Mr. Bud Wreck, Roatan
A contaminate bacteria on a fungal agar dish had a bright yellow color, so I sequenced the 16s gene to identify it.
16s sequence: CATGCaAGTCGAACGATGCTTTCGGGCATAGTGGCGCACGGGTGCGTAACGCGTGGGAATCTGCCCTTGGGTCTGGGATAACAGTTGGAAACGACTGCTAATACCGGATGATATCGCGAGATCAAAGATTTATCGCCCGAGGATGAGCCCGCGTCAGATTAGCTAGTTGGTGGGGTAAAGGCCTACCAAGGCGACGATCTGTAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGATGATCAGCCACACTGGGACTGAGACACGGCCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGGACAATGGGCGCAAGCCTGATCCAGCAATGCCGCGTGAGTGATGAAGGCCTTAGGGTTGTAAAGCTCTTTTACCCGGGATGATAATGACAGTACCGGGAGAATAAGCCCCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGGGCTAGCGTTGTTCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGCACGTAGGCGGCTTTGTAAGTCAGGGGTGAAAGCCTGGAGCTCAACTCCAGAACTGCCTTTGAGACTGCATCGCTTGAATCCGGGAGAGGTAAGTGGAATTCCGAGTGTAGAGGTGAAATTCGTAGATATTCGGAAGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTTACTGGACCGGGATTGACGCTGAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGATAACTAGCTGTCCGGGGACCTGGTCTTTGGGTGGCGCAGCTAACGCATTAAGTTATCCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGTTAAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGGGGGCCTGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGAAGCAACGCGCAGAACCTTACCAGCGTTTGACATGTCCGGACGATTCCCAGAGATGGGTCTCTTCCCTTCGGGGACTGGAACACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTCGCCTTTAgTTACCATCATTTAgttgGGtACTCTAAAggAACCGCcGgTGAtAagCC
Cueva Las Tosas
Boa con murciélago en la boca
really interesting looking, "shingled" coral mound.
Cow Rock
first waterbear! found in lichen/moss on rock wall in woods
Cow Rock
Raríssima e pouco conhecida, essa planta parasita fungos micorrízicos. São conhecidos apenas dois indivíduos que estão depositados em uma coleção cientifica do Rio. Essa é a primeira foto na natureza dessa espécie.
This observation is for the prey animals found in an owl pellet I dissected. The date and location is accurate for where/when the pellet was found. I've left it at Vertebrata for now as it certainly contains more than one prey animal this time. The observation for the owl pellet/owl is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65913848
This pellet was huge! (last image) I found it in what seems to be two main pieces that were next to each other in the gravel. This one took much longer than the first pellet to go through and sort. It was also more difficult when it came to fully removing fur from the bones, so there are a few chunks that I simply couldn't clean off properly.
I've done my best to group most of the bones by what I think are related bones. Since this one had somewhere close to 280 different bones/bone fragments I didn't label them like the first pellet. Of course, I could be and most likely am incorrect about most of what they are so please correct me if you know.
Any help anyone can provide is greatly appreciated!
About 25 mm long; one of about 30 found in tide pools at Morro Los Frailes on this date.
Found growing off buried wood debris in lahar of eruption event which melted the glacier shown in the backgound of Michinmahuida
Plants do make noises too. Perhaps not the proverbial growth of grass, but exploding seed capsules are part of the soundscape in the Santa Monica Mountains this time of the year. I noticed it first when I tried to locate a Wing-tapping Cicada and realized that the Vetches fooled me, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48232169.
Bigpod Ceanothus trees are even noisier than Vetches because they carry many more fruits per cubic meter. If you wait and listen close to one, you’ll be bombarded with seeds from the exploding, ripe fruits.
Wikipedia notes about the fruit of these trees: “The inside of the capsule is divided into 3 valves, each valve holding a seed. The capsule dehisces neatly in three at the central band to release the seeds.” And, “Dehiscence is the splitting, at maturity, along a built-in line of weakness in a plant structure in order to release its contents, and is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part. Structures that open in this way are said to be dehiscent. Structures that do not open in this way are called indehiscent, and rely on other mechanisms such as decay or predation to release the contents.”
Dehiscence doesn’t mean there’s necessarily a hiss. In this case it’s a sharp ticking sound. In the background of the recording are a Common Raven and a Northern Mockingbird.
To celebrate the quieter times, I petitioned @finatic, the creator of https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/audio-observations-from-around-the-world, to include maybe a few plants in his project that is animalia only.