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Weekend Expedition 43: Don Rafael’s farm

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We did manage to get out on the weekend for a small expedition, to see a working farm/ranch and some remnant oak and gallery forest near Gualaco. This was a muddy undertaking, as there had been some considerable rain the night before. We did see some cool stuff, including this Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans).

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The scrubby ranchlands do not have very large trees,

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Catherine and I rode this horse, which had a fresh vampire bite wound on its neck, across the river. That is our host, Don Rafael, on the right.

 

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We checked out some cattle up the road, and their parasitic flies as well.

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Upon returning home, we did some shooting of insects and spiders. This is some kind of blister beetle (Meloidae). Catherine has more spider photos here.

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A nice jumper that we found inside our window.

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Tortoise beetles are awesome!