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Scientific Avian Tourism (Aviturismo
Científico)
  We
would like to invite all national and international bird
enthusiasts to participate in our Scientific Avian
Tourism program. Participants will have the opportunity to join
PMA staff and volunteers in identifying local and resident birds
in the field, visit active bird mist nets, and learn to identify
and understand the physical characteristics and conditions of
captured species.
  Many
participants will have the unique experience of literally
having a “bird in the hand” during the release of monitored
species. The PMA monitors six unique
habitat types over a two-week period:
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Abandoned coffee plantation
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Shade coffee plantation
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Cacao plantation
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Cane field
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Live fence in pasture
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Forest
PMA staff can inform you of the
habitat type monitoring rotation schedule.
Monitoring Event Information:
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Bird monitoring events are conducted every Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
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Program staff and volunteers leave for the monitoring sites between
5:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. from the GAMMA building at CATIE
(monitoring will not be conducted if it is raining).
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Cost is US$10 per person
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If you would like to participate please contact us no less than
twelve hours prior to a monitoring event.
If you are interested in participating in a
monitoring event please
contact
us.
Color Banded Resident Avian Species
Observation Program
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you are unable to participate in the Scientific Avian Tourism
monitoring program, birdwatchers visiting the CATIE campus can
still help the PMA staff through our color banded resident avian
species observation program. The PMA staff has selected and
banded specific resident species where color bands are most
visible and most easily observed. If during your visit to the
CATIE campus you observe a bird with color bands on its legs,
PLEASE send us an e-mail with the following information:
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The name of the species observed
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The specific colored bands on each leg (i.e. left leg=red, right
leg=black) Note: some individual birds may have more than one color
band per leg, we will need all color bands on each leg please.
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Location observed (ie. CATIE lake, coffee plantation, botanical
garden, etc.)
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Date and time you observed the bird
Your collaboration is essential to
our understanding the movements of these species through our
agricultural landscapes.
If you are interested
in keeping a list of species you observe at CATIE during your visit,
a complimentary list of bird species observed on the CATIE campus
can be acquired at any of the CATIE entrance guard stations
throughout campus or click
here
for a downloadable version
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Christmas Bird Count
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