Tents and the kitchen are packed away at dawn and the campsite scoured and cleaned leaving virtually no trace of our presence. Local vehicles arrive a...

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A day spent cleaning and packing up equipment in preparation for transfer to our second study site in the dry montane forests of the upper Tuichi vall...

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Because of high humidity, the south winds bites and animal activity is low. The last of the camera traps are collected and the task of processing data...

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During the day a deluge of rain as a south wind or “sur” arrives to test our tents and sleeping bags. Camera traps continue to be collecte...

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A day on the rapids of the Machariapo River with the ichthyologists: Guido Miranda, Gustavo Alvarez, Felsi Terrazas and Celin Pamuri fishing in the fa...

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Rain during the night and all morning allows for some landscape photography in the afternoon. Today our ornithologist arrived at the site and we have ...

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A brief downpour in the mid-afternoon is the first serious rain of the trip. The clouds and mist provided a spellbinding experience in the picturesque...

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Fish diversity in the upper Machariapo watershed is much more than expected before the trip with at least eleven species registered to date. This habi...

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A very early morning sighting of the almost mythical water opossum (Chironectes minimus) in the Machariapo River prompts placement of a camera trap ou...

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This morning researchers from the Limnology unit of the Institute of Ecology join us to begin sampling the aquatic invertebrate diversity of the Macha...

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