On to Patagonia

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Hello all,

Tomorrow we head to Buenos Aires, sadly leaving the subtropics. We saw lots of jungle animals at the worlds largest waterfall including; Brown Capuchin Monkeys, Agoutis, Coatis, a glass lizard, giant tegu lizard, Toco Toucans, Green-headed Tanagers, Great Dusky Swifts, red-rumped Caciques, numerous foliage gleaners and another spectacular array of butterflies. We will certainly miss the astounding biodiversity of the neotropics (we have see nearly 1000 species of birds and many were not identified!), but are also vary excited to experience late summer in Patagonia! The trip has certainly had its ups and downs. Jen had her very expensive Zeiss binoculars stolen out of my pocket while I was sleeping on an overnight bus and I had my pants stolen while hanging up to dry at our campsite (I have only 1 pair now!), and we are both having a little gastrointestinal upset. But not to fear, it is quite safe down here and we are all in good spirits. We are trying to enjoy ourselves as much as possible beacuse it looks like we will have a lot of herp survey work to do when we get back and I have been offered a position to teach a herpetology class at NMU as the main instructor.

Best,
R&J

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