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Current & Upcoming WFVZ Events

10th Annual Fall Open House was great, check out our Facebook page!

 

Public Tour: Friday, June 28, from 3-4 p.m.  Call in advance   -- group size limited to 20 people (805-388-9944).  $5 per adult; FREE for kids ages 7 and under and WFVZ Members!

See René Corado's visit to University of the Valley, Guatemala

Check our 9th Annual Open House! Video   

Now on Facebook!   See video of the WFVZ's collections, and pictures of our trip to Costa Rica and where we work in Guatemala! 

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Check the museum video on youtube!

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New and now available, 'Birds' Nests of the World', by Mamoru Suzuki.  Edited by René Corado and Linnea Hall.

  

Also, this is our book on the eggs and nests of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, by WFVZ Executive Director Dr. Linnea Hall and Collections Manager René Corado, with photos by Rosamond Purcell Egg and Nest See our Gift Store page for information on both books! 

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Read reviews of the book:  10,000 Birds, Audubon, The New York Times, American Scientist

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GBDP - May 2003 El Progreso & Los Tablones PDF Print E-mail

Each hole in the side of the wash is a nest of a Motmot (Momotidae)
Each hole in the side of the wash is a nest of a Motmot (Momotidae)
El Chical and Los Tablones are two study site areas within the district of El Progreso.

Riparian forest of El Chical. Notice the stream in the lower right-hand corner
Riparian forest of El Chical. Notice the stream in the lower right-hand corner

The same riparian/thornscrub forest looking down from above
The same riparian/thornscrub forest looking down from above

Frank Stiernelof and René Corado discuss the condition of the habitat
Frank Stiernelof and René Corado discuss the condition of the habitat

A chunk of the forest has been cleared for grazing
A chunk of the forest has been cleared for grazing

More grazing area
More grazing area