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Valerie Booth

@ouidamarie.bsky.social

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Nature lover, science educator, wife, mother, lover of food and wine, living the #puravida saving turtles and counting birds in beautiful Costa Rica.

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Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · 5d

When I searched my photos for “bird”.. there were 700 very amateur pics to choose from .. here is a white throated magpie jay in Cañas, Costa Rica. (Am a birder not a photographer). #birds

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Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · 10d

Spectacled Owl, Uvita, Costa Rica (roostes with his (or her) mate.

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Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · 13d

Update.. I think this is where baby walking sticks come from. #insects #bugsky

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · 14d

I spy with my little eye. Not a bird.. not a turtle.. and not a fungus… genus phanocles is as close as I can get with an ID. #nature

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Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · 15d

Migratory birds are arriving to my garden, but the warblers would not sit still for a photo.. this linneated woodpecker was a little more accommodating, but only slightly thus the poorly focused shot. #birds #costaricabirding

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · 27d

No turtle tracks but a plenty of birds including 27 scarlet macaws not pictured and a chance to be grateful for the start of another beautiful day. #puravida #birds

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · 27d

No turtles. But lovely sunrise.

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · 27d

Beautiful! I have sunrise turtle patrol on my beach in the morning.

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Sep 27

Baby turtles entering the Pacific at sunset. One of my favorite sights. #seaturtles #puravida

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Sep 27

I created this one for my own benefit last month

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Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Sep 16

I will follow @michaelhobbes.bsky.social anywhere. Seems like I’m about to learn more about bikes.

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Sep 7

Not looking my cutest.. but loving life. moonlit turtle walk.. tagged an olive ridley and saved 94 future olive ridleys from the poachers. #seaturtles

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Aug 13

Just out here walking beaches and tagging turtles. #seaturtles #puravida #lifelonglearning

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Aug 9

Baby turtle release in the moonlight just before dawn. #seaturtles #costarica

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Jul 23

Just out here living a life filled with gratitude and saving turtles whenever I can.

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Jun 14

Attended my kinda parade this morning. No tanks. Just baby sea turtles doing what they’ve done for millions of years—marching toward the ocean, full of hope. #seaturtles #costarica

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Mar 30

It was a journey, but I was able to spend some quality time with my 78 y/o dad and add 85 new birds to my 2025 list. Pictured are some birds who were posing and a lovely sunrise. #birds #costarica

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Mar 4

Sunrise and Turtle nest rescue. Excellent start to the week. #seaturtles #puravida

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Feb 25

Skipped the news in favor of a sunrise turtle walk. The universe delivered this sunrise and the opportunity to provide some protection for 81 olive ridley turtle eggs. #seaturtles #costarica

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Feb 19

Skipped morning doomscrolling and found this scarlet macaw hanging out in Golfito. #birds #costaricabirding

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Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Feb 8

The best use of 2 hours I have spent since January 20. Discovered a nesting pair of slaty tailed trogans in my garden. #birds #costarica

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Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Feb 1

A good January kicks off my personal #costarica #bigyear. For the 3rd year running my goal is 500 species of birds. I ❤️ #birds.

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Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Jan 30

Took these photos yesterday in La Fortuna, Costa Rica. Rainbows to the right and Keel Billed toucans to the left. #birds

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Jan 29

I would recommend packing cubes.. but then you have to invent something to make 80 pounds of vacuum sealed clothes weigh only 50 pounds.

Valerie Booth @ouidamarie.bsky.social · Jan 23

Beautiful. They always just look like black grosbeak in my photos. 😂