https://www.vitekology.org/blog daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://www.vitekology.org/blog/aos-blog-24jan25 monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/e6a2622c-0dff-436c-9971-f344fb32b7ad/1_AOS.jpg Blog - Tracking Barred Owls night and day in Baton Rouge: Why studying the entire diel cycle matters for understanding bird habitat - Make it stand out Coauthors Vitek Jirinec and Sabrina Taylor examine Strix varia (Barred Owl) tracked in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Photo by Eddy Perez, Louisiana State University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/456decb4-bc1e-4aee-b8ee-3811bdd4a843/2_AOS.jpg Blog - Tracking Barred Owls night and day in Baton Rouge: Why studying the entire diel cycle matters for understanding bird habitat - Make it stand out Strix varia (Barred Owl) at Bluebonnet Swamp—owl from the population studied in our paper. Photo by John Hartgerink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/add25084-8989-4a65-81ad-df5c412afb9e/3_AOS.jpg Blog - Tracking Barred Owls night and day in Baton Rouge: Why studying the entire diel cycle matters for understanding bird habitat - Make it stand out The capture team strings up a net in a neighborhood park. Photo by Eddy Perez, Louisiana State University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/cb14b26a-97ec-41de-8cf5-4fc61f238cb7/4_AOS.jpg Blog - Tracking Barred Owls night and day in Baton Rouge: Why studying the entire diel cycle matters for understanding bird habitat - Make it stand out Coauthor Eliza Stein releases Strix varia (Barred Owl) tracked in our study (ID-43). Photo by Vitek Jirinec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/3ebffee2-7cb4-4460-ad47-1ae5ff8611b1/5_AOS.jpg Blog - Tracking Barred Owls night and day in Baton Rouge: Why studying the entire diel cycle matters for understanding bird habitat - Make it stand out Strix varia (Barred Owl) experience Louisiana cuisine from a young age. Photo by John Hartgerink https://www.vitekology.org/blog/mee-blog-07nov24 monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1737958971335-W482KG0K12X64XERSN8O/Figure1.JPG Blog - From lost Wood Thrushes to scientific breakthroughs: How a fieldwork challenge sparked a new way to think about occupancy models - Make it stand out Figure 1. A radio-tagged Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) in our study, captured near a point count station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/3d7d4f11-396b-4a6d-b5a0-fc459a612812/Figure2.JPG Blog - From lost Wood Thrushes to scientific breakthroughs: How a fieldwork challenge sparked a new way to think about occupancy models - Make it stand out Figure 2. Our field truck, rigged with tracking antennas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/f38e7003-a49f-424f-befb-3295c3748250/Figure3.JPG Blog - From lost Wood Thrushes to scientific breakthroughs: How a fieldwork challenge sparked a new way to think about occupancy models - Make it stand out Figure 3. Looking for lost birds involved traveling on foot, truck, bike, and sometimes boat. Nocturnal searches often yielded better results because birds roosted higher off the ground, improving signal transmission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/d41127c1-0571-4820-9da2-5a3c0cfddcc0/Figure4.JPG Blog - From lost Wood Thrushes to scientific breakthroughs: How a fieldwork challenge sparked a new way to think about occupancy models - Make it stand out Figure 4. Captain Fuzzzo (hat) flanked by coauthor Vitek Jirinec (left) and assistants Chris Smith and Akshay Deverakonda. Tracking antennas were jerry-rigged to the wing struts of Fuzzzo’s Cessna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/a669e76f-7673-4812-acc7-416f9bb88a6d/Figure5.gif Blog - From lost Wood Thrushes to scientific breakthroughs: How a fieldwork challenge sparked a new way to think about occupancy models - Make it stand out Figure 5. Visualization of our individual-based model parametrized by empirical Wood Thrush movements. Black dots are birds moving around the landscape, yellow circles are point count stations, with stations turning red when a point counter is actually present at the location. Graphic by Jonathon Valente. https://www.vitekology.org/blog/afo-blog-02feb21 monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1615135420797-UE39534CSPQFCKWNNW1Z/1_Grallaria_b.jpg Blog - Tagging Amazonian birds led to harness improvements Variegated Antpitta (Grallaria varia) with a radio-tag we attached as described in our paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1615135520504-K71APKX55FR67WRM43SJ/2_Bruna_Formicarius.jpg Blog - Tagging Amazonian birds led to harness improvements Co-author Bruna Amaral (@Bru_RAmaral), wearing the proper attire for the job, caught a Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis). The hard-won bird carried a GPS tag for over a year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1615135618082-E7C40KVL1X2EJ0OG8BX3/4_camo.jpg Blog - Tagging Amazonian birds led to harness improvements Waiting for the right moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1615135675869-0OBWFSRDYX70CYX051GD/3_Patty_Hylopezus.jpg Blog - Tagging Amazonian birds led to harness improvements Co-author Patricia Rodrigues (@patrigues_birbs) with the elusive Spotted Antpitta (Hylopezus macularius). This bird also carried a tag affixed with the harness we describe in the paper. https://www.vitekology.org/blog/bou-blog-25jan21 monthly 0.5 2021-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1614535199023-76IY7EKMOLPBEB5QV6OD/Cover_image.JPG Blog - Hidden losses deep in Amazonia Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1614535288865-84CGNF79N065O6BX2BNW/Figure_1.JPG Blog - Hidden losses deep in Amazonia Above the rainforest canopy at the BDFFP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1614535349882-ZBM4IBWB9K6MCNTV1BRG/Figure_2.jpg Blog - Hidden losses deep in Amazonia Study concept: with the primary forest changing, controls in modern forest will yield weaker effects than if comparisons were made with historical baselines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1614535451470-6UCXQKNVFRP9ROWEMHVX/Figure_3.JPG Blog - Hidden losses deep in Amazonia Musician Wren (Cyphorhinus arada) is one of several ground-foraging birds that are disappearing from what should be intact forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1614535527933-43L5GSEY4T3TKDRJPOW2/Figure_4.JPG Blog - Hidden losses deep in Amazonia Bruna Amaral, a BDFFP ornithologist, requires additional light when processing a bird in the dark understory of primary rainforest https://www.vitekology.org/blog/nbc-blog monthly 0.5 2021-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1607216719937-HKROSRPEE5BYGYS634YN/Myrmothera.JPG Blog - Declining insectivorous birds in Brazilian Amazonia Myrmothera campanisona, one of our study species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1607216813600-VLVFO2X4OE8XBA0Z7DZ6/Jairo_Myrmornis.JPG Blog - Declining insectivorous birds in Brazilian Amazonia Jairo Lopes with a tagged Myrmornis torquata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1607216934879-3EPI1WD2J4HLZO501DO4/understory.JPG Blog - Declining insectivorous birds in Brazilian Amazonia Cabo Frio, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Amazonas, Brazil, July 2017. The domain of the terrestrial insectivores is the relatively cool forest floor, a place reached by less than 5% of sunlight. https://www.vitekology.org/blog/deer-blog monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1607214737512-HFZ2PN8CWPDWFOVYKBTE/WEVI_Cameron_Rutt.JPG Blog - Too many Bambi are bad for the forest White-eyed Vireos are among the songbirds affected by dense deer populations in Virginia. 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Wood Thrush Setting up nets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342372423-4O0J5CAJEROZZJNJH4XJ/2_band.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Processing a bird: attaching bands and a radio transmitter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342373702-MD4KMI754UBMYBW3XEAC/3_colorbands.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Attaching color bands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342370210-EL166U53MEUSSFNURWIP/4_mentoring.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Chris Smith shows Camila Fishtahler how to score bird body condition - Camila is undergraduate student and our field technician https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342372079-6XYSDOPUIXFKLJU025OU/5_mentoring.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Chelsy Thompson shows off a by-catch - a Northern Cardinal - Chelsy was one of our student technicians that helped with bird capture, tracking, and lab work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342373408-ZE5JQXNPLP831S739GGB/6_tracking.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Christina Varian took a break from her own PhD work in Panama to help us out in equally hot summer Virginia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342378596-JSJBO1N7AULMCUSHEYR6/7_truck.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush "Sputnik" - our tracking rig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342374709-9P7C0IBM58AVJLN48TDN/8_tracking.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Nocturnal roost search happened over land and water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342375448-R2DK7YS3C3SBE25N6XOM/9_tracking.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Ready for a roost search https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342378694-CHY6VF4X87OZOQMNGHE8/10_opossum.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush This young opossum tried to scale a tree to escape, but the human was too tall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342378195-L4EY8ARG6N11KAWD8URL/11_roost.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Sleeping Wood Thrush in dense vegetation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342379628-9OWGC1Z8FPPNSR3QQR0A/12_Akshay.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Akshay is excited - he caught a female Wood Thrush, a crucial ingredient for his honors thesis that is a part of the Wood Thrush research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342382776-QDYKUVYMW8L9WVAAUNY0/13_Chris.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Chris Smith uses his circus skills to check on a nest high up in bamboo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342384513-APHBSIFPZH1XEKA5EJM9/14_truck.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Catching females at nest was challenging - tall nets were necessary and invasive bamboo provided just the right poles. 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Another challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342384468-WV9R3FSVJ3OD1O03HD3G/15_nest.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush A Wood Thrush nest parasitized by a Brown-headed Cowbird (white egg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342385099-V55NWBFTJFW51SQ3LLQ2/16_hatchlings.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush The cowbird lost - these hatchlings are both Wood Thrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609342384965-30JQIM5HNQHGM8I3D2AL/17_fledgling.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush A freshly fledged Wood Thrush is still flightless https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609345709035-DJM6SPMQCUR8JU7X9VIT/11_cpv_inverts.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Christina takes a sample of litter invertebrates in the home range of our study bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609279134976-H3SQ0QZWHC4U8WSK9NEJ/vitek_woth.JPG Projects - Wood Thrush Vitek with a Wood Thrush. Both are ready for tracking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609279524066-0OQCSMARMTLCYCNX06PH/fuzzzo_group.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Captain Fuzzzo with the Wood Thrush crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609279639347-AHM6MLIMOSRA8YWZS36S/woth_ground.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Marked Wood Thrush during tracking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609279596603-9CTZRK37DRTT3RS57LZI/chris_net.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Chris Smith points at a female we finally managed to capture near her nest - the setup required some engineering, bamboo, and patience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609279242559-A6MOMDWMCHCRB3EELRZN/woth_roost.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush A roosting Wood Thrush. Birds often slept in thick vegetation, standing on one leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609345853412-KDW67PP1KMVTXBNZGRXG/hr.jpg Projects - Wood Thrush Home range and habitat plots for one of our study birds https://www.vitekology.org/projects-amazonia daily 0.75 2021-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452109882-AW1A7U4XJWER7TGDPU9O/1_sloth.jpg Projects - Amazonia Three-toed Sloth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452109699-43C2XJGP2ZM3PH1TYA0G/2_HAEA.jpg Projects - Amazonia Harpy Eagle by the project access road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452109458-6E5WIIK4RB9F4B4JFUXF/3_camp.jpg Projects - Amazonia Sleeping arrangements at Camp 41 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452108169-WX1YT0OSYV2TS7JQTPRX/3_electronics.jpg Projects - Amazonia Preparing field sensors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452107260-AES60JLZ4XN0Y778ODG1/4_fam_banding.jpg Projects - Amazonia Phil and William process a bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452108599-UJ7HV2CHWDLM0OO1ZCNT/5_Cam.jpg Projects - Amazonia Cameron with a Rufous-capped Antthrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452111263-739C2AVS5F9NIJ4RIG40/6_treefrog.jpg Projects - Amazonia Phyllomedusa leaf frog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452113896-KG3VD9GG2KAH3IWY5VPT/7_understory.jpg Projects - Amazonia Igarapé at Cabo Frio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452111639-F80FENN2ST6T6OYGSK8S/8_Phil.jpg Projects - Amazonia Phil Stouffer with a Black-faced Antthrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452114241-186FTZ5M87WOI1M6MSOG/9_Patty.jpg Projects - Amazonia Patty Rodrigues with a Spotted Antpitta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452114937-MFWMMCFSB53Z980J31J2/10_puma1.jpg Projects - Amazonia Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452115922-2Q1PATL2QFAJ39FWO3O9/11_puma2.jpg Projects - Amazonia Puma ~300m from Camp 41 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452115905-I9EP42RSYBXBH4CE58K3/12_whip.jpg Projects - Amazonia A whip scorpion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452117146-H9AUF5W83ULEAR3LC290/13_ZF3.jpg Projects - Amazonia Project access road (ZF 3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452117800-1TIFLVFZ0OJSPKSY4DFM/14_dinner.jpg Projects - Amazonia Evening meal at Camp 41 - roasted tambaqui https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452121262-QO9NHLFM2A3CH3KJXJAI/15_understory.jpg Projects - Amazonia Forest floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452122033-ALPZTJUEQQVW9IBF79Z4/16_jaguar.jpg Projects - Amazonia Jaguar near the Cabo Frio tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452125277-KZ60765TGZ2Q0YFA9FD8/17_jaguar.jpg Projects - Amazonia Camera trap 330m from camp: jaguar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452120684-JNCTUII73P6FMFMZAOQZ/18_ocelot.jpg Projects - Amazonia Camera trap 330m from camp: ocelot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452125892-JFJ1OLT1VMPGLQUVHJXC/19_sensors.jpg Projects - Amazonia Field sensors ready for deployment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452122906-W6RV3MS0HE8WCWWVVO3O/20_station.jpg Projects - Amazonia Weather station at Camp 41 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452127911-VVFQOHE5BR6VNCHZYTRQ/21_camo.jpg Projects - Amazonia Camo for trapping birds (they are smart) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452126637-HCN6WDE7Q07LBD4TOKJZ/21_CF.jpg Projects - Amazonia Cabo Frio camp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452126885-WLGCM2NMSV9T4K6K2HE8/22_cpv.jpg Projects - Amazonia Christina Varian with a Spotted Antbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452128961-7TGGR9G7350O2SIZU9E3/23_Gilberto.jpg Projects - Amazonia Gilberto Fernandez at the Cabo Frio tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452129820-R6EOJWUZC1SQH8QUBPCZ/24_VJ.jpg Projects - Amazonia Vitek with a Black-faced Antthrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452129416-GOV1M5WZ8CQUPDSYYP65/25_Pinduca.jpg Projects - Amazonia Pinduca with a nightjar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452130733-ZZJWIIPE6Y15KIPM5X4V/26_team.jpg Projects - Amazonia Research crews at Camp 41 (summer 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452132207-E27885V7M0T3A0HPK67L/27_Bruna.jpg Projects - Amazonia Bruna Amaral with a Black-faced Antthrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452132444-YMC99UGUZ0QXLAYIU5EU/28_Patty.jpg Projects - Amazonia Patty with her creation - a pudim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452132254-NBFXL76MJ8NCIUPD6WZG/29_Jairo.jpg Projects - Amazonia Jairo with a Black-tailed Leaftosser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452137005-XA9TOH9N86XK6691XQGP/30_pool.jpg Projects - Amazonia Camp 41 pool brings Marcel Vaz into a pensive state https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452136643-3VB5276768LJOT2TTSWE/31_wwf.jpg Projects - Amazonia Back in the day, the BDFFP was affiliated with WWF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452134512-QI5FDNAQI67ZHOXO8T7M/32_CFtower.jpg Projects - Amazonia Sunrise over Amazonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452138009-K3JBDCR3KGY749HQZ743/33_roost.jpg Projects - Amazonia Roosting Black-faced Antthrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452135999-ZMY1X7W79E0CRJJHHGHJ/34_MYCA.jpg Projects - Amazonia Thrush-like Antpitta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452138821-SIWI5MEODB2QIRWUZ5P8/35_fieldwork.jpg Projects - Amazonia Processing a bird in the field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452139781-8W9FK35N7G87ALX4C4FY/36_altar.jpg Projects - Amazonia This altar was erected to bring us good luck in the field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452138486-JM0S533QWQNMNG3GIHHQ/37_TUOC.jpg Projects - Amazonia One bird in the hand (Tawny-crowned Greenlet) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452139740-SCIXWECBY1N7HYL7N8M2/39_snake.jpg Projects - Amazonia A blunt-headed snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452141488-5EI2E3WVZ0GQUNXKV1UM/40_vulture.jpg Projects - Amazonia Greater Yellow-headed Vulture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452144512-MLLKDCQRFPGD5E85KVOE/41_pseustes.jpg Projects - Amazonia Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452145209-129D5BKK8YGQU6MKI5CU/42_caiman.jpg Projects - Amazonia Caiman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452144823-NPDSEXW8V0LS596E33IU/43_tarantula.jpg Projects - Amazonia Acanthoscurria simoensi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452144092-VR66K37CTPLY5HM4M45V/44_birdeater.jpg Projects - Amazonia Goliath Birdeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452145428-IF6N1UU293SKPJI3DFMC/45_Juruna.jpg Projects - Amazonia Cabo Frio camp caiman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452192841-8S6JLAG0CI5849B6MW8Q/46_kitty.jpg Projects - Amazonia Big cat track (jaguar or puma) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609452192046-MUFW3M6EKDW6V2EEGGMU/47_sunset.jpg Projects - Amazonia Sunset over Amazonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609449918174-ESPDE6RMAMZ57NY4TBNO/VJ.jpg Projects - Amazonia Finding birds in the dimly lit rainforest understory can be hard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609450010436-HB0ERQQX8IN8L5HF4F6E/HvM.jpg Projects - Amazonia Primary forest appeared to have changed in just the last 40 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609450107653-LESL7I0XLK5MOCAVZJI2/camp_41.jpg Projects - Amazonia Camp 41 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609450134167-IO1QT524UBPEFRJALPOI/forest.jpg Projects - Amazonia Amazonia as seen from a canopy tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609450193703-3UE9W3LX6CITKXTOLZ9H/MYTO.jpg Projects - Amazonia Wing-banded Antbird has become a rarity https://www.vitekology.org/projects-barred-owl daily 0.75 2022-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609459535316-NU7V5Z788R2WJVGSW7P8/bado2.JPG Projects - Barred Owl Tyler Williams with "Dryad" during tag deployment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1eec9621-cf8a-4a45-b1a4-7170defc3e30/Tagged+Barred+Owl+at+BBS+on+1-18-21+a.jpg Projects - Barred Owl Dennis owl at Bluebonnet Swamp. Basic information is as follows. Band number: 218709810, sex: male, wing length: 324 mm, tail length: 220 mm, mass: 684 g. Photo by John Hartgerink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609956267301-7A3HDBXMNLJTKSS90URX/Homer.jpg Projects - Barred Owl "Homer" at tag removal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/347baa72-f3cb-467c-b51d-589bcb8120b5/Dennis_tree.jpg Projects - Barred Owl Dennis on 10-Feb-21, preening. Antennas visible. Photo by John Hartgerink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609459536645-63OIG662Z6EVS226ZCEK/bado4.JPG Projects - Barred Owl Christina Varian releases a banded owl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/0e7c71ed-6898-439d-866c-0f18d198a967/Denise_Dennis_%28top%29_2-25-21.jpg Projects - Barred Owl Denise and Dennis (top) on 27-Feb-21. Photo by John Hartgerink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609458440323-8OVRBIXZ8EO2ZO5BB87L/bado1.JPG Projects - Barred Owl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/48b1f0e3-4981-4788-985c-e729d2983953/LSU9494+Owl+Research+VJ.jpg Projects - Barred Owl - Make it stand out Photo by Eddy Perez (LSU) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1610837867325-Z2M2HACC30PQ6MD1JEEL/Orpheus.JPG Projects - Barred Owl “Orpheus” roosting on day 52 of tracking https://www.vitekology.org/projects-swainsons-warbler daily 0.75 2021-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc40e94a5bc066edfb9aa30/1609460091317-PJF3TVZMCWNZ3HC81ZTX/SWWA_Cameron.jpg Projects - Swainson's Warbler Swainson’s Warbler with a geolocator (photo by Cameron Rutt)