Playa Langosta: Las Baulas National Park

 

Marine Ecology Lecture: Jason giving a marine ecology lecture
at the beach (what an appropriate place!).

 Estuary Visit: A visit to the local estuary during a field activity on mangrove ecology.

Nesting Leatherback Sea Turtle: Collecting data and leatherback 

sea turtle eggs from a nesting female
(thanks Chris!). 

Leatherback Sea Turtle Eggs: A clutch of leatherback sea turtle eggs we
relocated further up the beach so the tide wouldn't flood them.

Kitchen at Playa Langosta: The kitchen and common area at Playa Langosta

where we assisted with sea turtle conservation and research.

 Bedding at Playa Langosta: Paige sleeping under her mosquito net in the women's tarp,

which houses up to six people.

Palmares: Madre Verde Reserve

'Green Mother' Butterfly: A beautiful butterfly in the Madre Verde reserve (courtesy of Jason).

Tree Planting Ceremony: Miguel leading a tree-planting ceremony during the course.
In addition to (more than) offsetting carbon released as a result of the course, the EEI
'Carbon & Community' program supports local community conservation efforts.

La Fortuna Area

Reticulated Glass Frog: A small reticulated frog we found while exploring at night
in the garden at our favorite eco-lodge.

White-Nosed Coati: A coati (Pizote) who came out to visit us on the road near La Fortuna.

La Fortuna: Hanging Bridges

Buttress Roots: A huge tree with buttress roots in Hanging Bridges Reserve.

Waterfall: A beautiful waterfall we visited in the northern zone

(special thanks to Chris for this pic).

San Ramón: Alberto Brenes Biological Reserve

  Aquatic Insect Collection Field Activity: Collecting insects in the river,
which we later identified in the laboratory with microscopes.

 Plant Diversity Identification: Learning about tropical plant diversity
in the laboratory after collecting samples in the field.

Plant Leaf Stoma: Viewing the stoma of a leaf through a microscope during a
tropical plant diversity activity in the rain forest.

Night Exploration: Nocturnal exploration in the rain forest.

Leaf Insect: A nocturnal leaf insect we found during our night exploration activity.

 

 Small Nocturnal Snake:An unidentified snake we found during our night activity.

San Ramón: University of Costa Rica

University of Costa Rica 'Demonstration Forest': A hike through the UCR demonstration forest 

where a wild troop of howler monkeys live, and research and environmental education takes place.

View of San Ramon from the UCR: A view of the town of San Ramon during a visit to the
University of Costa Rica, Western Regional Campus.

Poas National Park & Volcano

The Crater at Poas Volcano: Viewing the crater at Poas Volcano National Park.

Miscellaneous Wildlife

Adult Iguana: Mature 'green' iguana, though it doesn't appear very green!

Howler Monkey: A howler monkey (mono Congo) we ran upon in Guanacaste.

Scarlet Macaws: A couple of scarlett macaws we encountered
en-route from San Ramon to Guanacaste.

Central Pacific: Manuel Antonio & Esterillos

 

The Beach at Manuel Antonio

One of the more beautiful beaches in Costa Rica: Manuel Antonio National Park. We received
a presentation from Javier (the park guide in charge of the environmental education program)
before enjoying the beach for the afternoon.  

 
Mangove Ecology Visit Dr. Titus (in the background, SUNY-Fredonia) explaining mangrove ecology at the Pacific coast near Caldera.

Nocturnal Inter-Tidal Exploration
The group exploring tide pools at Playa Esterillos in search of nocturnal
tropical marine life. 

Palmares: Madre Verde Reserve

Hiking Pre-Montane Forest
A hike in pre-montane tropical forest during a visit to a conservation project in Palmares.

Service-Learning in a Tree Nursery
Providing assistance planting native seeds in tree nursery. Once they have grown into
seedlings, they will be planted as part of reforestation efforts.

Tree Planting Activity
The trees we planted in assisting reforestation efforts in a community watershed conservation project.
The trees will also sequester all carbon dioxide released as a result of implementation
of this course in less than 6 months, counting international travel, local travel,
and time spent in-country.