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Your gift supported local birding. Thank you!
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This month, Paso Pacífico team members in Nicaragua celebrated autumn's Global Big Day. Because of your support, this year's celebration was a success! Fifty-three participants, including 6 Junior Rangers, saw species like the critically endangered resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) and the endangered golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia). In total, our team recorded 287 species across eleven areas.
Thank you for helping us record birds on Global Big Day. We also are grateful to our partner U.S. Forest Service International Institute for Tropical Forestry, which is a regional partner in our bird conservation efforts.
When you support our birds, you're making events like Global Big Day possible. Promoted by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this day is celebrated twice a year and is a chance for volunteers around the world to contribute to science. Click here to learn about Global Big Day in our blog.
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Thank you for boosting citizen science!
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Photos from this month's Global Big Day
Top: Yellow-billed cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus)
Bottom left: Rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Bottom right: Black-striped sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
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 CANOPY CALL INVITATION
Next month is a time for gratitude, and we want to give thanks to you, our friends and donors. So, we're opening up our Canopy Call, which is usually exclusive to monthly donors and board members, to everyone! Join us at noon PT on November 10th for a half-hour interactive Zoom call with Marcos Calero, a Paso Pacífico wildlife specialist.
Learn about jaguars, see awesome camera trap footage, and discover how your support is saving forest animals. Then ask Marcos your questions!
You don't want to miss this opportunity. Register below to kickstart your holiday season on a "wild"-ly grateful note!
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Last month, we faced the remnants of Hurricane Julia. (You may have checked in to see how we were doing.) Heavy rainfall flooded rivers, yet through it all, the team you supported looked after neighbors and found ways to help.
In El Salvador, forest rangers removed fallen trees from homes. In Nicaragua, we alerted people to evacuate vulnerable areas near water.
We are grateful to have made it through and to have helped our communities, thanks to your support.
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Estefania Muñoz Salas is from Morelia, Mexico, and recently joined our team as a scientific coordinator. She advises and mentors team members on bird and coastal conservation. She also analyzes bird data, focusing on population trends, migration patterns, reproductive biology, and more. Estefania finds all birds fascinating, especially shorebirds and seabirds.
As part of her undergraduate and graduate research in marine biology and ecology, she has worked with shorebirds and participated in the Christmas Bird Count, Migratory Shorebirds Project, and more research projects in Mexico. Estefania recently completed her master's degree in marine ecology at the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) in Ensenada, Mexico.
We are so thankful to have her expertise on our team. Thank you for supporting her work!
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We are grateful to Dr. Wayne Arendt and the U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) for their support of our migratory bird research and conservation.
Dr. Arendt is an award-winning scientist who has spent 44 years working in the Guanica Biosphere Reserve in Puerto Rico studying birds of the tropical dry forest. Because of his and IITF's support, Paso Pacífico sustained a decade-long monitoring program to see how birds interact with their environment and how their populations change over time. Thanks to Dr. Arendt's scientific mentorships, our team members built bird research skills that enabled our programs to continue.
As Dr. Arendt analyzes the results of our research programs, he's also working to validate the Paso Del Istmo wildlife corridor as a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA). The KBA classification is used to identify regions vital to our planet, and can lead to additional funding that would augment your support.
We are grateful to work with this award-winning scientist and research center. Thank you to Dr. Arendt and the IITF for their contributions to migratory bird research!
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We wish you a Happy Hallo-week.
Thank you for your continued support!
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Our friend Roberto Pedraza Ruiz is being featured on Rolex.com for his amazing photography! Roberto is a passionate conservationist who visited our Mono Bayo Reserve back in 2017 thanks to our mutual partnership with the IUCN Netherlands Land Acquisition Fund. He took some incredible photos (like the one above). “Photography has become such an efficient tool for conservation,” he said in an interview.
Growing up with conservationist parents in the Mexico's Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Roberto's interest in forest conservation began early. Our partnership with him grew when Paso Pacífico ranger Jarinton García visited Roberto in the Sierra Gorda soon after.
Because of Roberto's photography, two new magnolia species were discovered, one of which was named after his family — the Magnolia pedrazae. Follow him on Instagram to keep up with his beautiful photography!
Read more about Roberto's photography and background here.
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PARTNERS MAKE IT POSSIBLE
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Bird-loving Junior Rangers are also learning about another winged family: bats! These fascinating mammals not only act as pollinators and seed dispersers; they also control insect pests.
Last year, donors like you raised a total of $874 to help teach kids about bats. A year later, your donations are still making great things happen! This year's cohort of Junior Rangers is currently learning about bats.
In addition, some of the funds are helping put up interpretive signs and sponsor a bat festival next week at Walter Thilo Deininger National Park near El Libertad, El Salvador. This project is happening in partnership with the Programa de Conservación de Murciélagos de El Salvador (PCM El Salvador) with assistance from the country's Institute of Tourism.
Thank you to our donors and valued partners! None of this bat education would be possible without you.
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Thank you to all the photographers who contributed photos used in this e-newsletter. These include but are not limited to Roberto Pedraza, Octavia Saldana, Phil Torres, Jerry Bauer and Paso Pacífico rangers Estefania Munoz Salas, Jarinton Garcia and Winel Ruiz.
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