Grupo Jaragua and Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. marked World Wetlands Day with programmes aimed at raising awareness of the value and benefits delivered by the Caribbean’s shrinking coastal mangroves.
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Durante mayo de 2012, la Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife en Puerto Rico) instaló 25 rótulos en el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre de Cabo Rojo para delimitar una localidad de anidaje importante para las limícolas residentes que estaban siendo perturbadas por visitantes.
Continue reading...Friday, July 6, 2012
During May 2012, Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife in Puerto Rico) installed 25 signs in the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats National Wildlife Refuge to mark important nesting sites for resident shorebirds that were being disturbed by visitors.
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A nocturnal seabird, the black-capped petrel, may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species.
Continue reading...Thursday, May 24, 2012
El pasado 22 de abril, la Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. celebró el inicio del 11º Festival de las Aves Endémicas del Caribe con un evento de apertura cuyo programa de actividades incluyó la limpieza de áreas de manglar por grupos de voluntarios locales.
Continue reading...Sunday, May 20, 2012
La Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife en Puerto Rico) recibió fondos del Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones (PPD) de la Alianza del Manglar, para llevar a cabo el primer estudio detallado sobre la comunidad de manglar en Caño Tiburones.
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife in Puerto Rico) has been awarded funds by the Mangrove Alliance Small Grants Program (SGP) to perform the first comprehensive study of the mangrove community at Caño Tiburones.
Continue reading...Monday, February 28, 2011
An authoritative online life history for the Endangered Yellow-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius xanthomus has been published on Neotropical Birds Online.
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Audubon’s (BirdLife Partner in the USA) annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place from December 14, 2010 to January 5, 2011. Tens of thousands of volunteers throughout North America will brave winter weather to add a new layer to over a century of data...
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Recorrer los canales de mangles de lo que antes era Roosevelt Roads es ponerse en contacto con un trozo de naturaleza casi virgen.
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 4, 2010
El Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, junto con el Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre, la Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña Inc. (BirdLife en Puerto Rico), y el Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club, colaboraron en un proyecto con el fin de erradicar la rata negra (Rattus rattus) en la Isla de Cardona y en el Cayo Ratones, al sur de Ponce.
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 21, 2010
An authoritative online life history for the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Nightjar Caprimulgus noctitherus has been published on Neotropical Birds Online. The species account deals with identification, distribution, life history, conservation and future research recommendations and provides an essential resource for the conservation of this species. The Puerto Rican Nightjar is endemic to the coastal [...]
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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