Archive for March 2013
Tracking BFREE’s Migratory Songbirds
Geolocators passively track the locations of small birds each day, allowing scientists to document for the first time the migratory behavior of songbirds.
Read MoreCreature Feature: Bio-Luminescing Fungus
BFREE Biologist Dan Dourson on a rare sight, the fruiting bodies (mushroom) of a bio-luminescing fungus species!
Read MoreBirdathon Belize
Birds of Belize author, H. Lee Jones, and birding team participated in Birdathon Belize – a competition/fundraiser for the Belize Raptor Research Institute.
Read MoreNew Species of Plant Named for BFREE Co-Founders, the Marlins
The Marlins have a new plant species named in their honor! In the current issue of Kew Bulletin, co-authors (Wesley Knapp and Wayt Thomas) and I pay tribute to the Marlins and their accomplishments by naming Rhynchospora marliniana. We felt it especially appropriate to honor the Marlins and their contributions by naming a species that…
Read MoreWood Thrush Research Using Geolocators
This year at BFREE we have two researching groups that are here to study a bird called the wood thrush. This bird is a declining threatened species that lives in the US and Canada, but during the winter months, it migrates down to Belize and other Central American countries for warmer weather. Emily McKinnon and…
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