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Greene, lt.
1991
June 22
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Coco, although Albani says that place is more
poor than here. "Body surfing" w/ Wendy after lunch.
~1/6/5h it's getting darker and there's thunder in the
distance. Lots of butterflies around here - yesterday,
we saw clouds of several species; "puddling" near
the beach, at at least 6 times in the Bay, several
km from land a single one (usually bright yellow
or orange) would fly by the boat a meter or two
above the water. Twice I saw 2 butterflies,
evidently the same species and flying together.
Wendy says they might be migrating, or victims of
the wind. On the grounds of the Cabinas is a
case w/ two bright white/gray squirrels w/ dark
middorsal stripes, identifiable in Emmons' (both
as Sciurus variegatus (later we saw a similar
colored animal run off the road nearby, so
presume these are local). At ~1700 h we walked
to the pond behind Albani's house from where
came the frog chorus last night. Next door is
a bar, and between it and the pond are four
pivies w/ "$30" or "$20" painted on each door
(they looked identical and we didn't enter to
investigate the price difference). There is trash
everywhere in and around the town pond - a squale
ranging from discarded wooden chairs to beer
bottle shards - and seagulls everywhere and in
all sizes are the bright purple, yellow, and red