Welcome to the "jungle"
Well, technically it’s a fairly well established secondary rainforest, but that doesn’t have quite the same ring to it!
Welcome to Phase 14 of GVI Costa Rica and the final one of 2008. This phase Jess, Heather, Sarah-Jayne, Dan, Kirstie, Sarah, Cody, Jo, Emma, Victoria, Claudia, Cath, Chris, Gary & Liz have joined us from the US, UK and Canada. They have arrived to devote themselves and their next five or ten weeks to the conservation efforts of Caño Palma Biological Station, an experience not to be missed.
So, what do they have to look forward to at this time of year?
As the nesting season for green turtles begins to wind down, we start to reach the peak season for hatchlings, so plenty of daytime work on the beach, in the form of morning census, hatchling orientation and excavations. Night walks will be continuing for the next few weeks and we hope everyone will have the chance to see these magnificent creatures nesting on our local beach.
On bird surveys, we can expect to see the migratory birds begin to show up on the canals over the course of the phase. Last phase ended with the first of the little blue herons (Egretta caerulea) beginning to put in an appearance, and just travelling around locally the snowy egrets (Egretta thula) are now clearly in evidence, with there distinctive black legs and bright yellow feet.
On the community side of things, Vivian and Daniel – our Brazilian Community Interns – are now well settled at the school-house and English classes have become more popular than ever. They are also running a Sports Club and Daniel’s teaching the locals some Brazilian culture with regular Capoeira classes. The EMs will join them on Monday to experience their first class.
And, of course, all the old favourites will be going ahead: jag walks, camera trapping and mammal transects to name a few – a jam packed autumn ahead at Caño Palma, so stay with us over the coming weeks.
So, what do they have to look forward to at this time of year?
As the nesting season for green turtles begins to wind down, we start to reach the peak season for hatchlings, so plenty of daytime work on the beach, in the form of morning census, hatchling orientation and excavations. Night walks will be continuing for the next few weeks and we hope everyone will have the chance to see these magnificent creatures nesting on our local beach.
On bird surveys, we can expect to see the migratory birds begin to show up on the canals over the course of the phase. Last phase ended with the first of the little blue herons (Egretta caerulea) beginning to put in an appearance, and just travelling around locally the snowy egrets (Egretta thula) are now clearly in evidence, with there distinctive black legs and bright yellow feet.
On the community side of things, Vivian and Daniel – our Brazilian Community Interns – are now well settled at the school-house and English classes have become more popular than ever. They are also running a Sports Club and Daniel’s teaching the locals some Brazilian culture with regular Capoeira classes. The EMs will join them on Monday to experience their first class.
And, of course, all the old favourites will be going ahead: jag walks, camera trapping and mammal transects to name a few – a jam packed autumn ahead at Caño Palma, so stay with us over the coming weeks.
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