a few random pics

Here are a few random pics that didn't make it anywhere else and yet are kind of cool.

There is a local bat cave near the kid's school. They are open on the weekends and charge admission. It's not a natural cave, more of a hole dug in a hillside. But there are bats! I investigated once for fun but  didn't have a light on me. We recently went back again, with lights, to check it out. Not much there but there were bats! Fruit bats of some sort I think.

Nice looking frog I found on a night hike.

On the same hike I found this fledgling bird in the middle of the road. Not the best place to hang out.

And here is our first viper in Mindo. This is the Ecuadorian Toadhead, Bothrocophias campbelli, but only a small baby. Beautiful little guy that you can read more about here.

And just a nice shot of the mountains that surround Mindo. We are in a valley that is more like a bowl which means that the days are usually sunny as the clouds hang up on the mountains. Very pleasant.