Birders' Exchange

Thank you from Argentina

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:33:25 +0000

On behalf of our group Eco-Huellas (Ecological footprints), we would like to say Thanks to you for the beautiful present you gave to us. It is very important for us that so important people who live in the other tip of America know us and look for us.

We feel very happy because we know that your present will make it easier to watch birds as we are many teens in the group. However the most beautiful thing is that we will be able to use it when bringing kids of primary school age to show the great variety of birds flying in freedom through the sky, thus they will learn –like us day to day- that the world is huge, but we can make it smaller by flying towards our dreams and wishes, just like birds do.

We don’t have enough words to express how grateful we are for this enormous surprise.

We happily hope to be in touch, a big kiss for you,

ECO-HUELLAS

General Roca – Rio Negro – Patagonia

Argentina

www.grupoecohuellas.blogspot.com

Congratulations to our friend and colleague, Ricardo Matus.

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:24:45 +0000

Heartiest congratulations to our friend and colleague, Ricardo Matus, another hard-working and prominent biologist in a long list of successful BEX recipients.

On April 20 this year Ricardo began his career as Director of the new Bahia Lomas Center in southern Chile: http://www.whsrn.org/news

Ricardo was the guest of BEX at the June 2003 ABA convention where he participated in all of the convention’s fabulous festivities, had a chance to meet with many ABA members and BEX donors, and presented a talk about his research and conservation initiatives. It was at that convention where Ricardo was awarded a grant of optics from BEX to help him with his on-going bird conservation programs and projects.

All of us at ABA are extremely proud of Ricardo and wish him great success!”

Pictured below is Ricardo in 2003 in his native Chile conducting research on Ruddy-headed Geese.

Birders’ Exchange Super Heroes!

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:40:37 +0000

Eldon Ziegler on the left and Peter Bono on the right of Peter R. Bono Associates, Inc. (http://www.prba.com) are Birders’ Exchange Super Heroes! They spent many volunteer hours to build a new and long-awaited database for Birders’ Exchange (BEX). The original BEX database was built in 1996, which is now in the dark ages of technology compared to our new, technologically fantastic database.

The new BEX database saves BEX staff and volunteers countless hours of labor in keeping all of the BEX data recorded and up to date.

Thousands of thanks to these two very generous and talented men from ALL of us at ABA!

Conservation of the Tucumán Amazon in Bolivia

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:03:53 +0000

My name is Raúl Rojas Llanos, and I coordinate the Bi-national Project for the Conservation of the Tucumán Amazon (Amazona Tucumana) in Bolivia, or “Loro Alisero” in Spanish. In 2008 we benefited from the support provided by Birders’ Exchange by receiving bird guides, a telescope and backpacks, which were a huge help to our environmental education efforts in the rural communities of the Yungas Australes of South America.

The equipment donated by Birder’s Exchange continues to be used today in research about the biological reproduction of the Tucumán Amazon. We are also carrying out an investigation on illegal trade of parrots, with the goal of stopping this activity which is seriously affecting wild populations of Psittacidae in Bolivia.

BEX supports Chile’s longest continuous bird monitoring program

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:59:01 +0000

BEX has supported the ornithological work at the Omora Park since 2000, with the donation of equipment that aided in the creation of Chile’s longest continuous bird monitoring program. Now the Omora Subantarctic Bird Observatory is also a part of one of three long-term socio-ecological research sites in Chile and a major part of the research, education and conservation agenda of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve.

Best regards from our team, especially from Dr. Christopher Anderson, OSARA director and Ricardo Rozzi OEP director .

Un abrazo,

Cristóbal Pizarro

Omora Bird Observatory

Parque Etnobotánico Omora

(UMAG-IEB)

www.omora.org

www.umag.cl/williams

www.ieb-chile.cl

Programa de Magister en Ciencias, Conservación y Manejo de Recursos Naturales de Ambientes Subantárticos

Universidad de Magallanes, Chile

Mexican biologist Carlos Raúl Bonilla Ruz

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:56:51 +0000

Carlos Raúl Bonilla Ruz is a Mexican biologist with a Master’s degree in animal biology, and is a researcher from CIIDIR-Oaxaca, of the National Polytechnic Institute. He has worked for 28 years principally in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in biodiversity and conservation of wildlife issues. Results of his studies have been published in scientific articles, books and presented in congresses and symposia.

He studies birds and mammals, especially bats, distribution, scientific collections, biological databases, biodiversity, conservation and different aspects about the Military Macaw’s biology. He published a field guide of birds from the coast of Oaxaca and since 2002 has worked in Oaxaca studying the Military Macaw. Since 2008 he has studied the Military Macaw in Jalisco, and has obtained basic information about its reproduction, home range, use of habitat, feeding habits and sexual dimorphism. His project focuses on the Military macaw – its reproductive success, population size and ecotourism in Jalisco, Mexico.

Update from Sinaloa, Mexico

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:40:15 +0000

Conservación, Investigación y Servicios ambientales AC (CISA AC), an NGO works in the northwest of Mexico, and has continued its work with birds since our donation from Birders Exchange in 2007. We have continued our banding studies with the institute for bird populations looking for migratory birds. We have also been working with environmental education near our banding sites.

This year we have a project to protect the area of Ceuta bay, where more than 200 different species of birds use the area as a migration stopover and reproductive site. It is also a site for resident birds. We are going to be giving a bird identification workshop for the locals so they can become bird guides, along with teaching environmental education in all of the schools near the area.

Lydia Lozano Angulo, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico

Update from São Paulo, Brasil

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:36:41 +0000

I’m glad to know about the longevity of BEX, you really helped ornithology in the Neotropics A LOT. Please, take a look in our lab’s webpage: www.ib.usp.br/~lfsilveira where you can find useful information and papers which were published with the help of Birders’ Exchange.

- - Luís Fábio Silveira

In 2003 Luís Fábio Silveira received his PhD in Biological Sciences (Zoology), from the University of São Paulo. He is a Professor in the Department of Zoology, Associate Curator of the ornithological collections of the Museum of Zoology, Researcher Level 2 and the Chief Editor of the Journal of Ornithology. Luis is is also a member of the Brazilian Committee of Ornithological Records (CBRO) and Associate Researcher of the World Pheasant Association (UK). He has published 45 scientific articles in refereed journals (six more in press), has ten published books, 56 book chapters and 66 presentations at conferences in Brazil and abroad. abroad. He has received ten awards or honors for work or projects developed in partnership with other colleagues. He serves as ad hoc adviser to state and national funding agencies, and to 32 scientific journals in Brazil and abroad. He has worked with nine student guides, including Graduate, Masters and PhD candidates, and teaches in collaboration with colleagues, two disciplines at the undergraduate and graduate level. Currently Luis coordinates eight research projects primarily involved in systematics, taxonomy and the conservation of birds.

Professor Luís Fábio Silveira
Fellow Productivity of Research – Level 2
Department of Zoology
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brasil

Editor

Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia

http://www.ararajuba.org.br/sbo/index.htm

Juliana reports from Brazil

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:25:40 +0000

My name is Juliana, I’m a Brazilian ornithologist and BEX gave me a binoculars and a backpack as a donation in 2007. I used those items in every field survey of my master degree; the binoculars are extremely good and are fundamental to me. I also participate in other conservation projects: two expeditions to Pantanal wetlands (Hyacinth Macaw Project) and another two expeditions to Amazonian Forest (Disturbance of wildfire in avian community), where I also used the BEX donations. Every field work or field courses, the binoculars and backpack were extremely useful. I intend to start my PhD, I’m studying the proposals and those donations will be keeping useful, helpful and exceptionally valuable.

Pablo Andrade. Ecuador

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:44:19 +0000

Thank you to Birders’ Exchange for this generous donation. Among the activities that we have been working are Environmental Education Activities in Loja Ecuador with Fundacion Socio Cultural Don Bosco are:

- Training and Knowledge about the birds with children in the Foundation.

- Several activities during October, the month of the birds. (Birdwatching).

- Birdwatching with school children

- Concurso de Dibujo y Pintura de aves (Drawing and Painting contest of the birds).

- Vacation activities

- We have been working with Fundación Jocotoco ad NCI.

Gracias.

Saludos,

Pablo Andrade