Osa Conservation Supports Research in Golfo Dulce: So Many Sea Turtles!

September 18th represented the 3rd Annual Sea Turtle festival on Carate Beach. About 100 members of Carate, Puerto Jiménez, and surrounding communities participated in sea turtle discussions, presentations fun activities with the theme of conservation. The festival began with an interactive discussion with children and adults about the principal biological characteristics of the Osa, the turtle species that nest here, and the objectives and activities of the Sea Turtle Conservation Program developed by Osa Conservation on the beaches of Piro, Pejeperro and Carate. Club Ambiental Las Abejitas of the Saturnino...
El pasado 18 de septiembre se realizó el III Festival de Tortugas Marinas en playa Carate. Participaron alrededor de 100 personas de la comunidad de Carate, comunidades aledañas y de Puerto Jiménez; en charlas y actividades recreativas en el tema de la conservación de las tortugas marinas. Para iniciar el festival se realizó una charla interactiva con los niños y adultos sobre las principales características biológicas, las especies que desovan en Osa, las amenazas y sobre los objetivos y actividades del Proyecto de Conservación de Tortugas Marinas desarrollado por...
By Phoebe Edge, Research Field Assistant (RFA) , Sea Turtle Conservation Program. What turtle has the best eye sight? A SEE TURTLE! And that´s why it´s so important that we make sure on night patrols that we spot the ladies before they spot us…the last thing we want to do is scare them back to the sea. A good turtle detective just doesn´t do that. An Olive Ridley could have swum thousands of miles to get to this specific beach which is why here at Friends of the Osa we do...
[caption id="attachment_1341" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Riverside Wren nest by Cheryl Chip & Jim Tamarack"][/caption] For those of you who may remember, I posted a feature on the Riverside Wren (Thryothorus semibadius) back in April. It was one of my first postings for the then new Friends of the Osa's blog The Osa Chronicles and a few of you commented on both the nature history and photography by Gianfranco Gomez. One of the species ecological behaviors I wrote about was of reproduction and nesting. When I spoke about the nest of...
Como preparación para el 22 de Mayo, Día Internacional de la Diversidad Biológica, los estudiantes de la Escuela Saturnino Cedeño Cedeño y el Colegio Técnico Profesional de Puerto Jiménez, estarán recibiendo charlas y realizando actividades educativas en diversos temas. Esta semana, con la colaboración de expositores de la Coalición Ambiental de Puerto Jiménez, el Programa de Educación Ambiental de Amigos de Osa ha motivado a los estudiantes a despertar el interés por la gran biodiversidad de la Península de Osa, con un especial énfasis en especies en vía de...