Greene, H. 1987 17 December think this is the same snake I saw yesterday only (continued) ≈ 80 m away, but she is very similar in color pattern and hue (very yellow). 18 December On the way back from breakfast, ≈ 0730 h, saw 3 green ibises (Mesembrinibis cayennensis) perched on the downstream logjam in the Rio Puerto Viejo. I was impressed by their dark iridescent feathers, blue-green legs (almost lacquer-like from a distance), and long light curved bill. At one point two gathered and engaged in two bouts of bill “whacking”. Eventually, one at a time but within less than a minute of each other, they flew low across the water to the north bank and disappeared from our view. I could see clearly a fresh pile of oller stick on the big emergent log right under the bridge – so bright reddish and irregular in texture as to look like a flower. Clearly like others I’ve inspected, filled w/ crustaceans. As we watched, John Blake told me he once saw an iguana iguana swim leisurely across the river here, sculling with its tail. Carol Fasrati and I walked the CES & CEN then out to the end of the SOC but saw nothing but a few Norops. Rained most of the morning, and almost seemed cool. By noon the river was so high that the log under the