A Creole word from our Dominican partners
THE CULTURAL IMPORTANCE OF THE CRAPAUD TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA
Various species of animal wildlife have featured as important components in the cultural heritage of many countries all over the world. Some of these...
Celebrating the return of the mountain chickens
As we have said before, in Montserrat we work hard and we play hard. To celebrate the successful release and all the hard work that has gone into bringing back the mountain chicken to...
Being given the run around
We are all back into the forest to check on the newly released frogs, another big team effort. Gerardo and Javier were downloading data from the Songmeters, hoping for the recording of the mountain...
Radio Tracking Round 1
So the frogs are now safely in the forest. Now what? Well we need to find them of course. Some of you may remember this time last year with the last set of frogs...
Release no2!
Having got the first batch of frogs out and into the forest there was little time to relax as it was soon time to get ready the final group... last but not least. Preparations...
Release no1!
Having had a few nights of peace and quiet in the temporary ponds, it was time to release the first half of the captive-bred mountain chickens into their new home. The team mobilised to...
The mountain chickens have landed…safe and sound!
It was a tense day yesterday. We knew the mountain chickens due for the next release were in the air winging their way to Montserrat but what were we going to find out once...
Preparations for the arrival of the frogs
Most of the team is here now with the arrival of Gerardo Garcia (head of the captive-breeding programme) yesterday evening and now Ben Baker from Chester so the cavalry has arrived. The team has...
The frogs are back in town!!
A very Happy New Year to all! 2011 was an amazing 12 months for the mountain chickens in Montserrat and the Mountain Chicken Project Team and we are very excited about 2012. And what...
International Tree frog Catcher Squad reporting for duty.
Just when things were coming to an end here on Montserrat for me as a volunteer, another adventure took off! I got the opportunity to spend a week with our sister mountain chicken project...