Studying birds’ lives and why it matters
- by crv.staff
- 05.08.10
- 7:42 AM UTC
- Filed in Costa Rica
Source : Tico Times
By : Dorothy MacKinnon
More than 200 ornithologists, biologists, bird guides and amateur birders flocked to the University of Costa Rica (UCR) last Thursday for the inaugural session of the second Costa Rican Ornithology Conference (II Congreso Costarricense de Ornitología).
Co-presented by the Costa Rica Union of Ornithologists (Unión de Ornitólogos de Costa Rica) and UCR’s Biology School, a who’s who of the Costa Rican birding world was on hand at the event, including Costa Rica’s most eminent ornithologist, Julio E. Sánchez.
Sánchez, a recently retired, long-time curator of birds at the National Museum, is now president of the Union of Ornithologists. This non-profit, non-governmental group, founded in 2006, now numbers 100 or so members, dedicated to promoting biodiversity conservation, primarily through the study of birds and their habitats.
A major recurring theme of the five-day congress is the effects of urbanization, man-made noise and development on bird habitat.
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