We’re headed
to Viruá National Park today, we might not have internet for a week. So quickly
here are some photos from the past two days.
A view from
the steep south slope of the mini-tepui of Tepequém, looking to the west,
towards Venezuela.
Gilded
Barbet. When we go to Virua, the replacement species there should be Black--spotted
Barbet.
We’ve seen
lots of other birds and some great fungi, but the most interesting thing was
under a piece of wood along the trail – an odd ant nest (incidentally co-habited
by a large spider that disappeared under the structure before I could get its
picture).
The ant nest
structure appears to be the fungus garden of a small-colony species of leaf-cutter
or harvester ant. It was very fragile. Maybe an ant specialist will be able to
comment on it after I send some photos around.
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