Its our last night at Las Cuevas, and I am exhausted. Luckily today was a pretty chill day so I got some downtime to rest. In the morning, we did our last hike to collect all the cameras that we set up earlier this week. We were all hoping to find a big cat, and we did!!!! We got a few pictures, that we think could be up to 3 different pumas! Pumas are territorial, so they are likely to be the same one, but it’s fun to think we caught a bunch. We found that animals like the man-made trails that experience low-traffic compared to undisturbed areas. It was so fun going through these pics.

Today I also gave my last presentation. It marked the beginning of our coral reef ecosystem, with my taxon, hard corals. I’m so glad to be done with my presentations and it made me so excited to start exploring Glover’s reef soon

To end the day, we hung out by a fire near one of the mayan ruins. We found a huge moth wing here, which I think belongs to a polyphemus moth.

We all laughed and looked back at our week here. My favorite part so far was definitely catching a butterfly. My least favorite part has to be how much my feet ache, especially in the rubber boots. And overall, I can’t wait to identify hard corals, see stingrays, and watch sunrises and sunsets from the island.