U.S. and British instructors recently collaborated with ProAves, a Colombian conservation organization, during an intensive two-week workshop on San Andres Island, a Colombian province in the western Caribbean. The instructors worked with 60-plus Colombian nationals, teaching them techniques for safe capture, handling, and banding of wild birds as a way to monitor populations.
A preliminary write-up is on the Web site for Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, specifically at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek051022.html The page has many images, so it may take a while to download. Best wishes, BILL -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED], (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org **********
