16.8.2020
Embedded Files
Trap Cameras' First Captures
Trap Cameras' First Captures
We had our 2nd field trip as we mentioned before, and this mission was plenty of new emotions! Not only we had a fantastic and generous collaboration from expert ornithologist Johana Zuluaga-Bonilla to increase our bird survey (news will be published soon), but we reviewed the trail cameras we had placed a month ago in July, and guess what? - Yes!, we had lovely and very emotional captures in there.
In total, we had placed 4 cameras on site, one of them didn't work unfortunately (it showed a faulty functioning and it was very sad and frustrating not to have its images), but the three others worked out well and they captured 630 valid images all together! (every triggering had 3 photos per detected movement, so it represented 210 animal crossings in front of the cameras - some of them were quite photogenic and had numerous shots per individual though). Not bad for only a month of activity in the field, isn't it?
We are now processing all those files to have them organized and well identified, so once we have a summary report of this we will be sharing it here in our blog.
Meanwhile, let's enjoy this outstanding sample of two medium-sized mammals we all didn't know we had as honoured guests in our reserve:
Common name: Yaguarundi, Jaguarundi, Puma Yaguarundi
[English name]: Jaguarundi
Scientific: Herpailurus yagouaroundi
Status: Least Concern (LC), see this link from IUCN
Common name: Yaguarundi, Jaguarundi, Puma Yaguarundi
[English name]: Jaguarundi
Scientific: Herpailurus yagouaroundi
Status: Least Concern (LC), see this link from IUCN
Common name: Venado Soche
[English name]: Dwarf Red Brocket*
Scientific: Mazama rufina
Status: Vulnerable (VU), see this link from IUCN
Common name: Venado Soche
[English name]: Dwarf Red Brocket*
Scientific: Mazama rufina
Status: Vulnerable (VU), see this link from IUCN
Common name: Yaguarundi, Jaguarundi, Puma Yaguarundi
[English name]: Jaguarundi
Scientific: Herpailurus yagouaroundi
Status: Least Concern (LC), see this link from IUCN
Common name: Yaguarundi, Jaguarundi, Puma Yaguarundi
[English name]: Jaguarundi
Scientific: Herpailurus yagouaroundi
Status: Least Concern (LC), see this link from IUCN
Collaborators
Collaborators
Cameras: Prof. Andrés Link, from Los Andes University.
Field trip 1 (July, 2020): Wilderson Medina, Laura Gómez, Juanita Arango, Sebastián Rojas, José Luis Figueroa, Felipe Velasco, and locals: Santiago Cucaita, Rosa Cucaita, Chavela Molano, Elizabeth Aguilar, and Miguel Aguilar.
Field trip 2 (August, 2020): Johana Zuluaga, Laura Gómez, Juanita Arango, Samuel Velasco, Reinaldo Caicedo, José Luis Figueroa, Felipe Velasco, and locals: Santiago Cucaita, Rosa Cucaita, Chavela Molano, Elizabeth Aguilar, Miguel Aguilar, also Mr. José and Mr. Roberto (Chinatá).
Species' identifying process from images - Biologists: Wilderson Medina, Johana Zuluaga, Laura Gómez, Andrea Ospina, Camilo Fernández.
If you are interested in joining or supporting our project, please consider a donation to back up our activities, and do not hesitate to contact us!
Page updated
Report abuse