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Wildcats Study at El Remanso : First pictures
El Remanso has been an active supporter of the local wildcat study led by biologists Aida Bustamante and Ricardo Moreno. The study which started in 2006 focuses on the endangered species like the jaguars, pumas and ocelots. Weekly presentations at the lodge give our guests the opportunity to have more information of the work of these hardworking environementalists.
This year, El Remanso has purchased 4 camera traps which will constinuosly be installed in our trail system. As you can see below, after only 15 days, the first pictures show peccaries, coatis, tayras and luckily an ocelot!
Last year, El Remanso also had a couple of camera traps installed for a short period of 3 weeks and these were some of the pictures then:
Posted on Sunday, July 26th, 2009 at 1:11 pm and is filed under News, Responsible practices. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
I have not been to your place since 2000 when I used to stay with Brad and Nicky.It looks like you two have really been doing amazing work on the Osa since I have seen you last.The camera traps sound like a real fun side of smart work.I look forward to checking out what is next.
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Wendy and I stayed with you August 2008. Where did you set up these camera traps???? We think about our wonderful time at El Remanso every day as we have an awesome black and white photo in our family room of the glass frogs!!! Please tell both Gerardo’s “hola” from us!
September 2nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Hello Wendy & Tom,
Thanks for your message! The camera traps are set up on the Beach, Carablanca and Ridge Trail. The best results in terms of wildcats is on the Beach Trail (2 pumas + 2 ocelots), but have had pictures of peccaries on the ridge trail and hope to get some “cats” there too!
Kind regards from the whole El Remanso crew!
Dani