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| Tabebuia ochracea ssp. neochrysantha |
Guayacan trees are in bloom around the OTS station. A couple days ago iguanas explored the hard green buds. Today, aerial hi-jinks for the tasty flowers that look like orchids and smell quite sweet.
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| WOG going for the yellow. |
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| Toes are grappling hooks for climbing. |
These iguanas pay close attention to each other. An iguana enjoying a meal may mean there is plenty of good food for all or simply it is a safe place or time to graze. In the Big Tree area, smaller iguanas come down from the tree to feed once another iguana has already determined the area is good.
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| Blocky (left) and Sneaker Male (right). |
Sneaker Male was that iguana formerly thought to be a her: skinny, no spikes, perhaps just laid eggs. But 'her' spikes are a bit too much for a female. The head is too large. She's hiding that she's a he. (Sneaker Male is the iguana left to trap.) In a world of male fighting, it's not a bad idea to hide who you are until you can reasonably gain from advertising it.
Today SM was eating when suddenly appeared Blocky (he rests on a concrete block). Blocky proceeded to investigate SM's eating places in hopes he'd find a delectable morsel.
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