By Max Villalobos The arrival of May brings heavy rain to invade the forests of the Osa Peninsula. It is a time of great change and exceptional beauty. Millions of tiny trees and leaf litter form a living carpet across the colorful forests. These seemingly insignificant small seedlings are invaluable because they represent the renewal [...]
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categories: Cerro Osa, Feature, Friends of the Osa, Osa Biodiversity Center, Osa Peninsula, Reforestation
When we began our research, nobody expected us to find very many sea turtles inside Golfo Dulce — most sea turtle activity was thought to occur on the Pacific side of the Osa Peninsula. It turned out that chelonids were the most frequently seen family of animals, accounting for 38 percent of our total sightings. [...]
categories: Environmental Education, Feature, Friends of the Osa, Osa Peninsula, Programs, Sea Turtles, Wildlife
As Published in The Leader-Telegram They have a saying in Costa Rica: “Pura vida.” It literally translates as “pure life,” but to Costa Ricans, it can be inserted into many contexts and applications: “Thank you,” “You’re welcome,” “So it goes,” “Wonderful.” It is used so freely here I wouldn’t be surprised if it meant, “Pass [...]
The 2011 Osa Peninsula Audubon Christmas Bird Count summary is finally in. This Christmas, participants included Osa Conservation, Bosque del Rio Tigre, Bosque del Cabo, El Remanso, Iguana Lodge, Luna Lodge, Lapa Ríos, SurcosTours and Blue Ave. Participants spent 78.5 hours monitoring birds in the Osa Peninsula, spotting a total of 4,506 birds. Click here for the full report!
Hello!! My name is Jo Garrett and I’m a television producer based in Madison, Wisconsin. I am also a BIG-TIME Osa admirer since I had the pleasure of traveling there to shoot a documentary called, “Our Birds.” We produced the documentary for Wisconsin Public Television and you can view it at this link: http://wpt.org/ourbirds/ The [...]
categories: Cerro Osa, Feature, Friends of the Osa, Osa Biodiversity Center, Osa Peninsula, Programs, Tropical Birds, Wildlife
The Osa Peninsula AND our new logo! This is, of course, not a coincidence. We have updated our name and image with the much appreciated pro bono efforts of SME to reflect both the terrestrial and marine biodiversity that have been central to our mission for the past eight years. Please be patient with us as [...]
categories: Feature
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