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Wildlife of San Gerardo
15th January Our assessed presentations are now out of the way, and it’s time to head to our next location for the field course, but not before a quick stop at the hummingbird cafe! This cafe has a number of sugar feeders that attract a wide variety of hummingbirds, providing the perfect place to see…
sf343 January 26th, 2017 Costa Rica, Costa Rica archive biological station, camera traps, conservation, Costa Rica, eco tourism, Field Course, hammocks, Hummingbirds, jungle, mexican deer mouse, olingo, research, San Gerardo, scenery, sunrise, Tortuguero, vampire bats, views, volcano
Perfect Presentations
15th January After two days of data collection and frantic presentation prep the time to show off our findings has arrived! Here’s a summary of a few of the brilliant research topics from Field Course Costa Rica this year… Begonia Group Why do begonia leaves have varying drip tip numbers? For our group project we…
sf343 January 25th, 2017 Costa Rica, Costa Rica archive bark beetles, begonia, biological station, coatis, cohesion, Costa Rica, dominance, drip tips, edge effects, elevations, epidendrum radicans, epiphyls, Field Course, food quality, herbivory, Hummingbirds, insect variation, leafcutter ants, Monteverde, olingo, Playa Grande, pollination, presentations, research
Hazardous Hiking
11th-14th January Rising bright and early for our second day in Monteverde we prepared for a day experiencing potential ideas for our main projects, eager to get stuck in researching our chosen subject. A hike in the cloud forest to increasing elevations began our morning, letting us observe the changes in the surrounding forest along…
sf343 January 25th, 2017 Costa Rica, Costa Rica archive Bajo del Tigre, begonias, children's eternal rainforest, cloud forest, Costa Rica, drip tips, eggs, elevations, elven forest, Field Course, figs, glass butterflies, hike, howler monkeys, Hummingbirds, landslide, Monteverde, parasitic wasps, pollinators, preparation, presentation, research, tarantulas
Countdown to Costa Rica!
With Christmas now behind us Field Course Fortnight is only just around the corner and therefore current final year bioscience and masters students will be preparing for what is sure to be the trip of a lifetime. In the last days before we jet off to our respective exotic destinations we will be frantically checking…
sf343 December 28th, 2016 Costa Rica, Costa Rica archive Biodiversity, Bioscience, Costa Rica, Field Course Costa Rica, Field Course Fornight, Glass frog, Hummingbirds, Jaguars, Monteverde, Sea turtles, Three-toed sloth, Tropical frogs, university of exeter