Field notes, v1306
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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