In January 2018 Alyce Straub started a project constructing six quetzal nest boxes. Unfortunately she needed to leave prior to completion. Frank Spooner & Arran Redman later installed five of the boxes throughout Cloudbridge. One remained, so Tom placed the Read More …
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January 2019
Study Abroad: Our new year started off with two busy weeks of hosting 39 students and staff from Gatton Academy of Western Kentucky University. This is the 9th year for their Annual Gatton Academy Research Symposium at Cloudbridge. Three credits Read More …
December 2019
Research and Volunteers: Marissa Romp finished up a 5 month diurnal (active during the day) mammal density study this month. She was comparing the quality of density estimates using Distance software using three different field survey techniques: line transects, point Read More …
November 2018
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Ranindranath Tagore Research: Here are the recent research reports that can be found on our website. Read More …
October 2018
Research and Volunteers: Nina Biburger – Germany Hi, my name is Nina, I am 21 years old and study landscape architecture and planning at the technical university of Munich. As a part of my Read More …
September 2018
Upon seeing the deforestation in the Chirripo valley, Ian said, “Let’s come back and buy some land for reforestation”. Three months later, they returned to Costa Rica, drove around the country looking at properties, and Read More …
August 2018
The rainy afternoons this time of year create some amazing rich green colors in the forest. As the rainy season continues there is good reason to visit this area if you don’t mind a little moisture. The lushness of the Read More …
July 2018
Cloud Forest Fungi Research and Volunteers: My name is Eli and I’m 21 years old from Wales, UK. I’ve just finished my second year at The University of Manchester studying Zoology with French. I came to Cloudbridge Read More …
June 2018
Research and Volunteers: Hello, I’m Gaia Wilson and I’m from England. I am currently studying my Masters in Wildlife Biology and Conservation part-time and I was working full time but decided to leave my job and come to Latin Read More …
May 2018
Cloudbridge Nature Reserve is a birding hotspot for discovering lower montane cloud forest birds. May was an active month as it is the breeding season for many of the species here. These collared Trogans were hanging around chirping and calling Read More …