I started the morning as I always do with 5:30 am bird watching, but this morning was the first that was somewhat uneventful. We made up for it by seeing 13 Macaws during our sunset dinner (keep in mind there’s only 250 officially recorded macaws in the Chiquibol forest).

The group then went out to retrieve our camera traps that we set out on the first day. After dinner we went though all 14 cameras and recorded all animals spotted, including 3 pumas!!

To finish out the night we had an amazing group campfire just outside the LCRS clearing, within the Mayan trail. This meant in any direction we looked we could see an uncovered Mayan mound.

No abnormal or exciting bee sightings today unfortunately, but I have absolutely become friends with the black slender stingless bee that bird watches with me every morning and sits on my bright orange bracelet. If I’ve taken anything away from my bee assignment, it is a total desensitization to all bees surrounding me.