Friday, August 17, 2012

Ostional : turtles nestling


from Costa Rica Bella 

Turtles arriving in ostional Beach, 

Guanacaste Costa Rica


Sea turtles arrive at Ostional to lay eggs almost every night.
This event occur every month, always associated with a phase of the moon, being more predictable during the winter. In the waning phase happen most of the arrivals. Turtles usually come out at night but  sometimes around two o’clock in the afternoon until seven o’clock of the next day. They usually stay three days but some winter nights can stay eight days, which can reach about 500,000 turtles to nest their eggs on average 100 eggs per turtle.
At Playa Ostional come to nest four species of turtles, Carey (Eritmochelys imbricata) sporadically during the year, La verde del Pacifico or Tortuga Negra  (Chelonia agassizzi) , la baula (Dermochelys coriacea) and La Lora (Lepidochelys olivacea) in large quantities in both the rainy and dry season.
This Beach is located in nicoya Peninsula, 2 hours from Liberia Airport. Contac us for Lodging information

Turtle Arribadas