Final Two Days

Saturday June 15

Today was our last day in Costa Rica and we started off the day bright and early at 6am. We woke up and had breakfast with our families. Then we met up and took the car to the beach. We sailed to the turtle foraging grounds where we saw many animals such an octopus, puffer fish, and even a green turtle which curiously are found on the foraging grounds but do not lay eggs on the beach. We sailed back and were allowed to have some down time before we went to the beach and watched the sunset. 

At 6:30pm we went to the barbeque and had our final meal at Kembly’s place.

 

Friday June 14

Today we spent the day snorkeling and catching rays where Pablo, Nayan, Robert and others caught rays.  We also cleaned the beach and collected data based on what we found.  Later, we learned about the daily flight patterns of local yellow naped parrots.  Every day, the same birds fly south from their foraging grounds in Nicaragua to their nests in Costa Rica.  We counted 87 birds in 1 hour.  After dinner, we went night patrolling for turtles and learned about some of the effects that light pollution can have on turtles trying to lay their eggs.

We are excited to share more about our experiences in person when we get home!

-Pablo, Nayan, Robert, Vincent, Carter, Ava, Rhyan, Ms. Dullea, Mr. and Mrs. Williams