BioBlitz with Swarovski Optik and Finca Cántaros!

BioBlitz with Swarovski Optik and Finca Cántaros!

This past 28th and 29th of June, Osa Birds was excited to have the opportunity to be invited by the folks from Swarovski Optik to join our local partners Finca Cántaros Environmental Association from San Vito and naturalist guides from the area to conduct a BioBlitz...
The Osa Birds Community Bird Monitoring Network Grows

The Osa Birds Community Bird Monitoring Network Grows

This past weekend were back in Rancho Quemado and San Juan de Sierpe doing some bird monitoring, a bit of protocol review and the data entry that we all look forward to!! We started building our community bird monitoring network 8 years ago in Rancho Quemado and Dos...
Awesome Experiences in Rancho Quemado!

Awesome Experiences in Rancho Quemado!

Some called it “a trip of a lifetime,” others “transformative.”  All of the ten volunteers who ventured across the Osa peninsula were greatly affected by the beauty of the Costa Rica landscape, the boundless hospitality of our hosts, the amazing diversity found...
Women Leaders in Conservation

Women Leaders in Conservation

For all the hard work and dedication that these women conservation leaders have put forth, I want to showcase them and their tireless work both with Osa Birds and in support of their community of Rancho Quemado. From left to right, Nuria Ureña, Yolanda Rodriguez and...
Continuing to Beautify the Heart of Osa

Continuing to Beautify the Heart of Osa

In the month of July, we celebrated World Environment Day (June 5) and Arbor Day (June 15) by creating more habitat for birds!  Osa Birds received funding from Tropical Wings, a non-profit organization dedicated to birds and habitat protection.  With the support and...
Reforesting Riparian Areas

Reforesting Riparian Areas

Today the Biological Monitoring Group of Rancho Quemado and the Junior Park Guards gathered to restore a degraded watershed along the Riyito River at the bridge entrance to Rancho Quemado.  Plants such as Heliconias, Episcias lilacinas, Calateas, Rubeaseas, Estococas...