Valerie Booth
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Valerie Booth
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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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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
Spectacled Owl, Uvita, Costa Rica (roostes with his (or her) mate.
Update.. I think this is where baby walking sticks come from. #insects #bugsky
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
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
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
No turtles. But lovely sunrise.
Beautiful! I have sunrise turtle patrol on my beach in the morning.
Baby turtles entering the Pacific at sunset. One of my favorite sights. #seaturtles #puravida
I created this one for my own benefit last month
I will follow @michaelhobbes.bsky.social anywhere. Seems like I’m about to learn more about bikes.
Not looking my cutest.. but loving life. moonlit turtle walk.. tagged an olive ridley and saved 94 future olive ridleys from the poachers. #seaturtles
Just out here walking beaches and tagging turtles. #seaturtles #puravida #lifelonglearning
Baby turtle release in the moonlight just before dawn. #seaturtles #costarica
Just out here living a life filled with gratitude and saving turtles whenever I can.
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
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
Sunrise and Turtle nest rescue. Excellent start to the week. #seaturtles #puravida
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
Skipped morning doomscrolling and found this scarlet macaw hanging out in Golfito. #birds #costaricabirding
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
A good January kicks off my personal #costarica #bigyear. For the 3rd year running my goal is 500 species of birds. I ❤️ #birds.
Took these photos yesterday in La Fortuna, Costa Rica. Rainbows to the right and Keel Billed toucans to the left. #birds
I would recommend packing cubes.. but then you have to invent something to make 80 pounds of vacuum sealed clothes weigh only 50 pounds.
Beautiful. They always just look like black grosbeak in my photos. 😂