

Christian S.
- Oct 31, 2013
- 1 min
You never got closer to a Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail
We just established another feeding station in our forest. The beautiful Wood-Quails can be spotted every morning and evening close to...
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unpocodelchoco
- Jun 27, 2013
- 2 min
A few new bird species in the reserve
One good thing about all the visiting birders and photographers is that our bird species list is constantly growing. I’ll update the list...
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unpocodelchoco
- Apr 1, 2013
- 1 min
Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove
Yesterday afternoon Wilo went for a short walk behind our house. I had heard the Bicolored and Immaculate Antbirds singing. We are still...
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unpocodelchoco
- Mar 20, 2013
- 1 min
Sloth twitching
Claudia, a German student who is currently working for her master thesis at Un poco del Chocó walked down to the river to map flowering...
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unpocodelchoco
- Sep 13, 2012
- 2 min
Army Ants bring in two new bird species
This morning Wilo was cleaning around our outhouses when he noticed an army ants swarm outside. While actually observing the...
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unpocodelchoco
- Apr 24, 2012
- 1 min
New bird species in the reserve
This week Ilse, our dutch intern sighted a woodpecker species which we haven`t recorded before in the reserve. She saw a pair of...
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unpocodelchoco
- Feb 27, 2012
- 1 min
Snakes everywhere
The rainy season has started and the snakes are getting pretty active at the moment. In the last two months we have sighted about fivteen...
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unpocodelchoco
- Feb 9, 2012
- 1 min
Northern Violaceous Trogon
Today I spotted a bird which is pretty rare to see at our elevation (1200 m), a beautiful Northern Violaceous Trogon (Trogon caligatus)....
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unpocodelchoco
- Jan 13, 2012
- 1 min
Armadillo
Today we found this cute nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) next to the station. This blog post was written by Nicole
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unpocodelchoco
- Feb 26, 2011
- 1 min
My lucky (mammal) month
This month is almost over and I can already call it my luckiest one, considering sightings of mammals. It all began with an opossum...
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