The Great Bird-Eater The Great Bird-Eater

The Great Bird-Eater

The second bird-eating snake caught on the Costa Rica adventure, Dave spotted this one along the trail and I was able to catch it. These are really cool aglyphous snakes. Note how the eyes reflected blue in the camera flash.


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Date: July 18th 2005

Cahuita was awesome!!! We just got back today, back to the station, and it was a lot of fun. I got over 100 pictures too (i'll post some of the best here). I noticed that my beard is pretty long and my tan is pretty dark now. Coming back, I realized that the great summer adventure is coming to a close. I wish we could have stayed in Cahuita longer (save my many blisters... never g ... read more




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Matt
Herpetologist extraordinaire a la Steve Irwin, sans the accent... with a little insanity thrown in for good measure. Well, I just got back this August from a 3 month long stay in beautiful Costa Rica, so check out my entries/pics because it was amazing!! I've never seen such diversity in such a small area (the station I stayed at wasn't even that big really). Enjoy!!! ****Found out recently that I'm going to be able to go back there this winter to finish up my thesis studies and then spend a week or so travelling with my college bud, Andrew. I'll definetly be taking better notes thi... full info
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