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The boa made its body look like a branch and when the hummer (Violet Sabrewing) landed on it, it was immediately strangled. Hard to believe that the snake managed to swallow the bird with such a long beak but it figured out to bend back the head. In the fourth photo the tip of the beak can be seen flush with the body. It took 25 minutes to completely swallow it. All the while being harassed by various hummers.

Documenting a rare skink found by Angel Ramos this morning and conserved for identification purposes. Found under a water tank located in the edge of the pine-oak forest, around 1650 masl. Specimen preserved at Zamorano University.

This report pertains to the larger of the two bees that shared this thistle flower head. See next report for the smaller. I think these two are the same species, but I wonder why the large size difference? Location is close to the top of Cerro El Pital, above 2700 masl, on El Salvador side of border.

A small deciduous tree, only about 4 or 5 meters tall, in dense second-growth. Fruits yellow, appearing (superficially?) like small tomatoes. Only one such tree was observed during several hours in this habitat.