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Face to Face with Tanagers at Copalinga

Posted on January 31, 2019 by admin

Tanagers are an easy group to face in the tropics.  Most display colorful and distinctive patterns that make them easy to ID.  However, their markings can repeat certain themes, so it can still take some concentration to identify them. Copalinga … Continue reading →

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New Year – New Beginnings

Posted on January 2, 2019 by admin

As the new year starts, we are seeing signs of new beginnings at Jocotoco Foundation’s Copalinga Reserve in the eastern foothills of the Andes in southern Ecuador: a cockroach getting ready to start life as an adult during metamorphosis on … Continue reading →

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Monkeying Around at Copalinga

Posted on December 19, 2018 by admin

White-fronted Capuchin Monkeys at Copalinga Reserve don’t seem too happy to see me. That’s OK, I was happy to see them. Photographed at the Copalinga Reserve of the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation.

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More Buenaventura Birds

Posted on March 17, 2018 by admin

What a great place for birds!  It was great to be back in Buenaventura Reserve. Following up on my post from last year, here are a few more birds from Jocotoco Foundation’s. Buenaventura Reserve in the southern foothills of the … Continue reading →

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Seeing Red in Tapichalaca

Posted on February 5, 2018 by admin

Take a look around the cloud forest and you will notice a lot of red accents in the dark green world. Here you can see a few of those red eye-poppers from Tapichalaca Reserve in southern Ecuador. Young leaves often start … Continue reading →

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Copalinga: Moth Mania

Posted on January 15, 2018 by admin

As promised at the end of my butterfly post, I am presenting a small selection of the countless moths of Copalinga Reserve of the Jocotoco Foundation. We heard many oohs and ahs when people came to look at the moths … Continue reading →

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Copalinga Butterfly Bonanza

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

Happy New Year!  I’m sending this greeting from beautiful Copalinga Reserve, the twelfth addition to the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation reserve network. The reserve was originally established by Catherine Vits and Boudewijn De Roover 20 years ago, but only recently passed … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Frog Heaven

Posted on June 5, 2017 by admin

It’s been a while since I visited my favorite ponds in Delaware where I have spent many hours photographing.  Carlos Martinez Rivera, herpetologist and frog conservationist with the Philadelphia Zoo, wanted to see Barking Treefrogs, so I was inspired to … Continue reading →

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Yanacocha

Posted on March 5, 2017 by admin

Sitting high above Quito, Ecuador, Yanacocha Reserve is a convenient place to visit a temperate Andean forest.  Being so close to Ecuador’s capital, Yanacocha is the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation’s most visited reserve. Since clouds frequently envelope this forest, epiphytes (plants … Continue reading →

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Narupa – Hidden Treasure

Posted on March 5, 2017 by admin

An inconspicuous trail in a bend of the road leads to Narupa Reserve, one of Jocotoco Conservation Foundation’s ten reserves. Narupa is located between the towns of Baeza and Coca where the Andes approach the Amazonian lowlands. A ten minute walk … Continue reading →

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