I will also appriciate any links you could give me. These are the varibles you have to set to customize the menu. The stylesheet have been removed. The sun is still shining over the black sand beach of Tortuguero, situated on the northern part of Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. This means it's hot to walk long stretches on the beach at night and almost unbearable to do it during the day.
More leatherbacks seem to be coming in but everyone agrees that the season has had a slow start.
The conservationists working in Gandoca and Pacuare, as well as the park rangers in Tortuguero, are of the same opinion. As always El Ni o is being blamed, an easy option when other explanations are lacking. However, researchers in Australia found peaks in green turtle nesting two years after strong El Ni o events. Here in Tortuguero we are dealing with a different ocean basin and a different species of sea turtle. Still, El Ni o may be having an effect on the weather pattern over the Western Caribbean.