Green Turtle Station, Tortuguero, Costa Rica 24 August I arrived here late yesterday afternoon via Cayuga from Limon. with Fernando Fernando had come for supplies for the GTS and I hitched a ride back with him. I arrived in San Jose' on Aug 18 and spent the next day in " " doing a few errands. The next few days were spent trying to arrange travel to Tortuguero (the itinerary for flight was temporarily out of service). The most exciting part of my stay in Limon was seeing one of the 3-toed Sloths in the park descend at mid-afternoon to defecate at the base of a fig tree. It descended deliberately despite the taunts and teasing of several local uncles until it reached the base. It remained for 4-5 minutes before heading back up the tree. A pile of feces at the same spot The tree base is apparently a favorite spot as there was a small mound of old feces (~1' wide) where it deposited his that day. I checked the bases of several of the other fig trees and found similar deposits. Possibly the sloths stake out territories in that manner. Life at Tortuguero is essentially unchanged except for official park status and a park HQ. The station is being