Near the village of Gloria we've been working in our most remote field site. It's a bit of a hike to get there, but once you're in pristine forest it's hard to think of anything but how nice it is there.
Near the stream, pictured above, I caught a glimpse of a species of Anolis lizard I hadn't previously seen in Panama, though I was well familiar with it from Costa Rica. Norops aquaticus is a species of anole that you find around small streams climbing amongst rocks. I've always thought it was a treat to see and it was exciting to reunite with it.
A fine looking dewlap for the ladies.
One thing I've been looking at this year is how habitat disturbance, linked to anthropogenic land use, can affect species. Conveying what I mean by disturbance is more difficult with words than with photos. The photo above and below both have frogs in high densities...
Next week some dear friends are coming down to visit, Drew and Cadyn have a great homesteading blog that I highly recommend called the Immortal Mountain and we're going to do some traveling for a few days and maybe even try some relaxing in the ocean.
I've been told I have no photos of myself on here, which if frankly fine with me, but since this photo highlights the new spectrophotometer (Ocean Optics Jaz unit) which I've been giving quite the workout this year, I'll use it to help promote Ocean Optics. They've been very generous helping me finance the unit and the portability it gives me is fantastic. This photo, as you may have guessed, is totally staged.
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