Nephila golden silk spider
These beauties were everywhere on Barros Colorado Island (BCI). This is the female (6-7 inches). The male is very tiny. Their webs are yellowish and feel like ectoplasm from Ghostbusters days… sticky and strong. RS, who runs in Gamboa tells a story of running smack into one on his run…doing the watutsi to get it […]
Jungle girl
Met the 7:15 am boat to Isla Barro Colorado yesterday with photographer MG on a search for a radio-collared spider monkey. The island was formed in 1914 when the Chagres River was dammed to form Lake Gatun for the Panama Canal. A major portion of rainforest was flooded, leaving Isla Barro Colorado, an area of […]
Miraflores Locks
We heard major explosive charges going off on the canal Monday. They are building the third lane for supertankers which will be completed in 2014. With the two current lanes, 5% of global commerce moves through the Panama Canal. Once the supertanker lane is complete, that number will be much higher. Big party here in […]
Gamboa Dog
Guest photo by Steve Yanisch (Minneapolis) who caught this Gamboa dog in typical repose. Steve was on his way to Lake Gatun in search of peacock bass.
Camouflage
Thought this was a leaf that had been carried into the stairway up to my place in Gamboa, but on further inspection… I touched the shape with the edge of my shoe and got this excellent display. And LED had just requested another insect image! Any other requests? Quiet Saturday night in the jungle. Listening […]
Sky…..sea….
There is an “at-home” sensation when I’m in a boat, skimming across the surface. Could it be the South Florida childhood, or the many hours spent hunting seashells on Cape Cod with Boston cousins? Or maybe the days spent on the water with my nautical father. He was most happy behind the wheel of a […]
Simple things
Radio silence….I know. Mucho technical issues. Thanks to hijo, I have a nice new MBPro that I can use in the privacy of my apartment, although Lion is not supporting my old version of Creative Suite. Ahhh…it’s the simple things. The challenge in Panama is that it is a place of many incongruities. Rich and […]
Juany at Bocas del Drago
She’s the beautiful friend of my friend Anandita. They haven’t seen one another for years, so I sent her photo back to Anandita. Juany and her husband Willy own and operate Yasinori’s in Bocas del Drago: a seafood cafe right on the Caribbean. She couldn’t speak much English, and I, not much Spanish. So we […]