Este pasado Martes nuestro amigo y colaborador Ernesto M. Carman nos deleitó con su charla "Experiencias de un científico ciudadano" en el Museo Nacional. Evento organizado por la Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica. Aquí pueden mirar la presentacion: slideshare y aqui escuchar el audio de esta: SoundCloud. ¿Qué es un científico ciudadano? “Un científico ciudadano es una persona quien voluntariamente contribuye su tiempo, esfuerzo y recursos hacia la investigación científic

Iniciativa junto con personas de la comunidad y alrededores de Las Brisas Nature Reserve. Hoy martes 22 de julio 2014, un grupo de emprendedores con una problemática en común, toman la decisión más urgente, que debió haberse tomado hace mucho tiempo y es trabajar en equipo para apaciguar el impacto que tiene el ser humano en la región. Este día lo voy a recordar, porque me di cuenta que no estamos solos, aún quedan personas que desean hacer un cambio y lo más importante adq

This July 18th Las Brisas Nature Reserve participated in a workshop given by the "Alianza de Redes Ambientales - ARAambiente" (Alliance of Environmental Networks) their mission is to develop a process to coordinate various networks and environmental organizations in the country to formulate proposals and programs in Costa Rica. This organization is working on a program called "ARAndo Sueños", it's goal is to build a national biodiversity strategy. From our side Donald Jimén

If you are in Costa Rica have a look at these three exciting events that you can participate in: Next week the Costa Rican Ornithology Congress begins! Check the full program for the next days here. Then in August there is an event taking place where you can learn more about rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing wildlife. Also in August, Ronald Vargas our friend and expert in the world of insects will be leading a workshop on the topic. Have fun! #event #conservation #inse

Festival de Aves y Naturaleza - Bird and Nature Festival #birdwatching #event #birdandnaturefestival

This year was the 20th anniversary of the Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus) Program by the Centro Científico Tropical. The goal of this ongoing event is to have a better understanding of the current population of this species in the San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor. Jairo Jiménez and Ernesto Carman collaborated with their observations at Las Brisas Reserve. They reported seeing two Great Green Macaws at 9:30 am and then ten at 3:30 pm. This at the lower elevation portion

On September 29, 2013, as part of the Photography and Conservation event (Festival de Fotografía y Conservación) held at the reserve, we discovered a new bird species for Las Brisas Nature Reserve! Ernesto Carman, Jairo Jimenez and Ela Villanueva found a Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus) foraging in a mixed species flock along with a dozen other species such as Royal Flycatcher (Onycorhynchus coronatus), Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis), Rufous Mourne

On Sunday September 08, 2013, the annual Cerulean Warbler Count was held for fifth year in a row. This event is organized by Cerulean Warbler Conservation - Costa Rica (www.cerulea.org) and Las Brisas Nature Reserve in a joint effort to create awareness in of protecting this threatened species, as well as hundreds of other species that share the same habitat. On this occasion, the event took place a week later than other years, and this might have been a reason lower numbers

The Birding and Nature Festival included two nights walks at Las Brisas Reserve and during our second night the group led Brian Kubicki was happy to find an Anotheca spinosa frog, a specie that belongs to the Hylidae family. We want to thank Oscar Herrera for sharing this amazing photo. #event #frogs

We are very excited to welcome everyone to the first Birding and Nature Festival – Costa Rica. Take a look at the next three full days of activities: DAY 1 - Friday August 31st 16:00 – Nature walk 18:00 – “Dining with Owls” 19:00 – Night walk at Las Brisas Reserve with Ernesto M. Carman and Donald Jiménez Chávez. Overnight at Maquengue Falls Hotel. DAY 2 – Saturday September 1st 05:15 – Birding with coffee. 08:30 – Breakfast at Maquengue Falls Hotel. 09:00 – Keynote: “Bi