The “Sierras de Managua” mountains are a forested magnet for overwintering neotropical songbirds. To help understand their biology and conservation, in 2019 LTI added a bird banding research station on the adjacent El Nisperal Private Wildlife Reserve to the California-based “Institute for Bird Population’s” Central American banding network.
From November to March each year, we capture, band and release all migratory birds (a). Re-capture data from the network helps to understand survival rates of migratory birds during the entire life-cycle, and provides guidance to developing conservation strategies in all countries that they visit. Year-round resident birds (b) are studied too, and their natural histories further understood through our research and publications.
Biologists Salvadora Morales (c) and Yoleydi Mejía (d) run the station for 3 days each month. Assistants Nayelli Cruz and Lester Ortiz (e) from Palo Solo, who both love animals of all kinds, are learning the ropes. Nayelli hopes to become a veterinarian some day.
Bird-banding Research Station
The “Sierras de Managua” mountains are a forested magnet for overwintering neotropical songbirds. To help understand their biology and conservation, in 2019 LTI added a bird banding research station on the adjacent El Nisperal Private Wildlife Reserve to the California-based “Institute for Bird Population’s” Central American banding network.
From November to March each year, we capture, band and release all migratory birds (a). Re-capture data from the network helps to understand survival rates of migratory birds during the entire life-cycle, and provides guidance to developing conservation strategies in all countries that they visit. Year-round resident birds (b) are studied too, and their natural histories further understood through our research and publications.
Biologists Salvadora Morales (c) and Yoleydi Mejía (d) run the station for 3 days each month. Assistants Nayelli Cruz and Lester Ortiz (e) from Palo Solo, who both love animals of all kinds, are learning the ropes. Nayelli hopes to become a veterinarian some day.