October has been another fun and exciting month here at Cloudbridge Nature Reserve. As many of you know, October can be a rainy time of year in our part of Costa Rica, but this year it hasn´t been too bad. Read More …
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September 2019
September is Costa Rica´s civic month – the country´s Independence is celebrated on the 15th, with parades, folkloric dance, singing of patriotic hymns and delicious typical food. In 1821, Central America (including Costa Rica) was granted Independence from Spain, which Read More …
August 2019
Research and Volunteers: Dylan presented the preliminary results on a new camera trapping program we have been setting up in the reserve. The new program has set up 8 cameras in the reserve, that we rotate through 16 locations every Read More …
July 2019
We welcome Carrie Visintainer the new manager of the Cloudbridge Nature Reserve. Carrie’s just arrived at Cloudbridge from Colorado. With a background in communications and non-profit management, she’s taking on responsibility for the overall management of the reserve, working closely Read More …
June 2019
Research: Jonathan Slifkin was here for 3 months continuing the work of Izzy Soane and Jeffrey Roth on studying Mixed Species Feeding Flocks (MSF) in the reserve. Mixed species feeding flocks are just that, flocks of birds of at least 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 …
April 2018
BE THE CHANGE ON EARTH DAY AND EVERYDAY OF THE YEAR! For 2018 the focus on Earth Day is to help end plastic pollution. For now we at Cloudbridge are helping to recycle in our community by sorting and bagging Read More …