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Posts Tagged "Nicoya Peninsula Avian Research Station"

Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)

Posted on Dec 29, 2014

Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)

This bird’s likely to brighten up your day – the spectacular Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) is a common bird at the RTPI-supported Nicoya Peninsula Avian Research Station (NPARS) in northwestern Costa Rica. I briefly visited Sean Graesser and Tyler Christensen who run NPARS last week while I was doing other field work in Costa Rica. Briefly captured, banded and released, this bird is one of many that provide important information to help us solve the unanswered habitat use and migration questions we need to address still in order to adequately protect these...

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Season Begins in Costa Rica

Posted on Dec 14, 2014

Season Begins in Costa Rica

It’s that time of year again; I have a number of different tropical research projects associated with the Roger Tory Peterson Institute coming up in the next few months, and I will be posting content to the blog. First up is my personal research project with my partner Tyler Christensen. Tyler and I will spend two months on the Nicoya Peninsula studying Neotropical migrant and resident bird species. We focus our efforts on studying the habitat and how migrants utilize it during their time here in the winter. With resident species we focus primarily on the understanding of their molt...

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Nicoya Peninsula Avian Research Station seeking volunteers

Posted on Aug 18, 2014

Nicoya Peninsula Avian Research Station seeking volunteers

The Nicoya Peninsula Avian Research Station is seeking volunteer banding technicians for a winter project in northwestern Costa Rica. The research is aimed toward the study of molt and aging criteria in Costa Rican resident bird species, and collection of data from wintering Nearctic-Neotropical migrants for the Institute for Bird Populations’ MoSI Program. Winter participants will aid in the operation of four bird banding sites on the Nicoya Peninsula. These positions are opportunities for students, educators, amateur or professional ornithologists, and nature enthusiasts to visit one of...

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