Hummingbird banding begins
On December 3 we started hummingbird banding and research at Finca Pura Vida. To say these magnificent birds overwhelmed us is an understatement. We have been having feeders filled for us while we were away from our research station so that when we got here the birds would already be accustomed to the food source. We set our traps last night and filled all of our feeders to the brim to start early. On average over 50 individuals were feeding at one time and we had most likely over 300 individuals feeding in the time period we were working. We constantly had to close traps and nets to catch...
Read MoreCosta Rica: Finca Pura Vida
The last site we do research on is our home base which we call Finca Pura Vida. The Finca is on 10 hectares and backs up to a larger track of contiguous forest. The site has a good variety of different species and is particularly rich with Neotropical migrants. We do the majority of our Hummingbird banding research at the site because it has a healthy migrant population of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). We band resident hummingbirds as well and have recorded two out of range species. There is a diverse variety of other wildlife and we have noted a great diversity of fauna...
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