

A bird's view on UPDC
A couple of weeks ago my NatGeo colleague and friend Ross Weinberg visited us in the reserve. Ross is a photographer and filmmaker and...

Nicole
May 26, 20171 min read
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Huasipichai, the long-awaited inauguration of the chill-out-area
Finally, finally, finally we are done!! Our multi-functional chill-out area is ready! In October last year, we started digging the holes...

Nicole
May 10, 20171 min read
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¡Hablamos español!
We are very happy to announce that our website finally is also available in Spanish. Since we’ve started Un poco del Chocó, we always...

Nicole
Mar 10, 20171 min read
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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...

Nicole
Feb 11, 20172 min read
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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...
Silja S.
Feb 9, 20172 min read
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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...
Maia P. and Silja S.
Dec 23, 20163 min read
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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...
Maia P. and Silja S.
Dec 22, 20161 min read
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Each year around Christmas...
Each year around Christmas, communities throughout Ecuador and other parts of the world take part in Christmas Bird Counts run by the...
Maia P. and Silja S.
Dec 20, 20163 min read
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