Holger BeckJan 192 minWildlife Monitoring 2021All the monitoring activities of 2021 were finalized in December and we are currently in the process of analyzing the data. Since 2008...
Holger BeckDec 22, 20212 minVisit of University of Sussex - a short summaryFrom 4th to 20th of December we hosted two groups of students from the University of Sussex in our reserve. It was a blast. Everything...
Holger BeckAug 9, 20211 minOcellated Tapaculo observed in Santa Lucía!Noé has completed the first round of bird monitoring for 2021 and we had to wait for quite some time to find a new species. But in late...
Holger BeckAug 1, 20212 minTraining for local Parabiologist finally held.With a few months of COVID- and datetime-related delay, the hectare plot training for local parabiologists was finally held yesterday....
Holger BeckJun 18, 20211 minThe Hectare Plot Adventure begins ...Earlier this week we could finally start setting up three new hectare plots in Santa Lucía. Two collaborators - Ana Marisca and Edison...
Santa LucíaMay 30, 20211 minSanta Lucia / University of Sussex Workshop on 9th of JuneSanta Lucía and the University of Sussex will be running a work - online - on 9th of June at 11am Ecuadorian Time. We've invited all our...
Holger BeckMay 17, 20211 minFollowing the Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)A few weeks ago when Holger, Noé and Ana walked through the Santa Lucía forest in order to pick the spots for the new hectare plots we...
Holger BeckApr 28, 20211 minObservatory Project Started!Although the progress is still somewhat slow we could finally take the first steps in our Observatory Project. Unfortunately due to...
Santa LucíaMar 30, 20212 minProgress on Observatory ProjectSo, we wanted to kick off the observatory project in February with some action already, but as it is probably in most cases with such...
Santa LucíaMar 2, 20211 minShort report on Monitoring 2020We've created a short report on all the different monitoring activities in 2020. It was meant to be used internally only, but there's...
Santa LucíaJan 15, 20211 minBird Monitoring 2020The year 2020 was not a great year in terms of tourism, but research and especially bird monitoring have been major successes. In fact -...
Santa LucíaJan 1, 20212 minHappy New Year (and monitoring)First of all, a happy new year to you all. We hope it's going to be a terrific year for everybody with life a little easier than it was...
Santa LucíaDec 2, 20201 minProject Report Hummingbird - Plant Interactions. We are proud to present the project report of the EPHI (Ecology of Plant / Hummingbird Interactions) project for Santa Lucía. Originally...
Santa LucíaNov 1, 20201 minBat diversity in Santa Lucía. In April 2019 Morgan Hughes and Scott Brown (both University of Wolverhampton) visited the Santa Lucía reserve and had a brief look into...
Santa LucíaMay 16, 20201 minAndean Bears in Santa LucíaFinally we had to chance to visit the camera traps after two months of quarantine at home. Almost all camera got attacked / moved by...
Santa LucíaMay 4, 20203 minWoodcreepers at Santa LucíaToday, let's have a look at the monitoring data for the different woodcreeper species that there are in Santa Lucía. Although only two of...
Santa LucíaApr 22, 20203 minThe Gray-breasted Wood-Wren or The Bird Monitoring Data Set Analysed (cont.)Not surprisingly the Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys) is something like the star amongst our birds - at least when it...
Santa LucíaApr 16, 20202 minBird Monitoring Data Analyzed. So, while we currently do not have any visitors at Santa Lucía, most of us are sitting at home. That means that - for the researchers...
Santa LucíaApr 8, 20201 minCan soundscape indices be used to reflect biodiversity?Check out this report by Ailsa Lamond, former student of the University of Sussex: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/65370/ She analysed...
Santa LucíaApr 7, 20201 minMonitoring of our Orchid GardenAnd while we're sitting locked up in our homes, it's time for a more or less elaborate look at the data. Here's a quick summary of the...