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Posts Tagged "Curu Wildlife Reserve"

American Pygmy Kingfisher banding

Posted on Jan 15, 2014

American Pygmy Kingfisher banding

RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser discusses an American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) and compares it with the Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) in Costa Rica’s Curu Wildlife Reserve. He talks about banding, molts and the tropical research on such resident species like the American Pygmy Kingfisher with their relatively unknown biology. Video by RTPI President Twan Leenders in December 2013.

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Recaptured Northern Waterthrush

Posted on Jan 10, 2014

Recaptured Northern Waterthrush

RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser discusses a recaptured Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) that has been spending multiple winters in Costa Rica’s Curu Wildlife Reserve. He talks about the importance of such a finding and the goals of this tropical research as well as why the birds of our backyards need our help. Video by RTPI President Twan Leenders in December 2013.

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Costa Rica banding video discussion

Posted on Jan 8, 2014

Costa Rica banding video discussion

As you may have seen in our media bar this new HD video features RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser discussing banding in Costa Rica’s Curu Wildlife Reserve on the Nicoya Peninsula (update – the second video can be seen here and the third video can be seen here). You can listen to Sean detailing why it is important while putting a Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) through the process. This is the first of a series of videos from Costa Rica that you should look for in the media bar or our media section as well as our blog. Sean also discusses research and conservation...

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Sean Graesser: banding at Curu Wildlife Reserve, Costa Rica

Posted on Jan 8, 2014

Sean Graesser: banding at Curu Wildlife Reserve, Costa Rica

RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser discusses banding in Costa Rica’s Curu Wildlife Reserve on the Nicoya Peninsula while putting a Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) through the process. Sean also discusses research and conservation efforts underway there, why it is important and how our backyard birds need our help at their winter homes. Video by RTPI President Twan Leenders in December 2013.

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Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans) by Sean Graesser

Posted on Nov 23, 2013

Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans) by Sean Graesser

This is an Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans), one of the two Trogon species that can actually occur in the United States. Two years ago we first observed a female at our site in Curu Wildlife Reserve. This species was normally not found this far south on the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. The next year we caught a male in our nets, the bird pictured. The first time we saw the female we chalked it up to a vagrant that might have gone too far down during a migration in search of a reliable fruit source. But with the male being caught the next year we are trying to figure out if it’s a species...

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