Nicole
Feb 11, 20172 min read
A good start into 2017!!
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...
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Silja S.
Feb 9, 20172 min read
Mashpi
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...
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Maia P. and Silja S.
Dec 23, 20163 min read
And still counting birds...
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...
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Maia P. and Silja S.
Dec 22, 20161 min read
From one count to the other
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...
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Nicole
Feb 4, 20162 min read
Towards more sustainability
In the past months several volunteers have helped us to complete some smaller projects in the organic garden. So here a few updates!...
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Nicole
Oct 21, 20152 min read
Pambil wood for our trails
The maintenance of our trails is one of our never-ending tasks in the reserve. When we started building the steps on our trails a couple...
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Alwina and Stephanie
Sep 21, 20153 min read
Environmental Education – Let's talk about trash!
To inform the kids from Las Tolas, the neighbouring village of Un poco del Chocó, about trash and pollution, we decided to prepare a...
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Sophia, Stephanie and Alwina
Sep 11, 20152 min read
Planting trees - Our reforestation project
In our past few weeks at the reserve we (Alex, Philipp, Stephanie, Alwina, Dominik and Sophia) worked on a reforestation project. The...
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Caroline and Chiara
Apr 2, 20156 min read
How was yesterday's mistnetting?
The original plan this morning was to open mistnets and band birds behind the station house. But we woke up with rain at 5.30 am and I...
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unpocodelchoco
Jan 23, 20152 min read
Field trip to the reserve
Maartje, our dutch ex-intern, who now lives and works in Quito recently visited with a group of students from the Instituto Tecnológico...
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