8 item(s) tagged "wildlife"
on Tuesday, November 04, 2008
The Osa Peninsula is one of the most remote and undeveloped regions of Costa Rica. Towns like Puerto Jimenez and Drake Bay and places like Cano Island and Corcovado National Park are some of the hot spots where thousands of people come every year hoping to see whales, dolphins, tapirs, scarlet macaws and many other unique animals who call the Osa Peninsula their home.
Traveling 'eco style&...
read more. on Thursday, November 06, 2008
1. Canopy Tours - Fly
through the sky! This activity is truly unique to Costa Rica. Very few
countries in the world offer forest views from canopy tours like this place.
2. Volcanoes
- I've lived here for almost six years and I have to say, seeing an
active volcano or even a dormant one is still an incredible wonder to
me. There are more than 112 volcanic formations in Costa Rica, you go...
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on Wednesday, November 12, 2008
by Rayna Levin
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read more. on Thursday, November 13, 2008
1. Caimans
2. Hummingbirds
3. Birds
4. Frogs
5. ME!
6. Spiders
7.Lizards
8. Tapirs
9. Coati Mundi
10. Monkeys
11. Sloths
12. Turtles
13. My Crazy Family :)
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read more. on Wednesday, November 19, 2008
by Rayna Levin
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by Rayna LevinIt's a Sloth, NO... It's a kinkaju, NO... IT IS an Anteater!!!!
I got a call the other day from a friend asking me if I knew how to
care for or where to take a baby sloth that some friends of ours had
found on the ground near their eco-lodge in the Sierpe
Terraba Mangrove Forest (south Pacific, Osa Peninsula).
Now I have a special affinity
for sloths (I fell in love with these beautif...
read more. on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
by Rayna Levin
So the next morning, after her little party was over, Eugenio called me and said she was apparently
healthy and needed to be released into the wild and I could either come
get her or they could release her into the forest at the refuge.
We all agreed it was best to release her as close as possible to
where she originally came from so I drove back to the the refuge and
picked her up, and of cou...
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