[EBB Sightings] OT: Costa Rica trip needs participants

I'm broadcasting, because I want to go and we need 20 people. Tonight I
asked the instructor roughly how many he thought we'd need, and he said
at least 10. So--this is a great opportunity for a lower cost than one
would pay for a tour guide birding trip. He did say if we got a bunch of
birders they'd make a special effort to do birding. (I'm interested in
the other things too since I've been on birding trips there.)


> This natural history class I'm taking at Merritt College has an 
> optional field component, second half of July. The instructor (Hank 
> Fabian) needs to have 20 people. We'll know if there are enough with 
> past participants around 4/1. But he said there may not be (he knows 
> of 6 so far not including past participants), so there's a possibility 
> that people who haven't taken the class can go. The cost would be 
> around $1700 or so, includes lodging, van, meals, not airfare, and I 
> think he said they stay mostly in research stations except the first 
> night.
> In class so far he's covered the formation of CR, trees and plants 
> including fungi, mammals and will be going over birds, insects, herps 
> and fish.
> Arrive 7/18, leave 7/31 or 8/1
> Itinerary is something like:
> San Jose, Hotel Bougainvilla
> Envivo (?) museum
> Tirimbina research station, including a native-chocolate-making demo 
> (you do and get to eat)
>> http://www.tirimbina.org/
> river to Nicaraguan border to Tortuguero
> Sea turtles on the beach (you can't just walk in there) at night, and 
> the sea turtle museum (went there last time)
> to near Panamanian border, Cano Blanca (?)
> Canoe/boat ride to where the indigenous BriBri people are and stay a 
> night
> http://colinsito.blogs.com/photos/bribri/index.html
> to Tirimbina, night frog walk
> La Selva research station
>> http://www.ots.ac.cr/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=69
> Arenal (we'll see it at night), butterfly garden
> Poas Volcano
> Let me know if you might be interested and I'll keep you posted or 
> give Hank your contact info.
Debbi Brusco
Hayward