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Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize

31 March – 2 April, 2017 As I near the end of my five months in Central America, I visit Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, a lagoon in Belize famous for harboring multitudes of birds in early spring. Most of these birds are North American migrants staging for their migration back north. Just like the migrants,ContinueContinue reading “Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize”

Estación Biológica Las Guacamayas

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”

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”