Journal and species accounts, v1347
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Hauken, James 1975 Journal Green Turtle Station, sea level, Tortuguero, Limón Province, Costa Rica 9 July advance who will be taking a turtle so that I can go there to get blood. In the next installment I'll comment on changes in the area since last year. Beach surveys taken from last week indicate that the turtles are already coming up, and in greater numbers than last year. 12 July Clive Carr arrived back from San José yesterday evening with Steven Care and Anne Weyan who complete the tagging crew. Earlier that afternoon Kathy Landauer and myself had gone across the river to Cerro Tortuguero. We spent most of our time along the trail to the top of the mountain, but never went further than a third of the way up. Kathy spent most of the time looking for insects while I looked for frogs. We have had very little rain, if any, the last few days, and while the ground in the shaded forest was moist, it wasn't saturated as may be found when it has been raining more frequently, nor was there any water collected on leaf surfaces or in small depressions - less than ten frogs were seen, and