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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