This adorable first-year Virginia Rail was found by none other than the infamous Don Mastwell (with chimp support). His reputation should be well known to all citizens of the blogosphere. It was last seen this morning diving into the burrow of a Cassin's Auklet. Will it be present tomorrow? It is impossible to know.
This is a jumping spider--a member of the family Salticidae (same root as Saltators, which are named for jumping/hopping habits--nomenclature!) Jim Tietz found it in his room--what species is it? What genus? I have no idea. It could be endemic to the island--we simply don't know.
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