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Artibeus watsoni, from the Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology.
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Back in June of 2012, I did a week-long fishing trip to the Vega Islands in Norway. I published some pics from that trip, but have not done much with some images I took with a second camera. So here are some Norway pics from the Vega Islands area. And of note, you can see my full gallery of pics from this trip at: http://www.tropicalbats.com/vega-islands.html This is one of many photo galleries in the "places of note" section of this website 
Shore-side buildings and greenery in front of a cloud-covered mountain
Fine scenery looking out the back of our boat one day
And then there was this rainbow, but we never got to the shed it hit upon to collect our gold
Difficult Run is a stream that runs to the Potomac River. There are miles of hiking trails along it. Just had a short outing today and here are the pics. 
Going around the signage.
Yes, the trail through the National Park bits was closed, so we turned around and hiked upstream. Others ignored the signs and went onward anyway. This guy is hauling his bike around the fence. Hope he got some kind of ticket or something for ignoring federal rules. 
Crossing the creek
There is this wonderful bit where you cross the creek on a series of rocks.instead of a bridge. Nice. 
Deer are pretty common in this area
Although most of the leaves are not now colorful, or down, this tree was just perfect in the evening light
White Nose Syndrome is killing a lot of bats. It is a cold-loving fungus and hits the bats during hibernation in caves and mines. Watch this video to start to understand how this fungus is something in much need of study and control
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/show/3374278/killer-in-the-caves Yes, it is a long video, but watch it. Some photos from around our base at the Greenview Lodge during the Gomanontong Caves LiDAR mapping project. 
This is an interesting frog. The nest-like pile of mud next to it seems like something else, but here is the frog next to it. I am calling this frog Microhyla matang although Microhyla borneensis is also reasonable.
Another view of the probable Microhyla frog.
Centipede on the move
A Borneo grasshopper
An insect in need of an ID.
This insect was photographed at Mulu National Park in Malaysia, on the island of Borneo,
This is a big cricket and it is cool. 
This cricket is about two inches long. It is one of the big things that live on the guano in the Gomantong caves
I was planning more Borneo photos, but just had to try out a new filter I got today. No time to get to a good site for playing with this, but I grabbed some photos from a nearby stream. 
Little waterfall on Pimmit Run, Falls Church, Virginia
Water and leaves. Fall in Falls Church, Virginia
While these practice photos aren't awesome, they show the potential of the new filter to really blur movement while keeping still things sharp.
But first, a baby long-tailed macaque from just behind our base camp at the Greenview Lodge. 
A very young long-tailed macaque.
White blotches are spider webs, on the walls of the bit pit in Simud Hitam.
So many photos, so little time. More tomorrow.
Nesters scraping off the nests in Simud Putih. 
This is just a side passage in Simud Pitah, but still big cave and the nesters are harvesting the swiftlet nests. They are using long poles with metal scrapers at the tip to get the nests.
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