Kentucky Warbler Recapture and Cabo Blanco Birds
The first session of our fourth year at Cabo Blanco is in the books. Cabo Blanco is Costa Rica’s first national preserve, established over fifty years ago. The preserve is mostly one generation of forest that has re-grown over a 60-year period. It was once all primary forest, but was cut down for farmland. We start the morning walking up a winding trail to our banding station tucked away near a few fallen trees. Along trails we’ve secretly cut are twenty well-placed mist nests to catch a wide variety of avifauna that uses the preserves habitat. Once we reach the base camp every morning we...
Read MoreSix more weeks of winter?
Looks like winter has come back to Western New York once again! With Groundhog Day coming up this Sunday, many are wishing for an early spring and relief from the snow and record cold temperatures. However, the rest of us are hoping Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow and retreat back to his burrow, signifying six more weeks of winter to come. Regardless of whether spring arrives early or late this year, winter outdoor enthusiasts, including myself, will be getting out to enjoy the white fluffy stuff while we can. There are already plans being made for this upcoming weekend to get out on...
Read MoreWood Thrush territory
On Thursday, December 12, during the first banding session at Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve we caught a Wood Thrush, one of our Neotropical migrants. What’s special about catching this species is it’s supposed to be a Caribbean slope migrant and at Cabo Blanco we’re on the Pacific slope. The other intriguing thing is that it’s only supposed to be a passage migrant, meaning that by early November it’s supposed to have left Costa Rica. This is the third year in a row we have witnessed this. It draws attention to the fact that we are still very unaware of where...
Read MoreCosta Rica: Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve
This is the first of many blog posts from new RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser who carries out several active research and education initiatives in Central America along with RTPI President Twan Leenders. See more information about all of our tropical research and conservation work in the link above. Leading up to my departure to start our research season I thought I would introduce you to our sites and some of the work from the past field season. The three sites we conduct research at are: Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Curu , and Finca Pura Vida. I will introduce each...
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