Nate Senner is back from his godwit research in Chile, but this week he’s finishing up his reports with two final tales. In today’s post, he describes some familiar conservation issues on beautiful, remote Chiloé Island – and shares a laugh with a group of Chilean fifth-graders.
“You Are a Lomo!“
One of the reasons we come [...]
Next stop for Nate is Bahía Pullao, where an inanimate object that seems to have a mind of its own plays the role of a skilled field assistant. Here’s Nate’s story:
We get by with a little help from our friends
After our initial success with Whimbrels, it was time to try for some Hudsonian Godwits, the [...]
After spending their first week behind binoculars and telescopes in search of banded Hudsonian Godwits and Whimbrels, Nate Senner and his coworkers are ready to catch and band some new birds. Their first attempt, on Friday, netted dozens of Whimbrels. But not without requiring some ingenuity, a whole lot of patience, and an arcane art [...]
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Here’s Nate again. He has arrived safely in Chile, watched great seabirds from the ferry to Chiloé Island, and scanned his first few tidal flats for godwits, finding one unexpected individual along the way.
A Land of Plenty
After nearly 24 hours of traveling we finally arrived in Puerto Montt around 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. [...]
Today’s post comes to us from near the tip of South America: Chiloé Island, Chile, where it is early summer. Graduate student Nathan Senner and a team of shorebird biologists are studying the enigmatic Hudsonian Godwit, a species that gathers by the thousands on its Arctic breeding sites and South American wintering grounds, but is [...]
It’s been a while since we checked in with our flickr group, Birdshare, to see what’s new. But the Lab folks who run Birds of North America Online (located just upstairs from Round Robin Central) have been putting your contributions to good use – and now they want to say thanks.
The Birds of North America [...]
Though certain Lab folks are all about lengthening their life lists, state lists, yard lists, car lists, or pooped-on-by lists, we’ve hit the time of year when one particular list takes precedence, and we put all our energy into shortening it. That’s the holiday gift-giving list.
With the last of the turkey sandwiches reduced to crumbs [...]
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