This week in Panama

[duanes]

The Sleeper Goby caught here on the island of Taboga has been getting less and less camera shy these days.

The Andinoacara coerleopunctatus (Panamanian green terrors/Acaras) are maturing nicely and may be ready to spawn when the dry season comes around again.


and a sea turtle crawled up on the beach near our favorite cafe/hangout to dig a hole and deposit a bunch of eggs, its a little too close to the high tide line, so the local Aero Naval Unit dug them up after she crawled back inyo the sea, and moved them to a safer location, away from the popular human area.
Photo below taken by Heidi, one of the Turtle Watch volunteers.

Title credit idea should go to Aqua Mojo

 

[Chicxulub]

Oh that's awesome! Especially the turtle

 

[duanes]

Some sea turtle eggs hatched in a secret, safe place already, and have been released, without having to cross the gauntlet of sea birds.
Another photo by Heidi.

 

[duanes]

Lots more sea turtles hatching these days, and being helped to the waters edge .


It's Patria month here for Panamanians, 2 separate holidays, independence from Colombia last week, independence from Spain coming on the 28th.

and lots of rain, sometimes 24 hours downpours, so I do daily water changes using that rain water, and because one of my sump/algaescrubber/refugiums sits in the yard under the eaves, rain from the roof causes it to overflow onto the ground, adding to the already extra water being replaced, and circulating.

 

[tlindsey]

Lots more sea turtles hatching these days, and being helped to the waters edge .
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It's Patria month here for Panamanians, 2 separate holidays, independence from Colombia last week, independence from Spain coming on the 28th.
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and lots of rain, sometimes 24 hours downpours, so I do daily water changes using that rain water, and because one of my sump/algaescrubber/refugiums sits in the yard under the eaves, rain from the roof causes it to overflow onto the ground, adding to the already extra water being replaced, and circulating.
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Thanks for sharing the Panamanian culture.

 

[duanes]

The last of the rainy season deluges are slowing, but still turning the streams that usually just trickle thru Isla Taboga, to rapids, making it difficult to capture the local shrimp. They crawl up under banks, and lodge in the mud.

So when the goby peaks its head out indicating hunger, (maybe every other, or every third day, I give it chunks of fish.



It’s also time for birds to start arriving from their North American, and far South American migrations, just in time for the now ripening papayas.

 

[duanes]

This was sitting just above my sump this morning, wingspan @ 6"

 

[Gourami Swami]

These photos are great Duanes! Fish look happy and healthy, and so do the other fauna. Quite a life you've got out there!

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Wow thanks for some great photo! Those were really neat to see!

 

[duanes]

Geckos are everywhere here, on the patio, and in the house, sometimes crawling on hands and feet if we sit still.

They constantly battle for territory on the walls and ceiling, so its not unusual to find dead of injured individuals on the patio, or on the steps. when I find them they usually get dropped in the tank, so as not to go to waste.
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Most of the 5 square mile island is uninhabited, and inaccessible to humans except by boat, and in the tiny sliver of a town.

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