Field Course Installs Solar Panels at the Bunkhouse
Field course students install solar panels at the field station bunkhouse to ensure stable lighting.
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A Bird-Friendly Chocolate Forest in the Making
Workshop for local farmers and day laborers focused on local agroforestry and restoration by preparing forest and farm areas for planting cacao saplings.
From Grower to Market: Investigating the Cacao Value Chain
Following the chain of prices from grower to market helps identify the risks, difficulties, and opportunities present in the cacao industry.
Harpy eagle nest discoveries in Belize
TOLEDO DISTRICT, Belize – Scientists and local community members recently discovered two new Harpy Eagle nests in the Maya Mountains of southern Belize. The new nests in Belize are approximately 15km from one another; the first, located in Columbia River Forest Reserve, was discovered by a resident of a nearby village in July 2012. A […]
Tracking the Weather at BFREE
For the past couple of days, BFREE Board Member, Rob Klinger has been working hard to ensure that the weather station onsite is functioning and continues to collect valuable data. Weather and climate are among the most vital data a field station such as BFREE can collect and make available to its users. In 2005, the […]
Notes from the Field Spring 2013
New partnerships, bold new field courses and new additions to the BFREE experience along with annual/biannual courses punctuate BFREE’s 2013 field season.
BFREE Avian Technician Receives Prestigious Internship
BFREE avian technician, Gato Pop, receives internship at Klamath Bird Observatory in Oregon for international bird banding.
A Rodent’s Role in Seed Dispersal
Long-time BFREE board member and US Geological Survey Ecologist, Rob Klinger, is an invited speaker for the 50th Anniversary meeting for the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica during late June. Below find the abstract for Rob’s presentation. “Community Effects Of Variation In Strength Of Seed Dispersal And Seed […]
Chocolate Bar
BFREE has created our own chocolate bar from cacao beans harvested on site.
Northern Migration
As the seasonal birds migrate from BFREE back to the north, so do our researchers. Emily McKinnon and Kevin Frasier, who use geolocators to track wood thrush migration, have travelled back to Canada and Laura Duval and Chance Hines are finishing off their own wood thrush research. Since January, these researchers have been tagging and […]