More Ectophylla alba

A couple of days ago, while out working in the field, I saw a lot of mammals: an agouti eating a seed and bouncing around the forest floor, a coatimundi that I startled and sent jumping over a log, and a group of five Ectophylla alba (white tent bats). I have seen three groups of E. alba in tents during my time working here at La Selva. Their tents are fairly inconspicuous and ephemeral so once you find a colony, they may disappear from their roost soon thereafter. Here are some photos of these five fluffy white bats -- they are so cute and all squished on top of each other under this Heliconia leaf!