Author: wildlens
Things you encounter in the field that you don’t want to encounter
Our work in Honduras focused on neotropical migratory songbird habitat requirements in shade grown coffee plantations however we encountered much more than birds. Much more. What else did we encounter so frequently? Invertebrates. Yep. Those are all ticks, or garrapatas ...
‘Scavenger Hunt’ at Twain Harte Film Festival
Considering it was Labor Day weekend, the tiny town of Twain Harte, CA remained a surprisingly tranquil place, and made it a perfect small-town venue for a film festival among the pines. The intimate event boasted its share of fantastic ...
Twain Harte Film Festival: Day One
Greetings fron Twain Harte, CA (elevation: 4,000 ft.), where Wild Lens’ own documentary Scavenger Hunt: An Unlikely Union is being screened as a featured film at the second annual Twain Harte Film Festival. Hidden away up in the pine-filled Sierras, ...
Scavenger Hunt at Film Fest Twain Harte
I am happy to announce that Scavenger Hunt: An Unlikely Union, our documentary about California condors and lead poisoning in wildlife, will be screening at Film Fest Twain Harte in beautiful Northern California during Labor Day weekend on Sunday, September ...
Filming Incubating Treefrogs: An Update from Thailand
** This is the second field update from Adair McNear. Adair is studying and filming the reproductive behavior of an endemic treefrog, Chiromantis hansanae, in Thailand as part of Sinlan Poo's PhD research at the University of SIngapore ** August ...
The Wood Thrush: King of Coffee
** The following is the second in a series of blog posts by Wild Lens biologist Erin Strasser. Her work in Honduras will be depicted in a Webisode during the coming weeks. ** Fabiola, Brett, and I wait patiently amongst ...
Birds and Beans
** The following is the first in a series of blog posts by Wild Lens biologist Erin Strasser. Her work in Honduras will be depicted in a Webisode during the coming weeks and months. ** This past January, I traveled ...
Treefrogs in Thailand: Part 1
Amphibians may be the worlds most threatened taxonomic group with an estimated 30% of worldwide populations being threatened, and over 40% experiencing population declines. These numbers, coupled with an extinction rate over 200 times the normal-background extinction rate, are leaving ...
Wildfires: Revisiting the Birds of Prey Area
A few weeks ago I went to visit the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area where I conducted my Boise State University thesis research on wintering raptors. While there was unfortunately little chance of encountering a ...
