><span style="font-family:arial;">ham for the camera.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">While we were waiting on the road for a ride to t</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ake Bolivar home we saw a juvenile Harpy Eagl</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e flying by with a snake in it’s mouth! It dropped part of the snake in the road and we ran to pick it up and identify the species. It</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> was a <span style="font-style: italic;">Chironis carinatus</span>. The Harpy landed nearby and fin</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ished its snack and flew over to its nest and settled in for the ev</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ening. WOW! Now that was a site to beh</span><span style="font-family:arial;">old. It is such a rare sighting to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">se</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WLoy1xMGmm25nCvijuaBJi53u3WlzWqEIUUusYMNGfUFKjQA1eK9oCh47Yy24ZPKq0atI3ULA2OuZJaF_R4DY7S6zcSIKV2sRzgDFoCDMdtJOfB_DmDZ4PLxWXbaAySDzi4SK2KYLJ9p/s1600-h/0049592_IMGP1987-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WLoy1xMGmm25nCvijuaBJi53u3WlzWqEIUUusYMNGfUFKjQA1eK9oCh47Yy24ZPKq0atI3ULA2OuZJaF_R4DY7S6zcSIKV2sRzgDFoCDMdtJOfB_DmDZ4PLxWXbaAySDzi4SK2KYLJ9p/s320/0049592_IMGP1987-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248178255648159762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">e the endangered Harpy Eagle and so close with a snake. In 20</span><span style="font-family:arial;">02 we saw a male fly over the Rio Tiputini carrying a Two-toeded Sloth. It landed in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">a grand tree next to the river to rest as we heard food cries from the mother and juvenile </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0D9IVokpUgaytAxvrhYWtXX_XTLAZQCN79eEHVqhnHI8vhrhHawtHz-meun3XozROeRuTMjECX2aHhmE8Awb7PkwURcQxKA6DS95umCskPpGXypYtgxBOu-LdDDyxTgPrPWK_mAoBEGQ/s1600-h/0049602_IMGP1998-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0D9IVokpUgaytAxvrhYWtXX_XTLAZQCN79eEHVqhnHI8vhrhHawtHz-meun3XozROeRuTMjECX2aHhmE8Awb7PkwURcQxKA6DS95umCskPpGXypYtgxBOu-LdDDyxTgPrPWK_mAoBEGQ/s320/0049602_IMGP1998-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248180206381651010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Harpy Eagle in the distance. On this same venture on the Rio Tiputini w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e sa</span><span style="font-family:arial;">w a Puma, Peccaries, King Vulture, Macaws </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and more. It was Christm</span><span style="font-family:arial;">as E</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ve.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Bolivar invited us to his home after the climb and showed</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> us around telling us about the Wao culture and how they lived then and now. The smell around the houses was</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">atrocious, enough to make you want to turn and run. Rotting food and other unnecessary odors were overwhelming. It is a different way of life. The traditional Wao house is w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">here they hang out now party on the weekend. Families traditional</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrnU5X-e3tnqtKmCi95l411E38H0e4ret0Fl_l3XMc5oLFZqr4YUioRAxmqz_c9WyBIhFM8klf-Cpzms_CJco-cAnbzEdX5hVKqs7tR09s-HeocGgtBEO-AgHjJAZDzciR-K2r8TfWoYT/s1600-h/0049582_IMGP1976.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrnU5X-e3tnqtKmCi95l411E38H0e4ret0Fl_l3XMc5oLFZqr4YUioRAxmqz_c9WyBIhFM8klf-Cpzms_CJco-cAnbzEdX5hVKqs7tR09s-HeocGgtBEO-AgHjJAZDzciR-K2r8TfWoYT/s320/0049582_IMGP1976.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248178252996871330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">ly lived in these crude structures, but now most Wao live in their cement or wood houses. After </span><span style="font-family:arial;">they sell their bush meat in Pompea Sur, th</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQCUEaQiwvTzQt1QIY5JqBcAC-R5QuT-CEdgJYvtNQIC4giLjYyFpvVg-z8-Lanmn5tYkO0JjP5rmJdT8NxhmvvGJDhXxRX4MpBQlAvGW0XMRH7ChC-TcxUFD-dGQ0veVtj1bRqfam7vw/s1600-h/0049615_IMGP2011-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQCUEaQiwvTzQt1QIY5JqBcAC-R5QuT-CEdgJYvtNQIC4giLjYyFpvVg-z8-Lanmn5tYkO0JjP5rmJdT8NxhmvvGJDhXxRX4MpBQlAvGW0XMRH7ChC-TcxUFD-dGQ0veVtj1bRqfam7vw/s320/0049615_IMGP2011-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248180210159244546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">ey return home with the beer they boug</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ht and drink the rest of the weekend. They becom</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e quite d</span><span style="font-family:arial;">runk and sho</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ot off their guns and fight. Researchers are warned to avoid them on the weekends. The dogs are everywhere harassing </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the p</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e</span><span style="font-family:arial;">t baby Spider mon</span><span style="font-family:arial;">keys</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> and peccaries. I must a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">dmit it was sad, b</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ut beyond it all was the sun was se</span><span style="font-family:arial;">tting over the forest and that was beautiful. I </span><span style="font-family:arial;">respect them for who they are, but it can be hard to understand aspects of their cult</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ure like over-hunting, excessive clearing of the land for crops and the introduction of new species. However, this would not be happening if the Western World w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ould not had drawn them out of the forest. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The last tree Shawn climbed with Kaya still here was near camp and we walked 1 km to the tree. It rained fo</span><span style="font-family:arial;">r the climb and it only let up once we returned to camp. Once a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">gain everything was muddy and we we</span><span style="font-family:arial;">re wet, but it was a light rain and kept the forest cool and somewhat sweat bee free, so in actuality it was a lovely day.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkiN5QuO27m_i_Bc4Kz-Ti2W9gU4KjVQ1gmO97gHn66CAgtr0ZwPLfAZaI9dT-NOxshBlnZrfD95DC-IfWRPd7ZZu7LXI-cg__lYxlhF7u7N8VfPmmJhdSsoF9Vpk0UfLwiRK7Cq1ZG9M/s1600-h/0050646_IMGP3112.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkiN5QuO27m_i_Bc4Kz-Ti2W9gU4KjVQ1gmO97gHn66CAgtr0ZwPLfAZaI9dT-NOxshBlnZrfD95DC-IfWRPd7ZZu7LXI-cg__lYxlhF7u7N8VfPmmJhdSsoF9Vpk0UfLwiRK7Cq1ZG9M/s320/0050646_IMGP3112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248175423155242834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Some of the Mapadores joined </span><span style="font-family:arial;">us for the cli</span><span style="font-family:arial;">mb to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">watch Shawn and were of gr</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCALvuDiz9ywOkBHYK3w0UqV2q8-XEQaxPE_YxDUeB_JmlPOgG_iNMSZrabidi7QdWAoXkFR4OBxaCcLkul-xymRvCDFwRxOJ3C16cliWl6m_AvLZJ1zidvV-pgrlMcAd3y6WqZ-JVi2yf/s1600-h/0050655_IMGP3121.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCALvuDiz9ywOkBHYK3w0UqV2q8-XEQaxPE_YxDUeB_JmlPOgG_iNMSZrabidi7QdWAoXkFR4OBxaCcLkul-xymRvCDFwRxOJ3C16cliWl6m_AvLZJ1zidvV-pgrlMcAd3y6WqZ-JVi2yf/s320/0050655_IMGP3121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248176743194149890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">eat assistance. They helped lower </span><span style="font-family:arial;">bromeliads, take the DBH of the tree and carry back the bromeliads, plant specimen and rope. They are so wonderful. Th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ey make the Catolica Station absolutely charming. Our Spanish has become a bit more tolerable to the locals and we can understand more since we have been practicing. It als</span><span style="font-family:arial;">o helps that Alfredo speaks Spanish and he</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> translates and corrects our Spanish for us</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, I am grateful for his assistance. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Mapadores were perplexed as </span><span style="font-family:arial;">to the genus of the tree, so I took many photos of the blooms, leaves, branches, trunk and bark. We pressed all the specimens</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> and they are going to compare these with other specimens in the herbarium collection. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94_SfX1Oplr3XQ7gdHcszU06tywMyw6qddz_0c924FXMDav6JbLMQ4ud3urVEOLsHw20HuKVVUYr911twD9Tbabw2UJcIAwvoXMJyVB0qeDLpW6PGjarGX4tskrtyUL7iBEf7X4skLtJr/s1600-h/0050694_IMGP3163.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94_SfX1Oplr3XQ7gdHcszU06tywMyw6qddz_0c924FXMDav6JbLMQ4ud3urVEOLsHw20HuKVVUYr911twD9Tbabw2UJcIAwvoXMJyVB0qeDLpW6PGjarGX4tskrtyUL7iBEf7X4skLtJr/s320/0050694_IMGP3163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248181359125867890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The herbarium collection is spectacular, as one might suspect with the most bi</span><span style="font-family:arial;">odiverse tree species plot in the world. A large laboratory filled with </span><span style="font-family:arial;">cabinets as tall as the 15’ ceilin</span><span style="font-family:arial;">gs containing pressed leaves, flowers and fruit of trees and plants. The specimens are contained in folders labeled and organized by family, genus and species. Once a plant is collected it is identified. New species</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> are constantly bein</span><span style="font-family:arial;">g described, making me ponder what we don</span><span style="font-family:arial;">’t know.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgaN3-dhWD5ZBtLEgGb6yPYfFRvW4DsfMzTZoRnQk8wwFbqdFP9FWRi4MUvrjDgwawe_37COfCcpi01xOcZTWyr9Cws9yGUK4EwiyPILgd4hcP84CKdPRxR77UQg_scoIbKotQf7cYlz-/s1600-h/0050761_IMGP3243.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgaN3-dhWD5ZBtLEgGb6yPYfFRvW4DsfMzTZoRnQk8wwFbqdFP9FWRi4MUvrjDgwawe_37COfCcpi01xOcZTWyr9Cws9yGUK4EwiyPILgd4hcP84CKdPRxR77UQg_scoIbKotQf7cYlz-/s320/0050761_IMGP3243.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248176738361735890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Mapadores are brilliant. Their knowledge of the forest is </span><span style="font-family:arial;">ama</span><span style="font-family:arial;">zing and </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the stories they tell keep me on the edge of my seat. They love to play volleyball in the afternoons and sometimes they play soccer with the Wao. So</span><span style="font-family:arial;">me of them have worked here for 15-20 years. Change seems to be inevitable and</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> I can only wonder what they must think about it all, yet they are always so optimistic about everything, they are like rays of </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbupeR6O8dhmBaMiv9xa0LK41GQmkIpUruV92kzVED-duPdhjB0zl6UN9rin8m2Az6w8tOCv45ShhGNa7xHQmH1ftFNqyGCGyjuYrcrLKmr68MTmtAqdGuKi4ocA6FJ2vtpaCL3NItzeUV/s1600-h/0050603_IMGP3062.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbupeR6O8dhmBaMiv9xa0LK41GQmkIpUruV92kzVED-duPdhjB0zl6UN9rin8m2Az6w8tOCv45ShhGNa7xHQmH1ftFNqyGCGyjuYrcrLKmr68MTmtAqdGuKi4ocA6FJ2vtpaCL3NItzeUV/s320/0050603_IMGP3062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248181352799015026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">light from the sun. I have the greatest respect for each and every one of them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Gwawopa</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> in Wao means good-bye. It has taken me nearly 3 weeks to get it rig</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ht. For some reason I have said every word but the right word when Bolivar leaves, but I do my best to impress him by saying good-bye in Wao. Every word I have said is some non-existent word. We all just laugh and Alfredo finds this to be hilarious since I am known for mispronouncing or confusing similar sounding Spanish words and even making up my own, of course thinking they are real words. But it happens to the best of us. Alfredo has had his moment too, he asked for jam instead of ham on his avocado, tomato and cheese sandwich. However strange we thought this was, we said okay and just thought it was some weird Mexican </span><span style="font-family:arial;">concoction, until he realized that he had the words mixed up. So, on that note, Gwawopa.</span><br /></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-60970696452281604682008-08-24T11:47:00.011-05:002008-09-21T08:27:00.713-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6kPrXzpfyzIqyobiGjjZr-u2TmDvbpTi3p6CSmdghjOrgfLY0N-aCEnYDC-L-xPfm0swE08lUR-yciqbcyCrma35Ow7lIXt5nKr-oRDL6CivPNAodSZ8BtCopbfYqAC5c6lxURxj7iRh/s1600-h/0045297_IMGP7288.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6kPrXzpfyzIqyobiGjjZr-u2TmDvbpTi3p6CSmdghjOrgfLY0N-aCEnYDC-L-xPfm0swE08lUR-yciqbcyCrma35Ow7lIXt5nKr-oRDL6CivPNAodSZ8BtCopbfYqAC5c6lxURxj7iRh/s400/0045297_IMGP7288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238889678837051730" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Sun beaming through the trees in the fading light of the day.<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Posted by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bejat</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So many days ha</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ve</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> come </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and gone with little time to write. My head is full of </span><span style="font-family:arial;">things to say and my journal keeps a slight re</span><span style="font-family:arial;">cord of the past month, ye</span><span style="font-family:arial;">t some minor details may drift back into the forest for another memory recaptured in a casual walk or meditative state. The stress seems to be drifting away as we push onward to catch up and get back on schedule. Every three to four days Shawn is climbing a </span><span style="font-family:arial;">tree since another assistant, Alfredo, arrived in the first part of this month. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We are all in much</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJD5tA_LrHySF2c166epDCZHAIjzte2By5ZuyqR6Yf42JCd6_HQdWmAxwT43T64viOKWe4Ds1-P1PG0YUlbms6v1EtF_yj-ieFVMfjQCW-IfoHQsMKEKIgYBIJ5-CzuXwzhXW9HoMqvzBI/s1600-h/0046289_IMGP8379-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJD5tA_LrHySF2c166epDCZHAIjzte2By5ZuyqR6Yf42JCd6_HQdWmAxwT43T64viOKWe4Ds1-P1PG0YUlbms6v1EtF_yj-ieFVMfjQCW-IfoHQsMKEKIgYBIJ5-CzuXwzhXW9HoMqvzBI/s320/0046289_IMGP8379-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238917807160765010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">better health. I had a serious case of worms and amoebas that was transferred to Shawn. Just recently my headaches, that have persisted for well over a month, were cured when I visited the oil doctor to discover that I had low sodium levels and anemia. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kaya</span> initially disc</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">overed</span> that she had anemia and upon her return from the oil doctor we discovered that in fact I had</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">sam</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">e symptoms plus one, a bloody nose. T</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hese</span> are just a few of the physical challenges a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">gringa</span> body faces</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> when in the Amazon. Of cour</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">se</span> the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Sha</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">wn</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">McCrack</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">en body is like a rock and he is convinced that he would not have not been infected by the worms if I </span><span style="font-family:arial;">were not to have transferred them to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">him. He is a tough one, that iron butt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">McCracken</span>, and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">indig</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">enous</span> call him <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">onguine</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">teemo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">inga</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">, which translates as something similar to extremely tough/strong man, like Rambo or Tarzan. Now to hear this out of</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Waorani</span> mouth is amazing, especially the strange reference to Rambo and Tarzan. I must say I agree. Shawn is one impressive individual. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The tree that w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">climbe</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">d with a local <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Waorani</span> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">assistant, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Boliv</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrQhhREGXnyatTjrRfEDmwiqhA7AyQbErolB4pFheVa5vuurHdLNLJLOfIjV7UWIdg69Kz7iLTVQrIfObv0czfvFDwnyBad6BBgmv-UrAubi1kOh5U1_s8XLIce21Hiu_JNuyYVU-LX17/s1600-h/0046295_IMGP8386-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrQhhREGXnyatTjrRfEDmwiqhA7AyQbErolB4pFheVa5vuurHdLNLJLOfIjV7UWIdg69Kz7iLTVQrIfObv0czfvFDwnyBad6BBgmv-UrAubi1kOh5U1_s8XLIce21Hiu_JNuyYVU-LX17/s320/0046295_IMGP8386-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238914837668509570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ar</span>, was spent in the rain and we </span><span style="font-family:arial;">were drenched and c</span><span style="font-family:arial;">o</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">ld</span> by the end of the day. Bolivar said that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Wa</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">orani</span> and most researchers return to camp to stay dry and safe. We spent the entire d</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">ay</span> working in the rain</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. Rain </span><span style="font-family:arial;">or shine that’s o</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">ur</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">moto</span>. Shawn went up and down the tree s</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">vera</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">l times to avoid the downpours. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">After ab</span><span style="font-family:arial;">out 7-8 hours in the rain, no mater what one does to stay dry, one becomes soaked. Well, unless that someone is Bolivar. He built a</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> shelter out of palms and vi</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">nes</span> in</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> about 2 minutes as seen in the photo to the right. There he stood while watching us under our</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> umbrellas that quit working after they had soaked through.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Kaya</span> was stung by a wasp on her eyelid at the beginning of the climb. OUCH, now that hurts! Bolivar wanted to help ease the pain by placing the co</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">ol</span> blade of the machete on the sting. As t</span><span style="font-family:arial;">he blade came closer to her face she was tentative and backed away, uncertain </span><span style="font-family:arial;">a</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUhRsViOHRcFE6ZfpdQUTH10dzYxWZzQxAKhl4XeM-eSf80lPlxiAcbGY3Pw6iWaszJWQX8cTQyWlrYHM_-6PpC9wteaMgsVZKPfLKV_MXlTVNOcs4LE7Y178y87zWOV-jquqoGNBUkJ5/s1600-h/0046300_IMGP8395-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUhRsViOHRcFE6ZfpdQUTH10dzYxWZzQxAKhl4XeM-eSf80lPlxiAcbGY3Pw6iWaszJWQX8cTQyWlrYHM_-6PpC9wteaMgsVZKPfLKV_MXlTVNOcs4LE7Y178y87zWOV-jquqoGNBUkJ5/s320/0046300_IMGP8395-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238912074607843810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">s to whether he was going to cut her. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">But, in the end, she let him <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">pla</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">ce</span> the blade on her eyelid and it did help, as did my homeopathic <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">stin</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">g st</span><span style="font-family:arial;">op and Ibuprofen.<br /><br />As the day wore on, she began </span><span style="font-family:arial;">to forget about the wasp sting, especially when sh</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e discovered we were right next to a hummingbird nest (seen in the photo to the right and left). T</span><span style="font-family:arial;">he mom was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">periodi</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">cally</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> visiting the nest to warm her tiny eggs. She w</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">ould</span> just back herself into the tiny soft nest with her tail up and rest gently on the thumbnail sized dusty blue eggs (seen in the photo to the left). She would quickly fly off for a short period of time. Periodically she would return in a fit of frenzy because we </span><span style="font-family:arial;">were still there, but we </span><span style="font-family:arial;">could not</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> move with the ropes hanging there and Shawn up in the tree. Fortunately, she did not abandon her nest, as we remained as quiet and still as possible. </span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbCpWJouQNEGkXhV_Se7wsa7I3gCUWFrIApreqeXWw46dM_J8ODZyCws12xBGwPRCzFF9HmxA6l4aUU20DgTOKeJrgqUjb8t7BcOq2k_MSbfRm7UpF1U0N6Vp7klWpF46dsuXEV4sUmOj/s1600-h/0046305_IMGP8401.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbCpWJouQNEGkXhV_Se7wsa7I3gCUWFrIApreqeXWw46dM_J8ODZyCws12xBGwPRCzFF9HmxA6l4aUU20DgTOKeJrgqUjb8t7BcOq2k_MSbfRm7UpF1U0N6Vp7klWpF46dsuXEV4sUmOj/s320/0046305_IMGP8401.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238913889443907810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I had managed to stay clean for the entire day until my venture out of the forest left me </span><span style="font-family:arial;">covered <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">wi</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">th</span> mud, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">bra</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">nches</span>, ferns and leaves sticking out of my hair. As I left the f</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">orest</span> after taking photos of the tree and humming bird nest</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, I found myself on a steep ledge at the edge of the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> road. Bolivar told me to walk around by going back into the forest and out another direction, so I did. I turned around and stuck a foot out and it got caught under a </span><span style="font-family:arial;">tr</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">ee</span> root covered thickly by leaves. My momentum took me end over end as I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">somersa</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">ulted</span> down through the forest, landing on my bum in a patch of ferns. I put my </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-zpr3rigSXtIAyGY-Ge3cmkV7dzk-ZLPLI5r8bPmSqsXibZvhIm8ZyM15G2mgmR5zhNRyRxUQDxZime2N2jCJy3OVPW56X5KuBNc3hgozd0sX0VIzyq2c34RG6ED85068nPvUH_C1Vd2/s1600-h/0046306_IMGP8402.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-zpr3rigSXtIAyGY-Ge3cmkV7dzk-ZLPLI5r8bPmSqsXibZvhIm8ZyM15G2mgmR5zhNRyRxUQDxZime2N2jCJy3OVPW56X5KuBNc3hgozd0sX0VIzyq2c34RG6ED85068nPvUH_C1Vd2/s320/0046306_IMGP8402.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238910294606548626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">hands up in the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">air an</span><span style="font-family:arial;">d said I’m okay, although nobody noticed. I got up and took an</span><span style="font-family:arial;">other step and down I went a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">gain in the mud.<br /><br />I finally exited the forest to the road alive and told <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">everyon</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">e the story,</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">they were</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">laug</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">hing. A</span><span style="font-family:arial;">s </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I was picking branches, ferns and leaves out </span><span style="font-family:arial;">of my hair, I looked d</span><span style="font-family:arial;">own</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> at my </span><span style="font-family:arial;">rubber boots to notice I had ripped the entire back end out of one</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> boot, now that’s no good. I looked over at Bolivar; he loo</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">ked</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> just as he had that morning, perfect. May</span><span style="font-family:arial;">be a six foot <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">gringa</span> girl is a little out of place in this forest, but still that is not going to stop me, no way, no how, no, never. When we got back to the lab I noticed that my lens cap was stuck to my lens of my camera from the fall. Shawn was able to pry it off and I was happy my camera was functioning for the photo located to the left.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">We have been working w</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZgNcXK0CSoGGNI3U2WR0Aj7imIr7K41_VbsHuiX3AS0zUZMKTBeMJbu8i-nrmkIcRPEV61F2J_PoihPWgiG1QK4Ayf42OCmsmuWZbfPytK1eJM7IOswQF42TzR3WujvP3MOrpKuO_TLf/s1600-h/0045489_IMGP7442-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZgNcXK0CSoGGNI3U2WR0Aj7imIr7K41_VbsHuiX3AS0zUZMKTBeMJbu8i-nrmkIcRPEV61F2J_PoihPWgiG1QK4Ayf42OCmsmuWZbfPytK1eJM7IOswQF42TzR3WujvP3MOrpKuO_TLf/s320/0045489_IMGP7442-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238916188056160642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">ith</span> the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Waorani</span>. We have become </span><span style="font-family:arial;">very close with Bolivar, he is special, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">extrem</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">ely</span> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">talented and intelligent. He assists us on tree </span><span style="font-family:arial;">climbs near <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">Waorani</span> communities. He is educated and familiarizes us on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Waorani</span> culture and their <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">relati</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">onship</span> with the forest. Bolivar can read, write and speak <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">Waorani</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">Quetchua</span> and Spanish. He </span><span style="font-family:arial;">understands what </span><span style="font-family:arial;">people are trying to say in whatever language they may be speaking just by body language. It seems that he has this 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">th</span> sense, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">lik</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">e he is in touch with something we don’t know. He is peaceful, friendly and wise, differing from many of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">Waorani</span> we have come into </span><span style="font-family:arial;">contact with over the years. Bolivar is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">som</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">eone</span> we have grown</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> to trust and he is our dear friend.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For the first several weeks we were b</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">eing</span> harassed slightly by the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">Waorani</span> to have a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">Waorani</span> assistant while working on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">th</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">e road, so we took our time and after m</span><span style="font-family:arial;">any recommendations chose Bolivar as our assistant. I was timid to have this occur since I would be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">th</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">e one on the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">ground working with him, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">speaking my broken Spanish and then also in English so that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69">Kaya</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> could also understand. Fortunately, Bolivar made this easy and my </span><span style="font-family:arial;">worries dissipated. He came several times to meet with </span><span style="font-family:arial;">me prior to the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> tree climb and we developed a relationship based o</span><span style="font-family:arial;">n friendship. He even brought the female individuals of his family that lives near him to visit one afternoon, as seen in the photo above to the right. I was able to trust him and com</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70">municate</span> with him for the tree climbs. Through our conversations he </span><span style="font-family:arial;">determined the words I understood and only used these words so that I would <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">understan</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">d</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> him. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We have been buying the handicrafts from multiple <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72">Waorani</span> individuals nearby. Many of these purchases have been handicrafts that Bolivar and his family create. This Fri</span><span style="font-family:arial;">day <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73">Boliva</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">r will arrive with a 6’ blowgun and spear. I have no idea how we are to </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W7jE3ke4Deml9ISeFt1zmOiE7C4RhIRn1vVKN2JB2g62W9ISihmucralNgI5uKKJPXQjtGO9Ld385NmtFXvofk8-uZHptMYMIRioOFtjEExNs0HRc3TUtsMQPfDpXFXxQ9GyNcd16kGJ/s1600-h/0045258_IMGP7247.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W7jE3ke4Deml9ISeFt1zmOiE7C4RhIRn1vVKN2JB2g62W9ISihmucralNgI5uKKJPXQjtGO9Ld385NmtFXvofk8-uZHptMYMIRioOFtjEExNs0HRc3TUtsMQPfDpXFXxQ9GyNcd16kGJ/s320/0045258_IMGP7247.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238890260024198498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">get it back to the States, but we will find a way. To the left Bolivar is seen with a small lance he created from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74">Tepa</span>, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_75">Waorani</span> name for this particular hardwood palm or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_76">Chota</span> in Spanish. We have also purchased bracelets, necklaces and a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_77">shigra</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_78">th</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">e <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_79">Waorani</span> use to transport fruit and meat from the forest. Th</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_80">ese</span> are made from the native palm fibers of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_81">Chambira</span> and colorized by plants and fruit to obtain the colors of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_82">purpl</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">e, red and blue. We have also purchased an armband and a corona (as seen worn by Shawn in the photo above with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_83">Bejat</span> and Bolivar), which is a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_84">Waorani</span> crown worn by the warriors in times of war and ceremonies. Although I insist on items with no feathers I always receive feathers. I have been unable to deter the usage of feathers since I have been unable to translate my environmental reasoning behind this request. Therefor we are no longer asking for items that may have feathers for this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_85">Waorani</span> artifact collection.<br /><br />The balsa <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_86">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_87">fuego</span> is what is used in combination with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_88">algodon</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_89">de</span> </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_90">ciebo</span> (cotton seeds from the grand <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_91">Ceibas</span>) to start fires. The rarest purchase, in an art form that may <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_92">soo</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">n be lost forever, is a ceramic vessel that</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> very few indigenous elderly women create. The women create these vessels and pass down this knowledge <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_93">verball</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">y to the young women of the clan. These coil b</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_94">uilt</span> vessels are created by hand from particular clay within the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_95">rainforest</span>. After the vessel drys it is "bone dry" and is then placed into the hot</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIYB-JJ8PeZRoZAMulkBZW4o3rZsYQ_JiEdFqYdH0Ih9k08I14wXnLCWhA7Iwqq8tODyFUAXsZWTlA_Jc00BhL0DVy3C3BcxVBwI1OiPbEUsfCH-dS6LoUx0uKB6Eyw2v4EiGRwqptjKC/s1600-h/0044704_IMGP6624-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIYB-JJ8PeZRoZAMulkBZW4o3rZsYQ_JiEdFqYdH0Ih9k08I14wXnLCWhA7Iwqq8tODyFUAXsZWTlA_Jc00BhL0DVy3C3BcxVBwI1OiPbEUsfCH-dS6LoUx0uKB6Eyw2v4EiGRwqptjKC/s320/0044704_IMGP6624-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238920306050954914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> coals of a residual fire to be "fired" with bones and organic matter. This provides it with color. The vessel cools for a day or so and it is ready for ceremonies, particularly for drinking <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_96">Chicha</span>. The young generations are becoming disinterested in their heritage and c</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_97">ulture</span>. Therefore, it is becoming lost as the generations pass on to the newer Westernized <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_98">Waorani</span>. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_99">Chicha</span> is a fermented beverage that is derived from Yucca. The Yucca is chewed by the elderly women of the community and spit into a vessel and bur</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_100">ied</span> in the ground. After several weeks the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_101">Chica</span> is ready to be consumed. Bolivar would like to share some of his family's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_102">Chicha</span> with us, I am uncertain as to whether I will actually partake. I am finally in good health. The oil doctors know me by name no</span><span style="font-family:arial;">w, so they may be a bit disappointed to see me back because I drank <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_103">Chicha</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Towards the end of July an unfortunate incident occurred with one of the leaders of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_104">Waorani</span> clans nearby in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_105">Timpoca</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_106">Tihue</span>, whom we knew fairly well,</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> was hunting with his brother, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_107">Mingi</span>, several miles deep within the forest. Th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e trigger to his rifle caught on a </span><span style="font-family:arial;">small branch and shot him in the he</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ad. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_108">Mingi</span> was unable to carry him back by himself and had</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> to run back to get help. T</span><span style="font-family:arial;">he family retrieved the body and took <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_109">Tihue</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> to their Shaman in</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOvXDyOOayifuHmprdSbnc5BRAVKrES59bLaPOcyntOVkUvsaiXcVrz_21tK-3I91N3LkMxRlSip1byhFmquGIPC-BfmxEpjHKlaPkBiwLyJ_zpG89OJKnPyx5RY3w5fjDHytHESCwCF1/s1600-h/0044783_IMGP6717-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOvXDyOOayifuHmprdSbnc5BRAVKrES59bLaPOcyntOVkUvsaiXcVrz_21tK-3I91N3LkMxRlSip1byhFmquGIPC-BfmxEpjHKlaPkBiwLyJ_zpG89OJKnPyx5RY3w5fjDHytHESCwCF1/s320/0044783_IMGP6717-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238919387849479858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> hopes of saving his life, unfortunately, this did not occur and he has passed on into the s</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_110">pirit</span> of a Jaguar, Anaconda or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_111">Ceiba</span>. Interestingly enough we did find a baby Anaconda in camp later that evening and he was quite fierce, representative of the personality of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_112">Tihue</span> (represented in the photos to the right). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It is believed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_113">th</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_114">Omaka</span>, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_115">pe</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">t </span><span style="font-family:arial;">T</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_116">apir</span> that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_117">Waorani</span> gave the station, is the son of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_118">Iteka</span>, who is the son of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_119">Nambi</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_120">Omaka</span>, the son of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_121">Iteka</span>, passed away around the same time that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_122">Waorani</span> had shot the mother of the baby Tapir that they named <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_123">Omaka</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_124">Iteka</span> believes that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_125">Omaka</span> lives on</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> within the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_126">spir</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">it of this Tapir and members of the station paint a stripe down the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_127">mohawk</span> an</span><span style="font-family:arial;">d back so that w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">hen she is out </span><span style="font-family:arial;">in the forest the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_128">Waorani</span> will not accidentally kill her by mistake. The station us</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e</span><span style="font-family:arial;">s hair dye for this purpose. If <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_129">anyth</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x6K3a4oWZINB7Q3n1yxbGKB8vMquRW8iXomihk_6t0TIv-xcWAbbO8uvn6HbfcVYf2r33MdjXCSTgq1VyPvtHw00olT7DKXpSFEqeEdbAd53HZhwfki1nnG4x5icaGN8Ju7Wh31qmUQr/s1600-h/0044802_IMGP6737.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x6K3a4oWZINB7Q3n1yxbGKB8vMquRW8iXomihk_6t0TIv-xcWAbbO8uvn6HbfcVYf2r33MdjXCSTgq1VyPvtHw00olT7DKXpSFEqeEdbAd53HZhwfki1nnG4x5icaGN8Ju7Wh31qmUQr/s320/0044802_IMGP6737.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238918488921156530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_130">ing</span> bad happens to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_131">Omaka</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_132">Iteka</span> has threatened to kill members of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_133">Catolica</span> Station. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_134">Omaka</span> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">is the mos</span><span style="font-family:arial;">t beautiful creature I have ever laid my eyes on and everyday I am fascinated by her gentle soul (photo to left). So, Omaka lives peacefully out of harms way, although th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e you</span><span style="font-family:arial;">n</span><span style="font-family:arial;">g Waorani </span><span style="font-family:arial;">members of Timpoca, who are Mingi’s sons, h</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ave threatened to kill </span><span style="font-family:arial;">her for the bush m</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e</span><span style="font-family:arial;">at </span><span style="font-family:arial;">market in Pompea Sur. Although it is illegal, it occurs and nothing is don</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e to protect the ma</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ny endangered species, possibly due to the fierceness of the Waorani and als</span><span style="font-family:arial;">o due to the lack of environmenta</span><span style="font-family:arial;">l enforcement. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Aftermath of this incident kept us from working on the ro</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ad for a few weeks, so Shawn and Kaya began to survey the plot. They are located on line one of the plot of their first day in the photograph to th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e lower left. Shawn describes to Kaya how they </span><span style="font-family:arial;">will be surveying for trees with bromeliads as Kaya gives me a quick smile. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />There were rumors of Waorani Warfare, as they believed that </span><span style="font-family:arial;">another clan in</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Puyo had their Shaman cast a spell on Tihue</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> to kill him. The Waorani are supersticous and have many interesting beliefs. This was only heightened by the fact that Tihue was the third Waorani individual to die within that month. Th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e first had died from alcohol poisoning. The second was a young boy who was strangled on the Rio Tiputini, when drunk, fighting over a girl. His family found his body in the river. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNRoElkYExZZetHRPXIDWkz6TT88Onh_Gj74NU6g74UlVU5wFWXbs5XBgx3m41mkDtQcuXy5uKB8CmW-ARUzKTZr5DBd4rGOWV8XAA1PBBSUpE_Bh50tRuuxirYc6r7zBkdv0THOGI3h_/s1600-h/0045039_IMGP7008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNRoElkYExZZetHRPXIDWkz6TT88Onh_Gj74NU6g74UlVU5wFWXbs5XBgx3m41mkDtQcuXy5uKB8CmW-ARUzKTZr5DBd4rGOWV8XAA1PBBSUpE_Bh50tRuuxirYc6r7zBkdv0THOGI3h_/s320/0045039_IMGP7008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238922376697677266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Waorani individuals were arriving from villages deep within the park to honor Tihue. Mingi was rumored to be out of his mind. He had been drinking a beverage made from the hallucinogenic plant Solanacea; <span style="font-style: italic;">Brunfelsia sp.</span>, called Guanto or Floripondio. Typically only a shot is consumed, but Mingi had consumed maybe a cup or more and was parading up and down</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the road with his shotgun. Mingi has possibly over-consumed this beverage in the past and may be the reasoning for his outrageous behavior. Many people were worried he may loose his mind this time. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have met Mingi, who is also a leader and lives in Timpoca</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, on several occasions when boarding the TBS boat in Timpoca. In the past he has been q</span><span style="font-family:arial;">uite outrageous waving his gun and shooting it into the air. Luckily he has never shot any of us, but he has made a few people wet their pants. He has consumed too much Guanto over the years and has become irreasonable. However, I have walked up to his home one several occassions looking for Rosa to open here tienda to find him lying in his hammock, undisturbed by my presence.<br /><br />Ano</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ther brother of Mingi and Tiwi, who is also a leader, Nambi has also consumed immense portions of Guanto. The evening of the accident he was fiercely angry and arrived at the Catolica station </span><span style="font-family:arial;">with his family yelling and screaming. I was walking back to camp and witnessed the event, deciding that it would be best that I avoid all the action. Their anger is so deep and Nambi is known for his fierce behavior. He lives a kilometer 32 in the very community that Bolivar resides. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Nambi demands money from everyone that uses the road sayi</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ng that he is basically the owner of the road. In 2004 I was assisting as manager, driving the road for the movements of food and supplies for the</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZ0TVT0WfYmIZdooFqNsdiNX9hCIbiIGCt9uvjIbuqvWi0VuIT6vYRE4f7MFbKXHfmAn4YrLEseNiTGlZE4craYvQvMY7dfPbTHtyd0NAwoO9jpkpepBsp9duVtdwQGdYm1pN4z6TwwHL/s1600-h/0045873_IMGP7815-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZ0TVT0WfYmIZdooFqNsdiNX9hCIbiIGCt9uvjIbuqvWi0VuIT6vYRE4f7MFbKXHfmAn4YrLEseNiTGlZE4craYvQvMY7dfPbTHtyd0NAwoO9jpkpepBsp9duVtdwQGdYm1pN4z6TwwHL/s320/0045873_IMGP7815-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238933319486881506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> TBS Station. Nambi demanded one million dollars for us to pass. Of course I did not have this money, nor did I have any money. So, I bartered with a 2 litre bottle of Coke th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">at I had ordered 3 months ago, only for him to ransack the entire back end of the truck to find and take all the coke, fruit and meat. Although I was only threatened with a broom, the next time it could have been a gun or blowgun, he is known for this behavior. He has shot people driving by on the road when they have not stopped to answer his demands.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Everyone seems to be related in some way or another due to Waorani traditional marriage beliefs. We discovered that Bolivar is also related to Mingi, Tiwi and Nambi, they are his uncles. Bolivar is Moi’s brother, who is represented in the book <span style="font-style: italic;">Savages</span> by Joe Kane. He can be seen in a documentary about the Waorani along the V</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ia Auca, <span style="font-style: italic;">Tr</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">inkets and Beads</span>. Bolivar’s brothers are all working towards saving their culture and this amazing f</span><span style="font-family:arial;">orest. It is not only admirable, but also phenomenal when you think about the forces against them. Bolivar wishes to visit the Untied States to speak with university students about his culture. His focus and life dream is that he maintains Waorani culture and educates others before it is lost. I would like to put him in contact with the proper people to assist him with his dream and if you may have any contacts please email me at bejat@bejat.com. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For several weeks we have experienced a lack of rain. The work with bromeliads has been simple as they have few occupants and very little water. The forest floor has been brittle with the crackling of leaves and we are INFESTED with CHIGGERS. They are all over our bo</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjCJac-H5Bvm88Si43rxXbNEs0fMDuAIxH_0CdpXABoIt_RPv_MtqUSigcZC_0E9Hb8D98RpHjdkR21JR10hx5iJe0z_2aRx1tbbeeJjchIv9w8PuFeouvmUG192iOnjZq0vBGMcWgNbI/s1600-h/0045138_IMGP7114-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjCJac-H5Bvm88Si43rxXbNEs0fMDuAIxH_0CdpXABoIt_RPv_MtqUSigcZC_0E9Hb8D98RpHjdkR21JR10hx5iJe0z_2aRx1tbbeeJjchIv9w8PuFeouvmUG192iOnjZq0vBGMcWgNbI/s320/0045138_IMGP7114-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238923534059960754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">dies in every crevasse you could possibly imagine. I find myself waking up at night from the insane scratching, elbowing Shawn, waking him in the process. Not much to do but try to ignore</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> them. The rain arrived two days ago and the frogs are calli</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ng once more. <span style="font-style: italic;"></span> The chiggers will subside, we hope, since they seem to be more prolific in the dry period</span><span style="font-family:arial;">s. The forest is saturated with color once more and all species are resuming activity after the intense dry spell. </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Gonatodes humeralis</span>, in the photo below, is enjoying the fresh rain droplets as he laps them up off his face. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">The bursting blooms from trees, bushes, lianas and plants are spectacular. The fragrance throughout the forest is unlike any perfume could ever possibly mimic. Most of the time all I can do is close my eyes</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> and breath deeply in a catatonic state. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We were walking back to camp late the other evening from shooting lines and Shawn and I were hit by this powerful fragrance, it was breathtaking. Then we rounded the bend and large bats were swooping down in front of us. In the dimly light sky we could see they were fruit bats taking brief moments to hover upside down at the fruiting Cecropias. Que Cheverre, I could not believe my eyes. They were huge and we could actually see them in the fading light of the day. W</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e stood there mesmerized until we could see them no longer and returned to camp in time for a shower and dinner. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Th</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIv3hjyGzIKV_ouNef88innG9Vhnu9yEvWqbR4JWNBgaGhLUefPwOMZiUMYCWuOcpe43TiC-SwzFDG3IfuanfCJXmqrsBdOmyL59kbZJIQ0tMoqvH8r40x94KLoU4sgInHqizyWTOebc1/s1600-h/0044879_IMGP6817.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIv3hjyGzIKV_ouNef88innG9Vhnu9yEvWqbR4JWNBgaGhLUefPwOMZiUMYCWuOcpe43TiC-SwzFDG3IfuanfCJXmqrsBdOmyL59kbZJIQ0tMoqvH8r40x94KLoU4sgInHqizyWTOebc1/s400/0044879_IMGP6817.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238924877357227346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">e following day Shawn climbed the tree we had attempted to shoot a line in unsuccessfully. Kaya and I tried a shot each with the big shot and one-shot McCracken took over since we were on a time frame to get back to camp for lunch. We walked to this tree since it was near camp and decided to enter on the ridge since we had the rope and gear. Our previous entry was through a ravine, what I called the gorge, and I believed it was a difficult entry. We got a bit turned around, however, and spent some time slipping a sliding up and down steep hillsides until we found the tree. In the process I saw a group of squirrel monkeys as seen in the photo to the lower right.<br /><br />Lianas that had fallen recently and destroyed all the surrounding vegetation, including the trees. Therefor,</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> it was an open area at the bottom of the ravine, so we were slipping and sliding up and down the hillsides to get the job done. Luckily it was an overcast day since the <span style="font-style: italic;">Parkea mutijuga</span> tree that Shawn was climbing was leafless. The sun is fierce this close to the equator. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">At one point we realized that we were going to be late for lunch. Alfredo departed for the road to return to camp. He was going to let them know we were okay and that they could just save our lunch for later. Well, about 45 minutes later we heard something on the other side of the ravine. It was quite a rustling sound. Kaya and I could not believe that it could be possible that anything</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> could be out there as loud as we were when yelling to Shawn when he is in the tree. I called out and Alfredo answered back, “It’s me, I can’t find the road”. The poor guy had made an</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlkO1f_A9qTuohhrvcm3lDFwqSn1hdTDST89zgswSMe2nSFLW-GkdCrGnJBE1qhGp7eTbhPrGPy4sVneTrCFe6Y9-VvbjCeK_m_me_g26jeKjVETdGVGSLyHk0k2vaejXipknuLgLJtCi/s1600-h/0045370_IMGP7374.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlkO1f_A9qTuohhrvcm3lDFwqSn1hdTDST89zgswSMe2nSFLW-GkdCrGnJBE1qhGp7eTbhPrGPy4sVneTrCFe6Y9-VvbjCeK_m_me_g26jeKjVETdGVGSLyHk0k2vaejXipknuLgLJtCi/s320/0045370_IMGP7374.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238927866479702834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> enormous loop and luckily made it back to the tree! We are so thankful, we could have lost him and all he had was </span><span style="font-family:arial;">his snake hook! It happens to the best of us, Shawn has been lost in the black waters looking for a tree that was less that 5 minutes away and he was out there with only a machete. I have been lost looking for him.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So many stories, so little time. I could go on forever, but it’s time to get some photos taken. Shawn has 5 more trees to climb and he will be finished with his work here on the Via Maxis. We will then be moving the operation to the Via Auca and we will most likely not have any internet connection for a few months. Kaya leaves a week, and she will be sadly missed. She is a dear friend who is incredibly determined, intelligent, beautiful, caring, funny, friendly and tough. I wish she could stay longer.</span><br /></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-53474374227533681382008-08-16T21:36:00.002-05:002008-09-21T08:15:40.139-05:00<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Posted by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bejat</span><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn has climbed number 7 of 14 total trees on the Via Maxxus. This tree was a beautiful climb for Shawn on a cloudy day with no sweet bees, wasps or ants. He was only up in the tree for 5 hours and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">maneuvered</span> to many various branches. Since we were on a hilltop in a cleared area, next to a satellite tower, we were able to see the entire climb. I was able to capture some photographs of the process with my new zoom lens.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kaya</span> and I had adventures on the ground catching </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">haneli</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> and I also caught an amazing horned beetle. We were only slightly drizzled with rain at the beginning of the climb, creating a cool atmosphere for the rest of the day. When we returned to camp it rained heavily. As we watched the rain from the balcony, we gave one another a glance that said it all...."Whew, just in time."</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_E_p8U_LQLS5H5rYttsYfGJxON5emjy3AlHHOknvgol8lHIVXwXXq4ZRKIRCv6YSynvlJoCTo2Pzcc3BgpOGmTFvJ0fhhX6SQAhN-5xq8T3uq2-1uWHiWAeJYVh65Re40AceQXDSbpNl/s1600-h/0046969_IMGP9099-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_E_p8U_LQLS5H5rYttsYfGJxON5emjy3AlHHOknvgol8lHIVXwXXq4ZRKIRCv6YSynvlJoCTo2Pzcc3BgpOGmTFvJ0fhhX6SQAhN-5xq8T3uq2-1uWHiWAeJYVh65Re40AceQXDSbpNl/s400/0046969_IMGP9099-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239030202758231970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Scinax</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">punerea</span></span> discovered by Shawn inside the extracted <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">bromeliads</span>.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_E_p8U_LQLS5H5rYttsYfGJxON5emjy3AlHHOknvgol8lHIVXwXXq4ZRKIRCv6YSynvlJoCTo2Pzcc3BgpOGmTFvJ0fhhX6SQAhN-5xq8T3uq2-1uWHiWAeJYVh65Re40AceQXDSbpNl/s1600-h/0046969_IMGP9099-Edit.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnIVVpQsU0gUqBrOFl1XL8rCaxO_fGJFyYFw4RO8P9kStdEEJG-XhrvgknowN1JJQeR4_xPvDI-_dRRBHuxACzkd6ssPPDZXZ-BUmk2dy-CzTHT07Z852hqVZ5PbiGiPpSYww0mQKGbUm/s1600-h/0047341_IMGP9554-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnIVVpQsU0gUqBrOFl1XL8rCaxO_fGJFyYFw4RO8P9kStdEEJG-XhrvgknowN1JJQeR4_xPvDI-_dRRBHuxACzkd6ssPPDZXZ-BUmk2dy-CzTHT07Z852hqVZ5PbiGiPpSYww0mQKGbUm/s400/0047341_IMGP9554-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239029559871723762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">haneli</span></span> ventral view for specimen shots.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQEXq4-uBR2docIFsOtBnFy1E8-o49F2prOuEAD2mzQUE-8lHULPvlFkyDt2EAthkK-EfzBCnlSyUtqJCjNzw6LegOpeRdt1jxtflFoMCLy2wXap6oXSpu4SaX-a1dLXo2UF8hQ_Z8eEt/s1600-h/0047582_IMGP9830-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQEXq4-uBR2docIFsOtBnFy1E8-o49F2prOuEAD2mzQUE-8lHULPvlFkyDt2EAthkK-EfzBCnlSyUtqJCjNzw6LegOpeRdt1jxtflFoMCLy2wXap6oXSpu4SaX-a1dLXo2UF8hQ_Z8eEt/s400/0047582_IMGP9830-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239029562938574450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Dendrobates</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">haneli</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> discovered by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Kaya</span> as we sat at a tree waiting for Shawn to send down a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">bromeliad</span>. Glamor shot taken for the new frog for our species list.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSRtQpoZ6PE6YGOafoN97LPN914IOZKSxWVt_Xge3BK5IUFuZu5R846nI8jMBRkK7wTebgFuv78dfn7oJmPgdtAtYbOKT2n4yQ2EpEgxATRJGrrRe3gPQuSei-khMZdEgcgw-gT0oBEWS/s1600-h/0047056_IMGP9209-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSRtQpoZ6PE6YGOafoN97LPN914IOZKSxWVt_Xge3BK5IUFuZu5R846nI8jMBRkK7wTebgFuv78dfn7oJmPgdtAtYbOKT2n4yQ2EpEgxATRJGrrRe3gPQuSei-khMZdEgcgw-gT0oBEWS/s400/0047056_IMGP9209-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239029567416825842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Small scorpion and it's molt discovered by Shawn inside the extracted <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">bromeliads</span>.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3YrlI9kZedhNEuU8PyUT78WAku96wuxbuxgVHLqe7ZLKwab5UnUml5csU4g8S0W2B5VGsY2h0kaPU8ORSnFCOsOQ8BIiKpx_kVKJXmzU8OwSS3pCBvTRKjNwtoEh2gjx5OH8_xbAKrSh/s1600-h/0046513_DSCN7032-Edit-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3YrlI9kZedhNEuU8PyUT78WAku96wuxbuxgVHLqe7ZLKwab5UnUml5csU4g8S0W2B5VGsY2h0kaPU8ORSnFCOsOQ8BIiKpx_kVKJXmzU8OwSS3pCBvTRKjNwtoEh2gjx5OH8_xbAKrSh/s400/0046513_DSCN7032-Edit-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239028339083087074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">View from the top of the tree by Shawn <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">McCracken</span>.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIA8aQQz1Teg57QfIYxDmnUr1SMnhOQjtSnULoBE3I6w1QOVjZS0KQZOtPtNT5QqFh8BYxAhj__Xi6k80SoIBvwXFeip_cOgG0RhojoCXAH0hK1TLLYdRKit4SFq71-p1YuUKLDk3iXkf/s1600-h/0046667_IMGP8773-Edit-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIA8aQQz1Teg57QfIYxDmnUr1SMnhOQjtSnULoBE3I6w1QOVjZS0KQZOtPtNT5QqFh8BYxAhj__Xi6k80SoIBvwXFeip_cOgG0RhojoCXAH0hK1TLLYdRKit4SFq71-p1YuUKLDk3iXkf/s400/0046667_IMGP8773-Edit-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239028338788369554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn lowering a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">bromeliad</span> from the crotch of the tree.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJZ_r0bn702HD4uZzSpu775lGzY7Y64p5qCBGmvDT0MpoPsJz0QtgY0PrjTaecst66muQhcJpM2D-Hkg_Yv92OXMRD4WX0353FkwE9kL-68Y6VA0m7FzSa54uEaNkt0arn3cQssc7U2Kf/s1600-h/0046798_IMGP8908-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJZ_r0bn702HD4uZzSpu775lGzY7Y64p5qCBGmvDT0MpoPsJz0QtgY0PrjTaecst66muQhcJpM2D-Hkg_Yv92OXMRD4WX0353FkwE9kL-68Y6VA0m7FzSa54uEaNkt0arn3cQssc7U2Kf/s400/0046798_IMGP8908-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239027300661446818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn collecting weather data.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8gPXURwwJF0x36OnkD4BE_OIlP7nYkWmRRn_Yg5HHkz_j2gUplGaMAKEtRjfuo8CQwRn6mLweEnNgNZE6sVO2xuU96o-BHoxO1xT-Tz2V8FyTtph_U4zk3CS8DITc1vnNDwUN4DsdfaJ/s1600-h/0046824_IMGP8937-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8gPXURwwJF0x36OnkD4BE_OIlP7nYkWmRRn_Yg5HHkz_j2gUplGaMAKEtRjfuo8CQwRn6mLweEnNgNZE6sVO2xuU96o-BHoxO1xT-Tz2V8FyTtph_U4zk3CS8DITc1vnNDwUN4DsdfaJ/s400/0046824_IMGP8937-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239022996431268754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn lowering another <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">bromeliad</span>.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwx2We1MUYfKuC1IHNNyw0ud6BzTYTOBDpnIMxMRhgwRlrnNbbKDtnENTFdp6QCnQIM_Q8rsOGN27UVnJCy-z4rvqzfguZhya2P8khQDNeBcS5O6QrsGKsWxT-2KNiHdvhRpCOQl3dNyR/s1600-h/0046818_IMGP8931-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwx2We1MUYfKuC1IHNNyw0ud6BzTYTOBDpnIMxMRhgwRlrnNbbKDtnENTFdp6QCnQIM_Q8rsOGN27UVnJCy-z4rvqzfguZhya2P8khQDNeBcS5O6QrsGKsWxT-2KNiHdvhRpCOQl3dNyR/s400/0046818_IMGP8931-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239023004986375698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn bagging a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">bromeliad</span>.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbX-wULnMSz27VRxo8ga21UzrVQhFXgNMbo5-zfdxCeKJnU0XrWBhqsbjeuZveMf0uQuL2CXFBLbjwvKE1R5usPxEYxAPFdKSvmN_l4vOf0CAAYuqIrTm2qTrA3moVMifYTxiC_V2Jo9h6/s1600-h/0046807_IMGP8920-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbX-wULnMSz27VRxo8ga21UzrVQhFXgNMbo5-zfdxCeKJnU0XrWBhqsbjeuZveMf0uQuL2CXFBLbjwvKE1R5usPxEYxAPFdKSvmN_l4vOf0CAAYuqIrTm2qTrA3moVMifYTxiC_V2Jo9h6/s400/0046807_IMGP8920-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239023010090321522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn cutting a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">bromeliad</span> out of the tree.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4kcvkJFE6r_ZIFrCIKLHyGaMxVpsnp60o10xmusquPtZbpxlwg2v6Wjkg2wx1HQ_rezLijERwVe8nM_-c4mSJlaLv2FMKpK201PHmyXSwDzKdk91aFFEF7bYJpGc2XTH7Wy457iUNvSb/s1600-h/0046846_IMGP8963-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4kcvkJFE6r_ZIFrCIKLHyGaMxVpsnp60o10xmusquPtZbpxlwg2v6Wjkg2wx1HQ_rezLijERwVe8nM_-c4mSJlaLv2FMKpK201PHmyXSwDzKdk91aFFEF7bYJpGc2XTH7Wy457iUNvSb/s400/0046846_IMGP8963-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239021658952026818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">descending</span> to the ground after extracting<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">bromeliads</span> from the tree for 5 hours.</span><br /></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-91769969767498172762008-08-03T11:07:00.003-05:002008-09-21T08:13:53.691-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRH4UbGtzZegNPPKNw7tYCnjnqEddHwVHVV6f4yLU5tyzf1Ie_TtBSJHBWVQuCgoROzPfR5d3j-w3G0mhc17RXASRPO2eez28InJW5APGVWtcaRDmYafkI3mprBGYwyML9kc6upd7AppJH/s1600-h/0045794_IMGP7728-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRH4UbGtzZegNPPKNw7tYCnjnqEddHwVHVV6f4yLU5tyzf1Ie_TtBSJHBWVQuCgoROzPfR5d3j-w3G0mhc17RXASRPO2eez28InJW5APGVWtcaRDmYafkI3mprBGYwyML9kc6upd7AppJH/s400/0045794_IMGP7728-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238888649759424402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Posted by Bejat</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn’s birthday was </span><span style="font-family:arial;">fantastic! We took the day off to catch up on some work on the computers and around the lab. I was able to get some paint down on paper and took hundreds of photos of birds with the new 300 mm zoom lens my mom purchased for me as an early birthday and Christmas present. It w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">as sent in with John and I have been practicing for several weeks with my new zoom lens. I have decided that birds are extremely difficult to photogr</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8YMFeG14vFWcYJoTlJmVyzIU8NbFsXQ8zYJJqyH1YbNYA4inomCKA6dOXb0i_9M0YEoGQ8OEshhDaD3nNa_0ZngLfR6jFhMS4Qnv_QvWcHy8ZezohxwCVfmEi9PUdtQcz2iZZ_ltrvfC/s1600-h/0045778_IMGP7704-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8YMFeG14vFWcYJoTlJmVyzIU8NbFsXQ8zYJJqyH1YbNYA4inomCKA6dOXb0i_9M0YEoGQ8OEshhDaD3nNa_0ZngLfR6jFhMS4Qnv_QvWcHy8ZezohxwCVfmEi9PUdtQcz2iZZ_ltrvfC/s320/0045778_IMGP7704-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238868629771836738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">aph. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">After lunch, Shawn got some more computer work done and I got some rest. In the afternoon we went for a short walk on the trails, however, we decided to return to camp before the sky opened up and dumped. The thunder was unbelievable and we could hear the rain off in the distance. It was a race against the incoming rain clouds to get back before the “jungle wave</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcRWTi4MfgLw8gIQDketTZqV34g_3cgzR3gT4iH8R1p9eN8v6yQ2u7rg7kJhPkWkIrYZf3d2hQY_okIsAqaxK_3Ald_tMMtlKyEWvZAq2nWnkgnOUJKn1WqXDVul0qEqEhy-kNiqkqATw/s1600-h/0045919_IMGP7864-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcRWTi4MfgLw8gIQDketTZqV34g_3cgzR3gT4iH8R1p9eN8v6yQ2u7rg7kJhPkWkIrYZf3d2hQY_okIsAqaxK_3Ald_tMMtlKyEWvZAq2nWnkgnOUJKn1WqXDVul0qEqEhy-kNiqkqATw/s320/0045919_IMGP7864-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238867722287881346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">” hit.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Once we were back in camp, we climbed the hillside to get a view of the rainbow, rain, sunset and lightning. We had no rain gear, but up on the hill is a house where we could take shelter on the porch. I was able to get a few photos of the rainbow and sky before the serious rain hit. Shawn covered my camera with my bandana from the light sprinkles and I was able to get a few photos before the downpour.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We ran up to the porch to watch the lightning. It was something like a fireworks display. The lightning was so brilliant and close that it burned our retinas and left imprints of lightning bolts in our closed eyes. The thunder was so loud that it shook the ground and our eardrums were left with a slight ring. It was the most amazing storm I had seen yet in the rainforest. The wind was blowing fiercely and the rain was so heavy we could not see our hands in front of our faces. We waited for 30-40 minutes for it to stop, but it just continued </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and we walked down the hillside in the intense rain. We were drenched!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Poor Kaya was worried sick about us because she thought we were at the tower that is up in the canopy watching the sunset. She had located Ramone, who works at the station, and was asking if he could try to find us. We walked up just as she was asking this and she was so very happy to see us. We felt so badly for making her worry so much. She had never experienced a rainstorm like that before in New Zealand. She was so excited.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Kaya had spent the afternoon baking a traditional New Zealand cake for Shawn and made him the most beautiful card with the two different Eleutherdactylus species that he described as new species. I also made </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXm8xvmUM0PjEaejljDeYV4GwGk7kgWa2VOM9UAdc90XNyBtSSE1ElgjVG63pXTqCiptVPl7dvVEv5SWJOjvq8mZwVVff0BunxVBRBn60OBBTWzPfE3-3ET5h4dd0Qbh6LLJ4NXkixtFhK/s1600-h/0045929_IMGP7874-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXm8xvmUM0PjEaejljDeYV4GwGk7kgWa2VOM9UAdc90XNyBtSSE1ElgjVG63pXTqCiptVPl7dvVEv5SWJOjvq8mZwVVff0BunxVBRBn60OBBTWzPfE3-3ET5h4dd0Qbh6LLJ4NXkixtFhK/s320/0045929_IMGP7874-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238866107266955234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">him a card with the ventral view of D<span style="font-style: italic;">endrobates duellmani.</span> We gave him some 70% dark chocol</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ate from Ecuador, cards, cake and a movie (El Presidio). That evening we watched the new Indi</span><span style="font-family:arial;">a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">na Jones flick, since some other photographers that were visiting the station left it with us </span><span style="font-family:arial;">for viewing. In Ecuador people can buy pirated videos, sometimes even while the movie is still</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> in the theatres. The quality might not be so good, but you get to watch something entertaining. We’re not complaining since we’ve only seen a few movies this year. Not many theatres in the middle of the Amazon.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We were so hopped up on sugar we were wired and our stomachs hurt so terribly bad. We stayed up until about midnight lounging and the next morning it was back to work. What a wonderful day, Shawn’s birthday. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-17135060384872535142008-07-17T14:45:00.007-05:002008-08-22T13:07:37.192-05:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Posted by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bejat</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><br />Today we climbed another tree. Kaya</span> is doing a</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> wonderful job and has been of gr</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPn9QUfsOGx48I0uMFjBVoAqDjKwwqkUQP-JXNCCGaN9pWOOYi9yT_e8g2RrBHmXALEe6Ageey0fcQZ2R4LOBiFrXsTFqOhCUneBO5i9rvVlmMdE33gPDbhdFgZvDBff37otttQYqsKkL/s1600-h/0043669_IMGP5473-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPn9QUfsOGx48I0uMFjBVoAqDjKwwqkUQP-JXNCCGaN9pWOOYi9yT_e8g2RrBHmXALEe6Ageey0fcQZ2R4LOBiFrXsTFqOhCUneBO5i9rvVlmMdE33gPDbhdFgZvDBff37otttQYqsKkL/s320/0043669_IMGP5473-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237391058244825490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">eat assistance with the tree climbs and bromeliad work in the lab. She is so helpful, caring and kind. We feel blessed to have her as an assistant. This is her first time to the Amazon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">rainforest</span> and she has dreamed of this moment since she was a child. Everything is new and exciting to her. It is like seeing the forest</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> through new eyes when with her as I witness the amaz</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ement she has </span><span style="font-family:arial;">when observing the beauty of the Amazon rainforest's vast diversity. She is a bit timid of things at times, but this will pass as she is a strong individual. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This tree climb was a quick one. But, as we were pulling down the climbing rope to go back to camp, the rope got hung up around s</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ome branches. After pulling, tugging and hanging; Shawn decided to put his harness on and climb on up about 5 feet to get more weight on the line in hopes that the rope would pull itself free. This did not work. So, we decided to have me piggy</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> back, hanging below hi</span><span style="font-family:arial;">m. Well, this did work. We swung around like Tarzan on a liana and down we came rope and all, right on top of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Spiney</span> Palm. We rolled around in the mud laughing. We were just fine. I suffered a bit of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Spiney</span> Palm in the hind end, arm and back, plus sorene</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ss since I cushioned our fall. Today I must admit I am developing more soreness, yet I am just fine. We have yet another great story to tell. Too bad that did not m</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ake it on video, talk about fu</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nny.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj02nWx0RRweeP3MHypsFYZe6ew8UuI8hUEezVHpbwV6HDgPkBlw2ul2Gm3XxtcCcdI2f3AfT5lI83hwM8WamXkM9PiLwgce-gVieAeNyn-0a-2EODAxwkWb4dAmaRgCu4r13racXomq41/s1600-h/0043730_IMGP5534-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj02nWx0RRweeP3MHypsFYZe6ew8UuI8hUEezVHpbwV6HDgPkBlw2ul2Gm3XxtcCcdI2f3AfT5lI83hwM8WamXkM9PiLwgce-gVieAeNyn-0a-2EODAxwkWb4dAmaRgCu4r13racXomq41/s320/0043730_IMGP5534-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237392303427071506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The road has made t</span><span style="font-family:arial;">he </span><span style="font-family:arial;">transfer of </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">bromeliads</span> easy since we seem to exit the forest and a few minutes later we are a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ble to catch a ride. Good for our backs and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">bromeliads</span>. Taking them along the trails, swa</span><span style="font-family:arial;">m</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ps and streams can be difficult, but a great work out. The TBS Station may have it’s challenges, but makes one feel rugged and accomplished. However, working at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Catolica</span> Station with the road allows for less energy and time to be expe</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nded on transport of the </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">bromeliads</span> and gear, providing more time for work to be done. Therefore, we are now going out in the evenings more frequently to find</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> species of frogs, snakes and lizards that we have not </span><span style="font-family:arial;">seen before, as well as recording frog calls.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Today Shawn fou</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nd his first snake in a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">bromelia</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">d</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Leptodeira</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">annulata</span>, which is typically found at or near ground level</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. Shawn found him about 34 meters up tucked insi</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRMnFIITU5m4WNq6HOKXjViilxwuOIgNS9z1o0QXE83Jcz7IpPwBoYLbJpAjnUwq2a3KVzoykQOdk0ahhu7gWJ1RhWohaMvkrsnEjD2smkPlCMjeqvBFAeZNIUhae7CLTbu5qgGkUfAbG/s1600-h/0043595_IMGP5387-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRMnFIITU5m4WNq6HOKXjViilxwuOIgNS9z1o0QXE83Jcz7IpPwBoYLbJpAjnUwq2a3KVzoykQOdk0ahhu7gWJ1RhWohaMvkrsnEjD2smkPlCMjeqvBFAeZNIUhae7CLTbu5qgGkUfAbG/s320/0043595_IMGP5387-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237398357356165570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">de a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">bromeliad</span> leaf. It is a non-toxic snake that is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">mottled</span> brown so when he first caught a glimps</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e in the little tent he was concerned that it may be a fer-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">de</span>-lance or some other pit viper, upon further investigation with the snake tong from across the tent he was able to determine that it was indeed a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Leptodeira</span>. This will be a new publication for him when he returns because there is no documentation of such species at this elevati</span><span style="font-family:arial;">on. I was able to get phenomenal natural setting photos in one of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">bromeliads</span> here in cam</span><span style="font-family:arial;">p as seen in the above right photo. This was only possible with my lovely assistants, Shaw</span><span style="font-family:arial;">n and </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Kaya</span>.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdASJ0Y0Qi09PNz65M8ExQjOFP2Nv8xClC_WcKkIcnGMs5luqW6V4MJSyK2Hv2NgtSzKdbzySA0lIR9YGWd5Ocf7Fr2jm1c18n-Da4VnKbkV_9n8Nt-7GZyqiaKf2SQiie8DhZqxgj84WM/s1600-h/0043745_IMGP5549-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdASJ0Y0Qi09PNz65M8ExQjOFP2Nv8xClC_WcKkIcnGMs5luqW6V4MJSyK2Hv2NgtSzKdbzySA0lIR9YGWd5Ocf7Fr2jm1c18n-Da4VnKbkV_9n8Nt-7GZyqiaKf2SQiie8DhZqxgj84WM/s320/0043745_IMGP5549-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237401084768641570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Kaya</span> took he</span><span style="font-family:arial;">re fi</span><span style="font-family:arial;">rst venture into the tent this go round of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">bromeliad</span> discoveries and encountered<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Osteocephalus</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> sp.</span> (as seen to the left with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Kaya</span>) and a juvenile <span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Ostecephalus sp.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>(as seen above to the right). I also photographed her Osteocephalus find in an <span style="font-style: italic;">Achmea zebrina</span> bromeliad leaf in the studio as pictured to the above left. She encountered ma</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ny d</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ifferent species of Tadpoles too. She enjoyed her tim</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e in the tent and she is now ready to retu</span><span style="font-family:arial;">rn to what we call the "cage", only because we look like we are caged humans inside the tent and yo</span><span style="font-family:arial;">u are not allowed out until the bromeliad is done, well typically. I am going in next.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Pulling the insect</span><span style="font-family:arial;">s from the water and sludge is what appears to be expending our minds and time. I recommended we rinse out the sludge and pack it away for us to w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ork on in the States when we get back. Shawn is very excited about this is telling everyone jokingly that this is why he pays me the big bucks, for my ability to see outside the box. Although we are now behind on our schedule, we have accepted the fact and decided we will return next year. I'm certain more funding will be necessary, however, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">we will live more frugally and make this possible with more grant applications and hard work.</span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-19212501379568603952008-07-13T07:00:00.006-05:002008-08-26T15:44:13.958-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBg9trwxL5naDdPorhpGVm2EIkM2BgdVuXgLVK5jsY09UUTSJ9x1VqRTwa0Hb9D8SlSKqspyzRGf58_Bc7VwD1Z3WhNvQkva_vWTVwlx0sAoiXvnKdY8O8_-qpPjcplzK-ML6A5G06HA_/s1600-h/0042736_IMGP4545-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBg9trwxL5naDdPorhpGVm2EIkM2BgdVuXgLVK5jsY09UUTSJ9x1VqRTwa0Hb9D8SlSKqspyzRGf58_Bc7VwD1Z3WhNvQkva_vWTVwlx0sAoiXvnKdY8O8_-qpPjcplzK-ML6A5G06HA_/s400/0042736_IMGP4545-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237424114362507410" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Shawn, Bejat, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Kaya and John atop the tower after sunset.</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Posted by Bejat</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">It was John Malone’s birthday yesterday</span><span style="font-family:arial;">! John arrived the 4th of July waving this US flag, well not actually, but he was humming the Star Spangled Banner. Kaya arrived a few days later and we are fully staffed once more. John is a collegue of Shawn’s from Texas, but is currently working on his post doc in Maryland at the National Science Institut</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e. Kaya is from New </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Zealand and she is </span><span style="font-family:arial;">extremely intelligent and eager to learn. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTflbOFDsbT1DXocx9ppVzUElT5asOh2KU_I-aIl_PP-OH1fwtBnLQ3alC8TgMvNY8qx2i2muef9IZEJq-izHXYtRhyT-yPeW79C_tRc-PYaoSghimNYARgUSULZAcTg20yUqMm6Ha1A-2/s1600-h/0042726_IMGP4532-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTflbOFDsbT1DXocx9ppVzUElT5asOh2KU_I-aIl_PP-OH1fwtBnLQ3alC8TgMvNY8qx2i2muef9IZEJq-izHXYtRhyT-yPeW79C_tRc-PYaoSghimNYARgUSULZAcTg20yUqMm6Ha1A-2/s320/0042726_IMGP4532-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237424593607307106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shawn climbe</span><span style="font-family:arial;">d</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> his first tree July 6th. A few days ago he climbed his second tree and today the bromeliad work is nearly complete. John leaves tomorrow after a q</span><span style="font-family:arial;">uick visit. Not only has he been immens</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> help, but he educates us with his vast knowledge with the most humerous stories. He is quite a character, making friends with everyone. His birthday was a smash as we set out for a </span><span style="font-family:arial;">complete d</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ay in the forest, hiking several trails, visiting the Waorani Tienda (Rositas, as seen in the photo to the left) and finishing it off with sunset at the tower. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Ecuardorian students showed us all how a birthday is celebrated here in Ecuador. It was great fun. The</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> kitchen baked him a wonderfully large cake and our Ecuadorian friends decorated it with a lizard. They came o</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ut of the kitchen singing feliz cumpleanos and the cake was proceeded by a presentation by Maria, who researches understory flocks. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Then we were off to give John his 31 spankings, due to his age, it alm</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ost seemed more like a beating. We were told the better the friend the harder they hit you with a belt as someone holds your hands and wishes you happy birthday. My belt was preferred since it was leather and we could make that lovely sound when you fold the belt in half and </span><span style="font-family:arial;">open each side partially bringing it back together quickly to make this smacking sound that is piercing. E</span><span style="font-family:arial;">veryone was </span><span style="font-family:arial;">laughing and John took it well. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">The next day he had sore memories on his backside all the way to</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2g2AIOQHKn7COCpE16ViCJ3ADFkRwebMsDxM9MqdJSj2XIHBJTgRceqlE81KYP9vDvss7TFJOriCh5U1Z2ti8Bd6g9sNRthQhd0P4YD_39rX-abA75YRu4vn9IP6ROocU16aXQhx6p-l/s1600-h/0042752_IMGP4561-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2g2AIOQHKn7COCpE16ViCJ3ADFkRwebMsDxM9MqdJSj2XIHBJTgRceqlE81KYP9vDvss7TFJOriCh5U1Z2ti8Bd6g9sNRthQhd0P4YD_39rX-abA75YRu4vn9IP6ROocU16aXQhx6p-l/s320/0042752_IMGP4561-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237425272155748642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Quito.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">After the beating, as w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e came to call it, we were dancing salsa with a broom. It was a game that </span><span style="font-family:arial;">we played for about an</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> hour where we all got to dance with the broom. The </span><span style="font-family:arial;">objective was to find a different partner ever</span><span style="font-family:arial;">y time the broom was dropped by the person in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the center of the circle. If you were not successf</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ul in finding a partner you then had to dance with the broom. After dancing with the broom 3 or 4 times you had to do some other embarrassing act that the group would decide upon. It kept us all in fits of laughter. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Sometime around 12:30 we went to bed.<br /><br />John had a wonderful stay and says this is his new favorite place. That boy has more energy than all of us combined and </span><span style="font-family:arial;">was out every night and up for breakfast at 6</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWGlFRibZLTKzNwlVWiD7DGagxaMngZDoAhyphenhyphenQX-LwVO5jwWtXULXHrd_sCX0dF_9xcv4Dp9FcVuoJ21tSTndiTWaobQ2uqZo4qTPBcyLXlrVK9wqJ7Emkj0Oqk_2EMgQtkNxuBELWcmx9/s1600-h/0042475_IMGP4259-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWGlFRibZLTKzNwlVWiD7DGagxaMngZDoAhyphenhyphenQX-LwVO5jwWtXULXHrd_sCX0dF_9xcv4Dp9FcVuoJ21tSTndiTWaobQ2uqZo4qTPBcyLXlrVK9wqJ7Emkj0Oqk_2EMgQtkNxuBELWcmx9/s320/0042475_IMGP4259-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237431746020499282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> am. He caught many species of herptofauna and if he didn't catch it the first time, like with </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rana pamipes</span> (as seen in the photo to the right), he would head </span><span style="font-family:arial;">out again and catch 'em. The evening Shawn an</span><span style="font-family:arial;">d John caught <span style="font-style: italic;">Rana palmipes</span> was a late night out by the lakes tracking these large frogs down by their eye shine in the water. The boys had </span><span style="font-family:arial;">great fun slopping around in the water, diving in after the frogs, just like kids.<br /><br />Another evening John caught a Rainbow Boa. Shawn and I hav</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e been looking for another one ever since we tried to capture the seven foot one in 2004. John found one right in camp the night we all stayed in to get some rest. His brilliant color can bee</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETtjuxwihIE29UB3u7MqsX10Lf5RUnGDILyX5rgouSuGsLYFmjmLt4X3JMre6PrcnclUCb_3zz7ZszWwdUVuANe2IYUCuYkcftuoerMyf_HXhAiR4S-YM5IXjmdU9MOuJWHk8rGVdE0wf/s1600-h/0044920_IMGP6860-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETtjuxwihIE29UB3u7MqsX10Lf5RUnGDILyX5rgouSuGsLYFmjmLt4X3JMre6PrcnclUCb_3zz7ZszWwdUVuANe2IYUCuYkcftuoerMyf_HXhAiR4S-YM5IXjmdU9MOuJWHk8rGVdE0wf/s320/0044920_IMGP6860-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237433128495032530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">n seen in the photos below. I have also included a photo of Shawn holding the Rainbow Boa in place to give everyone an idea how these photos are taken sometimes when a snake is in the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> f</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ield and wants to escape.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The next morn</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ing </span><span style="font-family:arial;">brea</span><span style="font-family:arial;">kfast was at 6 am. John and our other Ecuadorian friends left around 6:45. We were sad to see them leave. He'll be back and I can't wait for us all to get together again someday soon. Shawn and John are already talking about future projects together. I think we would make a fabulous team. I love taking the photos of all the beautiful species, just as long as I get some down time. Unlike super-John, I need more than 4 hours of sleep a night. Years past we relied on this l</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9Op18bBOZPdmvhHfVqdYFdWzWwqsCn3ph1xXw5uNMIZyplMe09VOo9bb9NtBctB3wUT4DeKyGVB1ALpjw_2RwVGw7wvGuxdJuOqeFHYGsvjnAJmkboFdb06Y3iS_esYWeUX-AKNevQKn/s1600-h/0041222_IMGP2831-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9Op18bBOZPdmvhHfVqdYFdWzWwqsCn3ph1xXw5uNMIZyplMe09VOo9bb9NtBctB3wUT4DeKyGVB1ALpjw_2RwVGw7wvGuxdJuOqeFHYGsvjnAJmkboFdb06Y3iS_esYWeUX-AKNevQKn/s320/0041222_IMGP2831-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237442065151180642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">ittle of sleep and we found ourselves always exhausted. Now we are like turtles, slow and steady to wine the race.<br /><br />This evening Shawn had an interview with some French reporters and will be on a radio broadcast in Franc</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e at some point. We went out on the trails with them and Martin Bustamanti from the nonprofit organization that </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQqci-4JS_6ZKjPXo5fltmfn4FTVl6q5wwQrdowN-1eMow_w3JcGQgfG6IY_dxp_1uOv6wogsv-vYeNryUmITQGyEqhViiBaAWN9VFiR4YpKmgiLXES_VnRJrwU1sFByA_w_08ENJEngZ/s1600-h/0044933_IMGP6873-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQqci-4JS_6ZKjPXo5fltmfn4FTVl6q5wwQrdowN-1eMow_w3JcGQgfG6IY_dxp_1uOv6wogsv-vYeNryUmITQGyEqhViiBaAWN9VFiR4YpKmgiLXES_VnRJrwU1sFByA_w_08ENJEngZ/s320/0044933_IMGP6873-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237433838859204994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">TADPOLE works with, Finding Speci</span><span style="font-family:arial;">es, looking for frogs in the evening. It was a quick interview since it began to rain, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">however the interview on Shawn’s research and gerneral herpotafauna turned into oil and t</span><span style="font-family:arial;">he dis</span><span style="font-family:arial;">cussion began. It was wonderful to hear the view of Martin since he is from Ecuador. He has hope for the future with P</span><span style="font-family:arial;">resident Correa, who is doing great things for the country. So, only time will tell I suppose. However, we all agreed that PetroEcuador was not the right company for the job since they do not have the proper technology and resources to extract the oil properly.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-28781167011442796702008-07-02T14:43:00.007-05:002008-09-21T08:04:45.404-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC80BvCqZeUqyZpe57WG4lqqfG_XgIFDkCVy5gk2keWQUmUrZAqV-m0m0nAyi_Ln3vTIfSaGvNIxZT8I3t71afhOGf33sRM9b8xHVaWNRSA9JIjDT27c85oUcl_c9ssfwoAlLDxMil6pE0/s1600-h/0045049_IMGP7018-Edit-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC80BvCqZeUqyZpe57WG4lqqfG_XgIFDkCVy5gk2keWQUmUrZAqV-m0m0nAyi_Ln3vTIfSaGvNIxZT8I3t71afhOGf33sRM9b8xHVaWNRSA9JIjDT27c85oUcl_c9ssfwoAlLDxMil6pE0/s320/0045049_IMGP7018-Edit-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237517285098523746" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Posted by Bejat</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Whew! I must say the last several weeks have been unbelievable. Shawn was able to finish surveying the plots upon his return from Surinam to TBS. I returned about a week later from Quito assisting </span><span style="font-family:arial;">one of Shawn’s </span><span style="font-family:arial;">assistants as he left TBS unexpectedly to return home. Made it back to TBS just in time to pack and inventory everything, which is an amazing amount of gear (about 500 lbs plus), so that we could move to our next destination. After two days of packing, storing and completing our inventory, we moved to the Catolica Research Station within the park boundaries along the Via Maxxus road.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Our trip was beautiful along the Tiputini River in the s</span><span style="font-family:arial;">mall canoe called the Capibarra; however, when the rain hit, it hit hard. This was a bit stre</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ssful with all our gear in the driving rain. Luckily, it all survived and we made it to the Catolica Research Station wet a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nd cold. The facilities are amazing and the staff is phenomenal. They are all so kind and caring, always ready to assist with anything and everything. The food is hearty Ecuadorian dishes. We abso</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3_a8QbEQCacbY30UkAlGTSEF88Zuds2TaSgj6X3324N1Hnta6vRZRhA2kh_sjmjEcdIQFnxSt33AFl3S2CJ6cjL6r7UxKmtJuuILOQ2ul_tCKghfmbScYzAbanr6-jyrR_Bwi1OXcScy/s1600-h/0045051_IMGP7020-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3_a8QbEQCacbY30UkAlGTSEF88Zuds2TaSgj6X3324N1Hnta6vRZRhA2kh_sjmjEcdIQFnxSt33AFl3S2CJ6cjL6r7UxKmtJuuILOQ2ul_tCKghfmbScYzAbanr6-jyrR_Bwi1OXcScy/s320/0045051_IMGP7020-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237517759414519042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">lutely love the food.<br /><br />The pet Tapir, Omaka, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">reminds us of our Basset, Daucshoud, and German Shepard mix, Abby. Omaka is sweet and docile, loves fruit and responds to consistent whistles. The mapadores, who work in the 50-hectare plot, adore her and she adores them right back. They hand feed her and pick the gorged ticks off her, three of which were as big as my thumbnail (see belo</span><span style="font-family:arial;">w left photo). She follows them into the plot nearly every day to keep them company, as she is seen in the photographs above and to the right on the side of the road directly outside the entrance to the plot. What an amazing Tapir. Who would have thought a Tapir would be so docile?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Surveying the road is a hot and tiring task. We are returning to camp exhausted and just eat dinner and fall into bed. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Our feet hurt and our bodies are sore. It is quite different to walk the road rather than on the soft forest floor. To be sta</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nding in the middle of the road looking into the forest has become part of our daily routine, yet it constantly seems strange, making me wonder how this change effects the Waorani consciously and subconsciously. Are they seeing the forest through different eyes from the road? Has it become normal to them? Would they prefer the road and the oil companies who supply them with work, transportation, boat motors, generators, gas, food, housing,</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> electricity, doctors and so much more? How must it feel? All I can imagine is that it </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfl-7T39pbkHOYzzBpEpFM3D-bbERcFdWjnw3C9uIFZY5hyHMa9Y5unoAVGK-mps7vOd1fuwHY2LMdTTVCQIMACvqRBWnK303eBDNZ3jLPmtulvpcyNwXkmRmRD90S0CYpC9Vk2mx3Dm3I/s1600-h/0043930_IMGP5752.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfl-7T39pbkHOYzzBpEpFM3D-bbERcFdWjnw3C9uIFZY5hyHMa9Y5unoAVGK-mps7vOd1fuwHY2LMdTTVCQIMACvqRBWnK303eBDNZ3jLPmtulvpcyNwXkmRmRD90S0CYpC9Vk2mx3Dm3I/s320/0043930_IMGP5752.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237529202014104738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">must be the most extreme form of culture sock to have lived through the era of the construction of the Via Maxxus and even more so the Via Auca. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The first contact with the outside world was devastating to their culture, yet there is no turning back now. I find this to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">be quite unfortunate since it not only brought disease that wiped out many of their ancestors, but also the loss of culture and the destruction of habitat. The Waorani are most interesting to me and I have found them to be quite intriguing, making friends with many of them, like Yura and some of her 10 children. My first encounters with Giro were about 10 years ago with her yelling in the road as we passed on the TBS ranchera. Recently I was on the TBS boat waiting for the barrels of gas</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfByTaU8nuMTAJQDOptFi1T84YTvVrR4UKpgZzgYHujOaZqzj57tAJERAU-iig2HD9FTZC2pOtOxpy_9_QBCFJvYxOsJXCleBQOPUcJ24eWjEBYiUh0_V6RY6hD7J4Sj1ztIEk81bmXcu/s1600-h/0045246_IMGP7234.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfByTaU8nuMTAJQDOptFi1T84YTvVrR4UKpgZzgYHujOaZqzj57tAJERAU-iig2HD9FTZC2pOtOxpy_9_QBCFJvYxOsJXCleBQOPUcJ24eWjEBYiUh0_V6RY6hD7J4Sj1ztIEk81bmXcu/s320/0045246_IMGP7234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237529746236733090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> to arrive. I spoke with her in Spanish as her daughter Norma translated in Waorani. Giro only speaks Waorani. We were speaking of our families and lifestyles and she asked if I had children. I said no, but I have a dog that is like my child. I mentioned how she sleeps with me in bed. Giro was shocked </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and laughed. Their dog, Dido, was on the boat and she dragged the dog over to me. I pet Dido and this also shocked her. She began to pet the dog too. She then asked me if I could remove some bot flies from the dog’s leg. I did not understand, but after a while I did and I just continued to not understand since I thought this to be a back idea in case the dog decided to bite me in the process. She thought my nails were great tools for this purpose. I think they are too, but some random jungle dog is very questionable indeed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Via Maxxus road has only been in existence for close to 25 years and the Waorani were contacted some time in the 70’s. There are still clan members that have survived the impact of oil and missionaries. They seem to find themselves confused and lost in their own territory. It would be as if you were lost in</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> your own home that you had known all your life. It should be made clear that the Waorani are nomadic indigenous people who lived sustainable in the forest for thousands of years. Their populations were of low numbers and they would periodically raid other tribes for revenge killings. Anyone that would enter their territory was typically killed and they were thought of as Savages, hence this name Auca. The Via Auca, another oil road that we will be working along in a few months, was named after the Waorani in a derogatory manner. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYPQYrs7ENfiSnJe4VcwiSK1TTc1qRCL0uElbhyphenhyphenxNKW_pk100hAjQP2034cb7Dol7IzPULltUWppc2jL6W8mJBkWQCfRso1jVFD7EbQMEiFLqYrMjVSs9qv_D22zASaDR38-lTwL-A_75/s1600-h/0040816_IMGP2388-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYPQYrs7ENfiSnJe4VcwiSK1TTc1qRCL0uElbhyphenhyphenxNKW_pk100hAjQP2034cb7Dol7IzPULltUWppc2jL6W8mJBkWQCfRso1jVFD7EbQMEiFLqYrMjVSs9qv_D22zASaDR38-lTwL-A_75/s320/0040816_IMGP2388-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237537467547907938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We shall only see wha</span><span style="font-family:arial;">t the dawn of a new day brings. I look forward to meeting more Waorani and those I have met</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> like Giro and her children, Norma and Moses, are very curious. Giro </span><span style="font-family:arial;">appears to be in her 70’s, yet it is difficult to determine their age. Giro and Moses are pictured </span><span style="font-family:arial;">to the left.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Giro is one of the few Wao that exhibits the elongated earlobes due to piercings that become widened over time by inserting wooden plugs. This makes a drastic hole that is recognizable from afar. Since Giro only speaks Waorani, Norma or Moses are typically with her to translate for her in Spanish. Most indigenous know several languages. Many Waorani can speak Waorani, Quitchua and Spanish. They are remarkable people.</span></div>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-20028947581359700752008-06-11T12:00:00.002-05:002008-12-10T20:52:21.666-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2X_xWr4Hk1NOecN-oVWd4Sa-mndhqxPk3-X9_CEUPOC51uDD8X8LjmrxDa20F3wqqgrqgCpJAoBAtOzaCVd9zGKq72o6nKsqa_bMryJ7ihuTzOYBqMLnU7cLh2bv-gfVLpaprwUP6VJ6/s1600-h/0032520_speck_caiman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2X_xWr4Hk1NOecN-oVWd4Sa-mndhqxPk3-X9_CEUPOC51uDD8X8LjmrxDa20F3wqqgrqgCpJAoBAtOzaCVd9zGKq72o6nKsqa_bMryJ7ihuTzOYBqMLnU7cLh2bv-gfVLpaprwUP6VJ6/s320/0032520_speck_caiman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230346707263903906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Posted by Bejat</span><br /><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal">The evening was a completely spectacular out on the Rio <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tiputini</span>.<span style=""> </span>We saw all three species of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">caimen</span> and even one that had been released by the station, a very large black <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">caiman</span>.<span style=""> </span>Kelly Swing, the director of the station, said this individual was about 7 feet long and about 6 years old.<span style=""> </span>I was in awe.<span style=""> </span>We must have seen about 9 individuals in total.<span style=""> </span>I got some amazing photos and video too.<span style=""> </span>I feel so fortunate to have witnessed such a spectacular sighting, especially on such a brightly lit night.<span style=""> </span>The moon was so bright and the sky was so clear. We could see every star in the sky and even the Southern Cross.<span style=""> </span>It was my first time to see this constellation that sits very low on the horizon. We usually do not see it because of its proximity to the horizon and the trees.<span style=""> </span>The Southern Cross is one of those constellations that can only be seen in the Southern Hemisphere.<span style=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal">I am sad to say that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Lucha</span> has flown the coop.<span style=""> </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Lucha</span> was the pet <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Trumpeter</span> that was a gift by the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Waorani</span> to the other Director of the station, David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Romo</span>. <span style=""> </span>She began acting more like a wild bird than a pet by not attending meals to be feed, not begging to be pet and roosting in trees rather than the workers housing.<span style=""> </span>She seemed to be breathing heavily and groups of Trumpeters had been coming through and near camp for many months. These groups seemed to be enticing her to leave.<span style=""> </span>One day she was here and the next day gone.<span style=""> </span>We believe her biological clock was ticking and she felt the need to pro-create. She left about 3 weeks ago and we we all hope she is happy as a free bird. Although, she was always free to do and go wherever she wanted. She just acted scared to do so.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal">This past week I went to Quito to run errands and pickup supplies.<span style=""> </span>I seem to be rather good at it and got the list from hell accomplished in three days.<span style=""> </span>We also met with Jorge and Martin from Finding Species and discussed our grant proposal for NSF that is due July 9<sup><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">th</span></sup>.<span style=""> </span>Not much time to prepare, but hopefully Shawn has become so proficient that he should not have a problem getting something together so that Margo, also from Finding Species, can officially write the grant.<span style=""> </span>Finding Species is a non-profit organization that the TADPOLE organization has been collaborating with over the years.<span style=""> </span>Photos I have taken over the years in the Ecuadorian Amazon and more information can be viewed on their website at<span style=""> www.findingspecies.org</span>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;">Today was stellar, besides babysitting the GPS and preparing to pack up and leave.<span style=""> </span>I headed out to the Salt Lick to prepare for my next Tapir sitting. <span style=""> </span>I did not make it there, for I was distracted by the monkeys.<span style=""> </span>At the intersection of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Matapalo</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Harpia</span> trails their was three species of monkeys.<span style=""> </span>I saw Woolly, Howler and Spider monkeys.<span style=""> </span>It was very difficult to decide which group to follow and I found myself running circles at times.<span style=""> </span>After the first few laps I decided on the Howler monkeys and stuck with them for about 1 hour.<span style=""> </span>The sky was bright blue and the lighting was perfect.<span style=""> </span>I will be excited to see what my video footage looks like.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal">Another day and night in this amazing place makes me feel the time slipping through my fingers and the moments are passing more rapidly.<span style=""> </span>It is like opening a rare vintage bottle of wine, after one glass you fear there is only a few more left and you savor every last sip. Those last few sips become intensely gratifying, yet inexplicably intense. I am getting to my last few sips here at TBS and I just want to swirl it around in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ecstasy</span>. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=""> </span></p>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172517408851072813.post-42098750597687164472008-06-10T11:04:00.005-05:002008-08-26T15:45:18.384-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AbcWsrYgjAVYE2lnL8f8J-CuyiUIrQkFHphq3raPjaVj4vt-9mFXKd3tEAnhT78zKzlZnqLiwOSfO6aXksq9WhKRln3HS-tB2eXjTB5qVbWzDn5vqDM2TJM0eNs4CCI2_DIoi-lCCKF4/s1600-h/0037702_IMGP8868.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AbcWsrYgjAVYE2lnL8f8J-CuyiUIrQkFHphq3raPjaVj4vt-9mFXKd3tEAnhT78zKzlZnqLiwOSfO6aXksq9WhKRln3HS-tB2eXjTB5qVbWzDn5vqDM2TJM0eNs4CCI2_DIoi-lCCKF4/s400/0037702_IMGP8868.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238929266069914786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Travis, Noah, Charne, Bejat, Shawn and the Grand Ficus</span><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Posted by Bejat</span><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal">It has been quite some time since our last entry due to power and internet issues.<span style=""> </span>These are things that we take for granted, especially in the Western World, along with many other unimaginable things.<span style=""> </span>That is why I believe that we should be grateful for all the simple things in life.<span style=""> </span>No matter how difficult things may seem, we must remember how fortunate we are for the natural world that surround us, family, friends and all the luxuries we take for granted that make our lives so much easier.<span style=""> </span>Issues always seem to work themselves out and we find that we are not who we began as, so we are changing daily.<span style=""> </span>Finding ourselves again, developing mentally and physically, becoming better people.<span style=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal">We have had equipment failure and Magiver repairs.<span style=""> </span>Some work, some do not. <span style=""> </span>Most of these repairs have been with the GPS antenna, however, there has also been my camera lens too.<span style=""> </span>The humidity has been the culprit we assume, except for the lens.<span style=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal">I am now the official GPS base station babysitter.<span style=""> </span>So, that means I hang out with GPS base station that takes continuous points in camp.<span style=""> </span>This provides Shawn with more accurate points when when averaging with points taken in the field by Shawn's assistant, Travis.<span style=""> </span>Over the next week we preparing for our move to the Catolica Research Station and finishing our work up here at TBS.<span style=""> </span>Travis has been working in the Puma plot surveying for trees with bromeliads and taking GPS points for these trees.<span style=""> </span>He is also sorting insects to Order that were found in the bromeliads. </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal">My Tapir excursions live on, tonight I sat at a salt lick. The Tapir was all around me but did not enter the salt lick.<span style=""> I found that I was in a bad location</span>. To small of an area for a human because I believe she could smell me in this refined space that was down in a crevass. They have an immensely long nose and they use it well, it is their most heighten sense.<span style=""> </span>Plus, the moon light did not allow me to be camouflaged in the shadows. So, I am back to the Harpia location. This location has a blind<span style=""> </span>and is more open, just not as frequently visited. I will keep you posted once I am successful.<br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Shawn/Bejathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04555790099682368026noreply@blogger.com0