Thursday, July 25, 2019

Day 9: Sting Ray Research, Parrot Counting and Sea Turtle Nesting

Today the group was at El Jobo beach by 9 am for sting ray capture, tagging (if big enough), tissue sampling, species ID, mass and measurements. El Jobo is a gorgeous beach that all loved snorkeling and seeing the surprisingly beautiful Halleri and Chilensis rays.


The group spotted 9 parrots travelling from their feeding grounds to their nesting sites. Word on the street is they have skirted the valley we watched from for a different route - so future parrot counting may be from Manzanillo beach.

At night we went to see Danielson at one secluded beach across from Nicaragua and the more developed beach of El Jobo to see the importance of international cooperation and development on Integrated Marine Resource Management.























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