Working Together at the Reserva Privada Zorzal in the Cordillera Septentrional
Channel: Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Date: 2013-03-22

Chris Rimmer and Juan Carlos Martinez-Sanchez spent 4 days on Reserva Privada Zorzal in the Cordillera Septentrional. They were setting up a long-term monitoring program for Bicknell's Thrush and other forest birds on this 1100-acre private reserve, the first ever established in the DR. Longtime Dominican ornithological colleagues Jesus Almonte and Ivan Mota joined the team - they'll conduct field surveys beginning next winter. They also trained two park rangers who will help them. Remarkably, they mist-netted 3 Bicknell's Thrushes in the exact same site where they banded one bird a year ago.