Fire-eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope) By Emily Diener (Macalester College) The first bird I ever identified by myself was the fire-eyed diucon. It happened on a nature walk as a group on September 30th, when we each spent about an…
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Fire-eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope) By Emily Diener (Macalester College) The first bird I ever identified by myself was the fire-eyed diucon. It happened on a nature walk as a group on September 30th, when we each spent about an…
By Erin Knight (University of Vermont) The Austral Mountain Vizcacha (Lagidium wolffsohni), relative to the Chinchilla, is best characterized as a chubby, fluffy, rabbit-sized rodent with long think fur, long ears, and large black eyes. The vizcachas of the…
November 24, 2013 By Erin Knight (University of Vermont) On Sunday, November 10th, the crew took off for our mid-program adventure down south. Our first stop was Caleta Tortel – the board walk city. This small city is right…
November 14, 2013 By Alice Hotopp (Colby College) Life in Valle Chacabuco is becoming familiar to us. Sections of road are recognizable by the way their bumps and puddles jostle the trucks as we drive over them. We all…
By Emily Diener (Macalester College) We left our base camp at Los West Winds on Saturday morning (October 12th) for a “wee little” overnight trip down to Lago Cochrane, which lies about fifteen kilometers or so to the south….