Our three female educators have completed their 10th year leading the Junior Ranger environmental education program. As members of the local community, these women are well-equipped to connect with other locals and to maintain constant contact with family members of the Junior Rangers. They work hand in hand with sea turtle technicians, biologists, and other conservation experts to bring the kids first-class instruction. As supplement to the lessons, field trips...
Halloween is often associated with bats, which can lead to some pretty widespread misconceptions. For instance, have you ever heard someone say, “He’s blind as a bat!” If you have, you may want to keep reading… Can you be blind as a bat? Despite this popular phrase being recited across pop culture, bats aren’t actually blind. Though they have small eyes, their vision is just fine! What’s the longest living...
Thanks to donors like you, we continue to capture evidence of jaguars, which are keystone predators in western Central America. This past spring, we came across a jaguar and her cubs! While we couldn’t catch them on camera, we did get this video of a juvenile male jaguar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJ6NVyLfUs Our efforts to protect forest habitat in partnership with communities and landowners is helping jaguars and other important animals recover from...
World Female Ranger Week starts today, June 23rd, and ends on June 30th. Organizers of this special week interviewed five of our women sea turtle rangers as part of their mission to “amplify the world of female rangers around the world.” We hope you’ll consider donating to our World Female Ranger Week fundraiser to support the work of these amazing women! Hear from them below. Liessi Calero exhuming sea turtle...
Paso Pacifico rangers kicked off Global Big Day across twenty-two locations with fifty enthusiastic citizen scientists. From dusk to dawn, the rangers documented a total of 233 species! Global Big Day is an opportunity for bird enthusiasts across the globe to participate in citizen science. Founded in 2015, this celebration of birds has continued in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, with some adjustments, of course. With various supplemental apps and...
Donors like you are the backbone of Paso Pacifico. Without you, none of Paso Pacifico’s work would be possible. We wanted to start off the year right by thanking you and reviewing some of the year’s accomplishments. January: A record number of Junior Rangers were enrolled in the Junior Ranger program (160), and our team and communities celebrated the 7th annual Christmas bird count. February: Scientific American featured the InvestEGGator,...
Estamos muy emocionados de compartir las siguientes imágenes de una celebración realizada para honrar a los ganadores del primer Festival de Loros. Los Junior Rangers participaron en tres categorías diferentes: dibujó, historietas y meme. Los ganadores de las tres categorías recibieron un certificado para celebrar su logro. Los ganadores del concurso también fueron premiados con una botella reutilizable y una gorra con un logo personalizado. Para leer sobre los ganadores...
Paso Pacifico rangers closed out a period of migratory bird activities by hosting a 'Festival of Kites' for kids in Sapoa and Ostional with the motto "sing, fly and soar like birds." In this activity, the children used their imaginations and crafting skills to use the kite as a metaphor. The kites represented the beautiful migratory birds that fly long distances to reach Central America during the winter. The children...
Paso Pacifico celebró el Primer Festival Regional Loros Mesoamericanos y queríamos compartir los siguientes ganadores de concursos! Para leer más sobre la competencia y sus requisitos, lea nuestro blog de hace unas semanas. Felicitaciones a todos los que participaron y compartieron su hermoso trabajo. Paso Pacifico held the first Regional Mesoamerican Parrots Festival and we wanted to share the following contest winners! To read more about the competition and its requirements, read...
Reader, we come to you with some exciting and extraordinary news! This Saturday, October 16, Paso Pacífico’s InvestEGGator will be featured on The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca. We hope you'll tune in and spread the word to help others learn about our unique and life-saving technology. Our executive director Dr. Sarah Otterstrom and conservation scientist Dr. Kim Williams-Guillén were interviewed about our remarkable technology that is helping save sea turtles! We...
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