

Herpetological Monitoring
A new year brings fresh opportunities, new students, and exciting research projects. One area we aim to expand at the station is...

unpocodelchoco
Feb 203 min read


Bird Banding Training
Bird banding training opportunity in Ecuador

unpocodelchoco
Mar 18, 20221 min read


Two rare Chocó endemics on camera
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...
Jordis
Jan 24, 20212 min read


My stare-down with an ocelot
As an intern at Un poco del Chocó, every Monday it’s my task to walk through the rainforest to check and exchange various camera traps....
Ilka K.
Mar 6, 20192 min read


Bam! Puma!
After arriving at “Un poco del Chocó” I was very excited about getting to know the impressive biodiversity of this beautiful montane...
Isabel R.
Sep 5, 20171 min read


Incredible encounter
Generally, the mornings of our Dutch intern Jaimie are rather unspectacular. As he is conducting a comparative study on the...

Nicole
Apr 12, 20161 min read


Bird Banding Session Nov-Dec
For our last banding session this year, Nelson W. from Hong Kong joined our team for about three weeks. Although the early start of the...

Nicole
Jan 8, 20161 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...
Alwina and Stephanie
Sep 21, 20153 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...
Sophia, Stephanie and Alwina
Sep 11, 20152 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...
Caroline and Chiara
Apr 2, 20156 min read