Costa Rica: Ostional Photo Gallery by Dana Holm at pbase.com

Costa Rica: Ostional

Seven days documenting the arribada of November 2011. The first two days were hatchlings from the September arribada, several thousand olive ridley hatchlings were observed and photographed leaving their nests and making the 100 yard march to the sea. We protected them against their ever present nemesis, the black vulture. The remaining days were spent with the adult turtles as they began arriving to nest. It began with a few dozen still present during the early morning light, and by Friday, a thousand were present during a two hour span.

1st morning at Ostional copy.jpg	Hello World copy.jpg	Coming out of nest copy.jpg	March to the sea copy.jpg
Even a footprint seems like a mountain copy.jpg	50 feet looks like 50 miles copy.jpg	Almost home copy.jpg	1st strokes copy.jpg
1st taste of saltwater copy.jpg	Hatchling saved from the vultures copy.jpg	Baby tortuga tracks copy.jpg	First adult turtles in early light copy.jpg
Returning to the sea copy.jpg	Her job is done copy.jpg	New arrival copy.jpg	Getting her bearings on the beach copy.jpg
Choosing a nest location copy.jpg	Using head for digging copy.jpg	Digging the nest copy.jpg	20 minutes of progress copy.jpg
On the Nest early morning copy.jpg	On the Nest early morning crop copy.jpg	Mud tears from nest building copy.jpg	The nesting ridge copy.jpg
Vultures dancing around nest copy.jpg	The nesting copy.jpg	Covering up nest at dawn copy.jpg	Olive Ridley smoothing over nest copy.jpg
Returning to the sea after nesting copy.jpg	Tracks back home copy.jpg	Tres arribada copy.jpg	Late arrival from ocean copy.jpg
Heading Home copy.jpg	Almost Home II copy.jpg	Late for the party copy.jpg	Sunrise tortuga copy.jpg
Sunrise tortugas copy.jpg	Joey into it copy.jpg	Grim reapers of the beach copy.jpg	Rest stop copy.jpg
They just keep coming copy.jpg	Locals harvesting staples copy.jpg	Vultures awaiting hatchlings copy.jpg	Night Heron copy.jpg
Night Heron in flight copy.jpg	Wood Storks copy.jpg	Beach sandpipers copy.jpg	1st of three rivers to forge copy.jpg
Almost Home III copy.jpg	Beach activity copy.jpg	Crowded beach copy.jpg	Far end of Ostional copy.jpg
Heading home II copy.jpg	Fresh from the sea copy.jpg	Late morning leftovers copy.jpg	Making her way up to nesting area copy.jpg
Making tracks copy.jpg	Meeting friends copy.jpg	More arrivals copy.jpg	Morning sun and tortuga copy.jpg
Nesting ridge copy.jpg	On her way copy.jpg	Early morning exodus copy.jpg	Ostional at dawn copy.jpg
Silhouetted Turtles copy.jpg	Just arriving copy.jpg	Ready to nest copy.jpg	The enemies copy.jpg
View from the ridge copy.jpg	View from the ridge II copy.jpg	Arribadas Ostional copy.jpg	Early beach light copy.jpg
Two way beach copy.jpg	Turtles sneaking a peek at the nesting beach copy.jpg	Early beach light II copy.jpg	Early beach light III copy.jpg
Rush Hour copy.jpg	Cloudy last morning copy.jpg	Turtles as far as the eye can see copy.jpg	Day six scene copy.jpg
Day six sunrise copy.jpg	Sunrise Arribadas copy.jpg	Rocky entrance copy.jpg	Day six of arribadas copy.jpg
Early day six copy.jpg	Early day six II copy.jpg	Ostional Arribadas copy.jpg	Rush hour on the nesting ridge copy.jpg
Ostional residents collecting eggs copy.jpg	Ostional residents collecting eggs II copy.jpg	Ostional residents collecting eggs III copy.jpg	Eggs being harvested copy.jpg
Final turtle copy.jpg	Me and Tortuga copy.jpg	Me photographing Olive Ridley copy.jpg	Me shooting down the beach copy.jpg

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joseantonio		06-Dec-2011 05:05
I was lucky enough to be in Tortuguero some years ago. This is fascinating

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