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by Stephanie Thirolle — posted Feb 10, 2009

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Image Matura Beach — by Stephanie Thirolle — posted
Matura Beach     
Image Day 3 (4/22/09) - Ice Cream Shop — by Saiontoni Sarkar — posted
A picture of the homemade ice cream shop.     
Image Day 3 (4/22/09) - Leatherback on the beach — by Saiontoni Sarkar — posted
A picture of one of the leatherback females we saw on the beach.     
Image Suzan's Guest House - Matura — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Tagging Training — by Wendy Dow — posted
Dennis Sammy (Manager, Nature Seekers) demonstrating tagging on a life-size leatherback sea turtle replica!     
Image Welcome to Matura — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Nature Seekers Office — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Rio Seco waterfall hike — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Rio Seco waterfall hike — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Rio Seco Waterfall — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Rio Seco waterfall hike — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Rio Seco waterfall hike — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Suzan's Guest House - Larry and Michelle — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Body Temperature Team — by Wendy Dow — posted
Christina, Nate and Jason are measuring the internal and external temperatures of nesting leatherback turtles to examine how these temperatures change throughout the laying process.     
Image Nest temperature team — by Wendy Dow — posted
Michelle, Max and Noelle are using temperature probes to measure nest temperature at different locations in the nest throughout incubation (in a relocated nest) - nest temperature determines the sex of sea turtle hatchlings! Temperature probe placement is important in estimating the sex of the hatchlings and this team is determining the best place to measure nest temperature (and how different placements can change sex ratio estimates!).     
Image Nest temperature team — by Wendy Dow — posted
Mama Michelle laying her nest and placing the temperature probes!     
Image Flipper Tagging — by Wendy Dow — posted
Max, Wendy and Michelle flipper tagging!     
Image Matura Forest Howler Monkey Hike — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Matura Forest Howler Monkey Hike — by Wendy Dow — posted
Photo - Kirsten Moy     
Image Matura Forest Howler Monkey Hike - Frances — by Wendy Dow — posted
Our guide Frances. Photo - Kirsten Moy     
Image Matura Forest Howler Monkey Hike - Group Photo — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Body measurement team — by Wendy Dow — posted
Erin, Kirsten and Amanda are taking morphological measurements of what they term "Big Mama's" (aka the largest turtles they can find) to help the National Marine Fisheries Service design Turtle Excluder Devices that will be large enough to release leatherbacks!     
Image What a face! — by Wendy Dow — posted
Some say these Moms are crying, but Leatherback sea turtles excrete salt with a giant salt gland located behind the eyes and via these tears! Photo - Kirsten Moy     
Image A pair of nesting leatherbacks — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Egg number and size team — by Wendy Dow — posted
Sara, Carolina and Danielle are counting the number of eggs each female lays and measure the diameter of a sample of eggs to determine if these are correlated with female size.     
Image Nesting Leatherback — by Wendy Dow — posted
And Carolina!     
Image On the bus headed to the north coast! — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image North Coast - Galera Point — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image North Coast - Galera Point Monkeys — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image North Coast - teeny tiny roads! — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Matelot - meeting with fishermen — by Wendy Dow — posted
In Matelot we met with several fishermen to talk about fishing and sea turtle bycatch in Trinidad     
Image Matelot — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Grande Riviere - daytime nesting turtle — by Wendy Dow — posted
Grand Riviere has a 1km beach and has from 100-500 nesting females per night! It is likely the densest nesting site for leatherback sea turtles in the world! During the afternoon you can see leatherbacks swimming close to shore "scoping out" the beach - this one decided to nest during daylight hours - a rare treat for us to witness!     
Image Grande Riviere daytime nester — by Wendy Dow — posted
      
Image Steel Pan Music with Jimi Phillips — by Scott Eckert — posted
Our dinner on the last night was spent on a beautiful patio overlooking the jungle at the PAX Guest House in St. Joseph, listening to the world class steel drum artist Jimi Phillip. Steel drum (also known as steel pan) is a traditional instrument developed in Trinidad in the 1940's and made from old oil drums.     
Image Dinner at PAX — by Scott Eckert — posted
Having fun listening to music, enjoying the ambiance and good food at PAX guest house     
Image Dinner at PAX — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Learning to play the pan! — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Rio Seco hike — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image The 'real' workers! — by Scott Eckert — posted
Sand, jungle mud, salt and fresh water soakings, smelly feet....don't think these are going home in my suitcase!     
Image Preparing measuring equipment — by Scott Eckert — posted
Sometimes field science requires a diversity of skills, including cutting and measuring PVC pipe!     
Image Hiking in the Matura Forest — by Scott Eckert — posted
So its hot, humid and buggy looking for monkeys? We're still having fun!     
Image Data and more data — by Scott Eckert — posted
Michelle keeps up with data recording.     
Image Our jungle guide Francis — by Scott Eckert — posted
Francis, one of the Nature Seekers is an expert on all things jungle, especially Howler monkeys.     
Image Monkey hike in the Matura Forest — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Rhinoceros beetle - Matura Forest — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Mora trees, Matura Forest — by Scott Eckert — posted
These large Mora trees with their buttressing are typical of a mature forest on the Trinidad east coast.     
Image Bushwacking in the Matura Forest — by Scott Eckert — posted
Ok, so who needs a trail? We're looking for monkeys!     
Image Break time — by Scott Eckert — posted
Resting after a long jungle hike.     
Image Galera Point — by Scott Eckert — posted
On the NE corner of Trinidad is Galera Point - leatherbacks like to hang out between nesting events off this point.     
Image Galera Point — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Galera Point — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Green rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) — by Scott Eckert — posted
The diminutive parrotlets were feeding on ripe fruit at Galera Pt.     
Image Listening to Matelot Fishers — by Scott Eckert — posted
We spent a couple of hours learning from fishers at the Matelot fishing depot, about the challenges of fishing, while trying to avoid catching leatherback sea turtles.     
Image Matelot, Trinidad — by Scott Eckert — posted
Sea turtle conservationist Renwick Roberts, spoke to us about their work to protect leatherbacks nesting on the roadless north coast of Trinidad.     
Image Daylight nesting at Grande Riviere beach — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Bird watching at PAX Guest house — by Scott Eckert — posted
The guest house has a terrace built especially for viewing the wide variety of Trinidad's birds, including an incredible diversity of hummingbirds. We even saw an absolutely beautiful white tailed hawk soaring over the jungle valley behind the guest house.     
Image Hummingbird, Pax Guest House — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Purple Honeycreeper, (Cyanerpes caeruleus) Pax Guest House — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Historical tour of Port-of-Spain — by Scott Eckert — posted
After a week on the rural coast and getting know conservation from the ground, we took a historical tour of Port-of-Spain, with guide Melissa. Oil revenues are driving an economic boom in this capital city, which is not well reflected in the countryside, providing us one more opportunity to broaden our understanding of endangered species conservation and its context. The city is also incredibly old, dating back to its exploration by Columbus in 1496, settlement by the Spanish and subsequent take-over by Britian and finally independence in 1962.     
Image Historical tour of Port of Spain: Fort George — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Historical Tour of Port of Spain: Fort George — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Historical Tour of Port of Spain: Fort George — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Historical Tour of Port of Spain: Fort George — by Scott Eckert — posted
A view of Port of Spain from Fort George.     
Image Port of Spain — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Port of Spain — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Caroni Swamp Tour — by Scott Eckert — posted
We finished our last full day in Trinidad with a tour of the Caroni Swamp by boat.     
Image Caroni Swamp Tour: Cooke's tree boa — by Scott Eckert — posted
Common in the swamp, these snakes like to reside on overhanging branches.     
Image Caroni Swamp Tour — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Caroni Swamp Tour — by Scott Eckert — posted
      
Image Caroni Swamp Tour: The Common Potoos (Nyctibius griseus) — by Scott Eckert — posted
Can you see it? Camouflaged and sitting on the tip of this broken snag.....believe it or not, its a bird!     
Image 090423_0003.JPG — by Brian Johnson — posted
      
Image 090424_0007.JPG — by Brian Johnson — posted
      
Image IMG_9002.jpg — by Brian Johnson — posted
      
Image IMG_9014.jpg — by Brian Johnson — posted
      
Image IMG_9044.jpg — by Brian Johnson — posted
      
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