Last Wednesday (27 February 2013) this Buff-fronted Owl visited Urraca Lodge at our Jorupe Reserve! This bird flew into the dining room trying to catch insects attracted to lighits inside. The owl...
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Jocotoco is proud to announce the website of "Where to Find Birds in Ecuador" completed by Lelis Navarrete a founding board member of Jocotoco. We hope you will enjoy this useful reference:
This exceptionally rare bird had the unfortunate bad luck to fly into a window at Umbrellabird Lodge, Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro, on 13 Jul 2012. Marco Galvez, our reserve manager and guards at...
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On March 8, 2012, WLT-US President, Dr Robert S. Ridgely and WLT-US Chairman, Dr John D. Mitchell and others confirmed the presence of Paynter’s Brushfinch Atlapetes
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Quito, Saturday the 3rd of March. The Jocotoco Foundation celebrated planting more than ¾ million trees in its reserves with a ceremony at the Yanacocha Reserve! The guest of honour...
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A key piece of tropical forest has been added to Jocotoco’s Buenaventura Reserve in southwestern Ecuador. In early December, the 150 ha (350 acre) "Dianita" property was acquired as part of...
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December 2, 2011 – The Jocotoco Foundation, working with several other agencies in Ecuador and abroad, is proud to announce that over 320,000 acres (approx 130,000 ha) of high altitude forests...
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Jocotoco President Robert Ridgely has been awarded the Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award by the American Ornithologists' Union.
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