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Back to the Tropics: Banding in Costa Rica

In early November, I packed my bags and migrated south to Costa Rica. Leaving behind frigid temperatures in Colorado, I arrive in Costa Rica ready for another winter in the tropics. For three months, I will be banding birds for Costa Rica Bird Observatories. First, I ride a bus up the winding Pan-American Highway toContinueContinue reading “Back to the Tropics: Banding in Costa Rica”

Bird Banding with FUNDAECO

14 February – 11 March 2017 The Foundation for Ecodevelopment and Conservation (FUNDAECO) in Guatemala runs the longest continuous bird banding and monitoring program in Latin America. For nearly two decades, Guatemalan biologists have been banding birds in the Izabel province. Thanks to FUNDAECO’s banding crew, I join local field researchers for nearly a month. Most daysContinueContinue reading “Bird Banding with FUNDAECO”