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Sea turtle egg by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan SUCCESSFUL nighttime IR gigapan of nesting sea turtles by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
The ping pong shaped ball is an exhumed sea turtle egg. During the arribadas, so many females arrive to lay eggs on the beach that frequently, when one female digs a new nest, she unburies the eggs of another female!
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Tourists by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan SUCCESSFUL nighttime IR gigapan of nesting sea turtles by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
A tourist with a reflective backpack enjoys the turtles.
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Hard work by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan SUCCESSFUL nighttime IR gigapan of nesting sea turtles by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
An olive ridley turtle in an egg-laying trance
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Another cave by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Crater of Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
I wonder what bats might live in here? It almost looks like a door into the side of the mountain!
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Pteronotus flight path by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Crater of Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
After leaving their roost at night, the Pteronotus bats that roost in the cave on the crater edge make a sharp right, and then fly out over the countryside through this nearby depression in the crater's edge.
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Pteronotus roost by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Crater of Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Somewhere in here -- not quite sure where -- is a cave with a large colony of Pteronotus (mustached) bats.
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Patiently waiting by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Crater of Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Several other park guards waited patiently while we took this Gigapan and visited the emballonurid roost.
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Car in parking lot by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Crater of Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Cars are directed to park with the rear in at the volcano, in case visitors have to make a speedy exit!
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Guardaparques del PNVM by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Crater of Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Two of the park guards at Masaya Volcano National Park contemplate the crater edge // Dos guardaparques del Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya contemplan el borde del crater
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Emballonurid cave // cueva de murcielagos emballonuridos by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Crater of Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Arnulfo Medina (Paso Pacifico's wildlife biologist) and Michael Wilcox (volunteer) investigate a cave home to sac-winged bats // El biologo Arnulfo Medina y voluntario Michael Wilcox investigan un refugio de murcielagos
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More weirdness by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Liza's office at night by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Not sure why this is all wonky, the camera seemed pretty stable to me; maybe has something to do with different dimensions of photos taken by IR cam? Will have to find way to fix, although for now I will be happy with any gigapan I can get of the bats without them freaking out!
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Huh? by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Liza's office at night by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Something weird happened here. The gigapan battery ran out at some point, and I think when it started again it had been a bit jostled or something.
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Sticker by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Liza's office at night by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Sea turtle sticker on Liza's computer
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Night calculator by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Liza's office at night by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Spooky.
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The nursery by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Sea Turtle Hatchery, Playa Hermosa, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
It is bounded by chain link fencing to keep humans out, and chicken wire, to keep predators like crabs out. There is shade cloth overhead to keep nests from getting too hot. Sea turtles have temperature-determined sex -- eggs incubated below 29 degrees celcius hatch male, and above 29 degrees hatch female.
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Acacia thorns by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Sea Turtle Hatchery, Playa Hermosa, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Some of the thorns on an unusually large specimen of Acacia collinsi, known locally as cornizuelo. Like most Acacia, this plant is defended by robust thorns -- but that's not good enough! In addition, this species of tree has a mutualistic relationship with Pseudomyrmex, a kind of twig nesting ant. The thorns are hollow, and colonies of Pseudomyrmex live inside of them; the plant makes little blobs of food that the ants eat, and then ants vigorously defend the plant from herbivores and competitors. Everyone's happy, except for the unfortunate human who gets scratched by thorns and stung by ants!
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Turtle nest by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Sea Turtle Hatchery, Playa Hermosa, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
What's with the cylindrical screen? The turtle eggs are buried in the sand, where they incubate. When the baby turtles hatch, they did their way up through the sand; the screen around the nest acts as a sort of "fence" to keep them from running off -- our nursery is pretty far from the water's edge, to protect it from high tide. Once the babies are hatched, they are taken to the ocean and released.
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Nest tag by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Sea Turtle Hatchery, Playa Hermosa, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
The turtle-shaped tags on the nests indicate species of turtle that laid the eggs, the date they were buried, the expected date of hatching (about 45 days later). The tag in this case indicates that the turtle eggs are from an olive ridley turtle ("paslama" in Spanish).
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Stoopid ocean by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
The ocean's rather annoying habit of not standing still in between pictures makes for some interesting patterns here!
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Cluster of vampire bats by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Vampire bats!!! by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Male and female vampire bats will roost together, usually in colonies of around 100 individuals. However, within these colonies, the bats usually form clusters of a single male with several females.
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Thumbs up! by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Vampire bats!!! by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Vampire bats have large thumbs, related to their ability to use their wings as limbs in walking (and even running). Vampire bats will often alight near their prey, then walk up sneakily to make their bite; this helps avoid waking the animal and risking being squashed by hoof or hand.
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Vampire bat feces by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Vampire bats!!! by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
What looks like an oil slick on this ledge is, in fact, vampire bat feces -- digested blood. It forms a thick, dark, reddish-black sludge. It is fairly gross.
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Bat balls! by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Vampire bats!!! by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
The clearly visible testicles of this male show that he is reproductively active. When male bats are not in their mating period, the testes ascend into the abdomen where they are not visible.
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Female with newborn pup by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Vampire bats!!! by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
The pink blob in the center is a just-born baby. Next time I promise to use a better camera so you can see it!
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Nobody home by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
no hay nadie en la casa
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Cathedral by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
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Resort by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Pelican Eyes
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Welcome! by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
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Roble trees by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Flowering in Feb.
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Bird by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
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Pelican? by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Or possibly the Loch Ness monster.
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Family in the ocean by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
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La Flor by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Here be turtles.
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Bicicleta by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Crossing the bridge over the wetlands.
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Disembodied legs by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Out for a nice walk.
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Cave? by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Do bats live there? We must determine this at once!
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Boat by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Not Penny's boat.
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Lichen by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Strangler fig trunk by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
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Costa Rica by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Ostional beach by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
All these mountains in the background are actually in Costa Rica!
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Guy with backpack by Kimberly Williams-Guillen from the GigaPan Ostional beach by Kimberly Williams-Guillen
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