Posts by Jim Goetz

Field Report: We’re Ready to Detect Tagged Bicknell’s Thrush as They Arrive to the Caribbean

VCE conservation biologist Jim Goetz teams up with local contacts in the Dominican Republic to set up the first of four Motus stations on the north coast of the island, filling a critical gap in VCE’s ability to track Bicknell’s Thrushes in their overwintering habitat

How Birds Are Impacted by Atlantic Hurricanes

“So devastating were these storms that we have little to report in the way of storm-blown birds: the affected areas were too damaged and inaccessible to permit birding, and many beloved birding and banding areas along the Gulf of Mexico coast were altered beyond recognition.”  – Sullivan & Wood 2005

A Quick Trip to Birding Paradise

The D.R.’s biodiversity features hundreds of endemic species—ones you’ll find nowhere else on the planet—among them orchids, iguanas, frogs, ferns, and (happily for us) 33 extraordinary bird species.