Poco Sol

We had another 10 mile hike from Penas Blancas to Poco Sol. With the combination of both hikes, we ended up hiking across the middle of the Children's Eternal Rainforest, which was pretty cool :) It was a difficult hike, but beautiful the whole way! When we got there, we found out that there was a big lake right near the station with a canoe we were allowed to use! It was so nice getting some time to relax and cool off in the lake.

Our second day at Poco Sol was bird diversity day, and it was a great place to have it. In just one day our group saw over 100 species of birds! I'm not much of a birder, but I really enjoyed learning about birds and being in such a super diverse place to see them.

Our night hikes at Poco Sol were amazing :) In reality, they weren't actually hikes, since we took the canoe out on the lake to find frogs. There were so many frogs! We only found 4 species around the lake, but there were so many of each kind. The main species we saw was a big green frog (Rana vaillanti). There were also Cane Toads (Bufo/Chaunus marinus) and Forest Toads (Bufo coniferus). The second night, we found a little passageway into a small lagoon off of the main lake...We had to carry the canoe through, but it was such a fun adventure :) At the end of each night we would paddle out to the middle of the lake, turn off our lights, look up at the stars and listen to the sounds around us. It was such an amazing moment! I will never forget that :)

Eleutherodactylus megacephalus. Saw this guy

on the hike over :)

The lake! So gorgeous...

A random tree frog that was on one of the

girls' widows...Scinax elaeochroa

Rana vaillanti...Big and green :)

I really like these toads :) Bufo coniferus