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Proyecto Pico de Gancho
Aug 242 min read
Don't count your chicks until they fledge.
It has been a harsh breeding season for the Hook-billed Kites ( Chondrohierax uncinatus ) this year. Nesting started in March, little by...
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Proyecto Pico de Gancho
Jun 175 min read
Die hard kite!
Rosa, a female Hook-billed Kite was banded and tagged in 2023 and this year is nesting!
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Nov 6, 20222 min read
I Basic Bird Banding Course -CR2022
From October 28th to November 3rd, 2022, we held our 1st Basic Course on Bird Banding in Costa Rica, taught jointly by Proyecto Cerúlea...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Sep 9, 20213 min read
Ceruleans with Motus transmitters in Costa Rica!
One of the objectives of the recent workshop held at Las Brisas Nature Reserve was the deployment of Motus compatible transmitters on...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Sep 7, 20212 min read
I Workshop on Advanced Techniques for Migratory Bird Research- Costa Rica
From the 27th of August to the 05th of September 2021, in conjunction with SELVA, we organized the first workshop on Advanced Techniques...
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Paz A. Irola
Jan 25, 20215 min read
¿Qué comen los martines pescadores? | What do kingfishers eat?
La existencia de un buen número de lagunas distribuidas en toda el área favorece la presencia de aves acuáticas aquà en Reserva Las...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Oct 19, 20203 min read
Followers in the nets
Army ants are nomadic, constantly moving in search of arthropods which they catch to feed the larvae in their colony. When this happens,...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Oct 16, 20203 min read
The tanager with the unknown sex
White-shouldered Tanagers show sexual dimorphism: males and females have a different plumage. Females are mostly greenish with a bit of a...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Oct 13, 20202 min read
A traveler with an unknown departure
When catching birds for banding sometimes we recapture individuals which we had banded previously and when this happens we can recognize...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Sep 12, 20202 min read
Cerulean blast!
The past three days have brought an explosion of Cerulean Warblers to Las Brisas. Flocks of more than ten individuals, mostly adults,...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Sep 8, 20201 min read
They finally arrived!
Bird migration this year from North America has been behind schedule due to the intense hurricane activity in the Caribbean. Debido a la...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Sep 6, 20202 min read
Adorned net
Today was a very hot and steamy day with very little activity in the nets, however every day is different and there is always something...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Aug 30, 20202 min read
A clear night with the potoos
Did you see the moon tonight? What a beauty, right? Because of weather we have not seen it for several days now. We came up to the...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Aug 26, 20201 min read
An experienced dancer
One of the aspects about a bird's life we can learn through banding is longevity. Uno de los aspectos de la vida de las aves que podemos...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Aug 25, 20201 min read
Tainted by the sun
How would you tell if that silhouette is a wood-pewee? Usually you can tell by its slender shape, tufted head and the way it forages:...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Aug 23, 20202 min read
"The scourge of the woods"
Attila is the genus of a group of tyrant flycatchers characterized by having hooked bills and behaving loud and aggressively despite...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Aug 22, 20201 min read
Time-lapse: Western Wood-Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee has been so far the most common Neotropical migrant at Las Brisas. This individual was feeding from a perch...
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Proyecto Cerúlea
Aug 20, 20201 min read
Migration is here! | ¡La migración empezó!
Migration has begun and among the earliest species arriving to Costa Rica are Eastern and Western Wood-Pewee, Olive-sided Flycatcher,...
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