Well, the countdown has officially begun! I have less than a week before I finagle my possessions into my backpack, board a plane and make my way solo on various modes of public transportation to Punta Islita, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. Less than three weeks before I begin my month-long hiatus from being a vet and become a volunteer at The Ara Project.
Check it out here: thearaproject.org
Check it out here: thearaproject.org
For those who may not know, The Ara Project is a government-supported conservation endeavor for Great Green and Scarlet Macaws. These two species are the only native macaws of Costa Rica, and their numbers have been consistently declining. They are both listed CITES I (threatened with extinction). And they are both absolutely gorgeous.
- By Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA (Great Green Macaw) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
I kept a travel blog when I went to Ireland last year and I know that some of my friends and family enjoyed the updates, so my plan is to do something similar this time. I won’t have access to the Internet very often, so posts may be a little sporadic. And also, I make no promises that the content might interest you; my posts may be rather bird-centric. I’m not a crazy bird lady at all.
