23:05 Well I had a busy day today consisting of lab inventory, followed by a fish lecture followed by preparing for a snorkel and of course a great snorkel itself. The common names of most the fish have now sunk in and I can put names to faces now, as it were.
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| Dog Snappers (Dean Philpot) |
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| Dog Snapper Checking Me Out (Dean Philpot) |
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| Taking Shelter (Dean Philpot) |
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| Another Dog Snapper (Dean Philpot) |
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| Female Mexican Hogfish (Dean Philpot) |
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| Showing His True Colours (Dean Philpot) |
The highlights were: that I spotted a
school of 9 individual ‘Tang’ that could be new to the species list but needs
confirmation. I could not for the life
of me place them as any other fish from the species list.
I also got a series of great fish
pictures to add to my exponentially growing collection… I might have to book
the rest of August out to schedule everyone in to see my photos! I will spare you from fish photos just now by showing this interesting leaf skeleton instead:
This evening has comprised of at least 7 Capuchin Monkeys greeting us upon returning from the snorkel session, a Racoon that
came very near to me, Armadillos around foraging and the mysterious Skunk was
about that can always be smelt but never seen.
One day I’m sure I’ll get a sighting.
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| Adaptation And Persistence (D.Philpot) |
A bird walk is next on the agenda
meaning a fresh 06:15 am start.