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Black-throated Green-warbler (female) Photo by Maynor Ovando MoSI is the abbreviation for Monitoreo de Sobreviviencia Invernal - Monitoring Overwintering Survival Program is a research managed by the Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) along Latin America to estimate statistics of overwintering and survival rates and indices of physical conditions of a group of 25 target bird species. The MoSI program is based in a protocol of 5 pulses of mist net operation in an area of at least 20 ha, called a “MoSI Station”. This station is placed in a habitat of interest where the target bird species can be captured in good numbers. Wing feather examination Photo by Maynor Ovando A pulse is equivalent to 16 mist nets operated during 3 consecutive days; it means 15 days of work for a winter season. The protocol ask for specific information like weight, sex, age (determined by feather examination and skull pneumatization) and finally banding individuals to track them in future pulses. All data c...

Do you see any bird? Photo by Maynor Ovando When do you realize you are a keen birder? There is no an easy answer, but if you are really looking birds everywhere, even if they are not present, you should have a little suspicious… Working in a MoSI station in Sierra de Las Minas last winter I took a lot of pictures but my favorite is this with a pelican form… Do you see another bird form? Posted by Maynor Ovando http://www.birdwatchingguatemala.com/ is a registered trademark of Martsam Tour & Travel Copyright® 2,008 http://www.birdwatchingguatemala.com/ http://www.martsam.com/