{"id":142,"date":"2017-09-16T03:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T02:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/?p=142"},"modified":"2017-09-19T20:14:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T19:14:07","slug":"hang-minute-promised-us-birds-bees-gave-us-iguanas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/hang-minute-promised-us-birds-bees-gave-us-iguanas\/","title":{"rendered":"Hang on a minute.  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(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ardea herodias, waiting for the fishmonger to turn his back&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the mangrove above there are pelicans, and there are also yellow crowned night herons.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_78\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-78\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_c9d1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"'Pelicanus occidentalis urinator', what a name!\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_c9d1-300x200.jpg 300w, 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src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_c9db-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"2 juvenile Yellow crowned night herons (Nyctanassa violacea).\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_c9db-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_c9db-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_c9db-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_c9db.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 juvenile Yellow crowned night herons (Nyctanassa violacea).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Along the pier in Puerto Ayora, which is illumintated and attracts sharks (see the next post for more on that&#8230;) there was a Lava heron (Butorides sundevalli) standing to attention.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if it was looking for a swift meal, of some of the tiny little fish attracted by the flood lights, or if it was trying to avoid becoming a shark&#8217;s dinner?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-138\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1e28-215x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Am I a lava heron, or a juvenile striated heron? 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