Jamaica Research

November 5, 2009

Swamp Sparrow Song

November 3, 2009

brown bird singing

copyright Gerhard Hofmann

Behold the glory of the male coastal plain swamp sparrow’s song from the female’s perspective! Caution: Rated PG-17

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santa_teresaThe coffee comes from the unique Santa Teresa Estate in El Salvador owned by Marco and Teresa Batres.

The Santa Teresa Coffee Estate, operated by the Batres family for more than a century, is really an active volcano turned into a coffee estate. It may be the only coffee plantation in the world surrounded by geysers and thermal springs.

Find out more

Studying Birds and West Nile

September 23, 2009

Bird of the Month

August 31, 2009

Here is a picture of a hand-fed ruby-throated hummingbird taken at Lake Hope State Park in Ohio, August, 2009.

hummingbird hovering at hand-held nectar feeder

Read the article about feeding hummingbirds by hand in The Washington Post

Front Page News

August 5, 2009

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Dr. Pete Marra’s research is featured on the August 2009 cover of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Listen to a podcast of the article

Bird of the Month

July 31, 2009