December has been a lively month at Cloudbridge. On Christmas Day, we gathered for an afternoon of festivities, including a highly competitive game of croquet, pictured above. We also shared international foods in a community potluck. Here, our bird intern Amauta Leer más…
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November 2019
Two male White-crested Coquettes having a territorial dispute. Photo credit: Laura Hulbert October went out with a bang with our Halloween party, held on the Day of the Dead. After the party, we had to gather our strength at the Leer más…
October 2019
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. Leer más…
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 Leer más…
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 Leer más…
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 Leer más…
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 Leer más…
December 2013
These photos of a jaguar were taken by a camera trap in the next valley over from Cloudbridge. This is the closest siting to the reserve of these beautiful cats. Volunteers/Research Clarice Esch returned to Cloudbridge to continue her research on the Leer más…
November 2013
This month the Capuchin monkeys have wandered across the river into the trees close to the volunteer casa. On one occasion a local family had walked up from San Gerardo to Cloudbridge for a hike and were passing by when we Leer más…
October 2013
The Peaks of Uran against an unusual blue sky for October The rainiest month of the year has been a mixed bag of some sunny days, some cloudy days, and some very rainy days. It does seem though that we are getting less Leer más…