Bird banding training opportunity in Ecuador

Putting field data into Excel sheets may seem like the most boring part of the biological work at Un poco del Chocó yet sometimes even...

In March/April I made the long journey from Ecuador to the Middle East to join IBOC (International Bird Observatory Conference) in...

Happy new year!! It’s really been a while since I have updated this blog. Something that needs to change in 2019, so there’s one of my...

It's been a while since we've seen one of our ground-cuckoos in the reserve. I think the last time that we actually had a sighting was...

It’s already been a month since we’ve had our last x-mas bird count for the season. And as it has become a tradition, the last count is...

Soon after the Bird Counts in Chical and Mindo we got invited to participate in another Bird Count, this time in Mashpi. It did not take...

On the count day in Mindo, we all left before sunrise and drove to the starting points of our routes. Jens, Mees and Roel went early to...

After the recount in Chical we stayed for a night in Chilma Bajo and were able to go to a lek of the Red-ruffed Fruit Crow in the forest...

Each year around Christmas, communities throughout Ecuador and other parts of the world take part in Christmas Bird Counts run by the...