Written by Ben Borgmann-Winter (Middlebury College) Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) Botswana is home to a great diversity of Kingfishers—nine different species from two different families, according to Birds: The Inside Story, by Rael and Héléne Loon. Over our…
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A fond farewell to Costa Rica from the top of the world
Text by Chris Smith (instructor) and photos by Elizabeth Brunner (instructor), unless otherwise noted. On April 15th, with five days of heads-stuck-in-computers behind us and finals over, we started our travels toward our last and final destination: Cerro Kamuk. With…
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Down in the Valley
By Esther Daranciang, Westminster College We hiked into the Parajeles property from the main road with the help of one of the sons, Javier, and two horses to carry our food. As we hiked down through the secondary forest between…
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Sustainable Biodiversity Fund fieldwork part two
Written by Katie Goodwin, University of New Hampshire (Photos by Katie Goodwin, unless otherwise noted) On the morning of March 22nd, we packed our bags and boxes of groceries onto a bus headed for the small community of Rancho Quemado…