13-24 March 2017 As my time in Guatemala comes to an end, I return to Petén and travel back up the Río San Pedro to the Estación Biológica Las Guacamayas (EBG) in Laguna del Tigre National Park. Last December, I participated in a Christmas Bird Count at this same biological station (click here for the blogContinueContinue reading “Estación Biológica Las Guacamayas”
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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”
Los Tarrales Reserve, Volcán Atitlán
7-10 February 2017 On the slopes of Volcán Atitlán, Los Tarrales Reserve ranges in altitude from 750 to 3,500 meters (2,300 – 11,500 feet). This provides fabulous altitudinal birding across a variety of habitats, including coffee and ornamental flower plantations, humid broadleaf forest, and cloud forest. The reserve protects the watershed for a number ofContinueContinue reading “Los Tarrales Reserve, Volcán Atitlán”
Joel Such Photography 