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Greene, H.
1987
31 December at 1300 hr we could see a dead adult ♂ iguana in
(continued) the river, bloated and hung on a snag, some flies
on its emergent right side, legs dangling in the
water. I couldn't see a tail tip so wonder if
it is "short tail," whom I haven't seen for days.
Downstream on the N. bank I can see at
least four adult ♂ iguana, all very visible
and out over the river. The farthest is at the
W bend, ≥ 400m away, and I first glimpsed
it without binoculars (or glasses!). I noted
4 adult ♀♀ in a tree with one, at least one
with another. Carmen and I went back at
1500 h. The especially large orange male,
upstream on the south bank, is visible
out over the river and displaying periodically.
In the next tree toward the bridge we counted 7
adult iguana, 1 young adult ♂ and 6 ♀♀!
Further upstream from the orange ♂, there was
a small adult ♀ at the top of a dead snag,
≈10 m up and at an angle out over the river.
Thus today I saw at least 18 different adult
iguana along maybe 500m total shoreline, as
I surely missed some! And, there are many
more in from the river, as we have seen
them in numbers just west of the comedor.
Also, saw a little blue heron on the downstream
logjam at noon. Rained very hard for a half