Thursday, July 5, 2012

Wildlife sightings

For July 5, 2012:

3 three-toed sloths
1 coati (Nasua nasua)

Coatis are related to raccoons, but have longer, skinnier tails and a snout more reminiscent of an anteater.

Yesterday I saw a raccoon coming down from a mangrove tree, which might not sound exciting but it is. Why? A different species of raccoon lives in mangroves than in cities--the crab-eating raccoon, which as its name suggests, eats crabs. Probably eats other stuff too. I've seen lots of raccoon tracks in the mangrove mud but never spotted one before.

I also saw some sort of eagle or hawk in the mangroves, but I'm a terrible birder so that one will go unidentified.

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