We've been real busy getting everything set up, and organised for the rest of the gang to join us tomorrow and for the projects to officially begin.
Yesterday (15th) we visited Trinidad's 'Wildlife and Forestry Department' to arrange our permits, which allow us to go into the field and collect samples for our experiments (but don't worry we'll return all the tadpoles etc back - none of our experiments are invasive).
After lunch we then headed up to Simla, which is higher up in the Northern Range mountains. There are some man made ponds up there, bursting with life! We saw LOTS of bugs and heard lots of Amazon Parrots (very noisy). We also saw some frogs and collected some tadpoles!
Today we went to collect more tadpoles from Lopinot. We walked up a river, searching for a certain species, which we finally found - yey!
Chris, Roni and Becky collecting tadpoles at Simla.
A cool caterpillar we found at Simla (species unknown).
Rattle-voiced tree frog (Hyla crepitans), Simla. This species is generally white, however in mating season it goes a darker colour (brown-yellow markings - see previous photo uploaded below).
Becky taking a photo of our little Rattle-voiced tree frog friend :D
Simla.
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