How Can You Help
There's always too much to do, and far too few resources to do it.
DONATIONS
Thank you so much for your generous donations over the years especially when we were so vulnerable to wildfires. We could not have managed without you.
The drought continued this year but fortunately the wildfires did not reach the reserve, and the rains have started, to our immense joy. It is still very hot though with temperatures up to 40°C in January and early February. La Nina is forecast to dissipate in the next couple of months and we are looking forward to ENSO neutral conditions for the autumn.
As usual we are short of money and would very much welcome any donations.
Are you able to help?
Help Required
- Study of the breeding habits of Alectrurus risora including monitoring of their nests. Due to covid, this project has been delayed, but we are ready to get goung again in the spring. We plan to ring the juveniles in the nest with coloured rings and also do some mist-netting of the adults.
- Continue with our successful bat research at the reserve, in the rest of Corrientes and in Misiones or maybe further afield.
- Study of the Endangered Sporophila iberaense (Ibera Seedeater). We have a grant to study this bird and work will start in the Argentine spring. We are grateful to the Mohamed bin Zayed Conservation fund for sponsoring this project
If you feel interested in our projects and would like to volunteer please contact us.
Please bear in mind that you will be expected to help out with whatever is needed at the time and that we do have more than our fair share of insects, including mosquitoes and Deer flies. The sun can be very fierce, even in September, and temperatures can be high. We would expect volunteers to stay for 3 weeks minimum. Anti-rabies vaccinations are essential if you wish to handle bats.
Below are some of our recent volunteers: Alex Roberts, Ed Marray, Cassie Horton, Abel Yunis, Sergio Ramirez, Arturo Roselli, Sebastian Navajo, Edith Villordo, James Crees, Alex Buxton, Florencia, Sebastian Santiago, Martin Oporto, Lucila Amato, Martin Rizzo, Melina, Valeria, Fede, Maria, Beatriz Luraschi, Â Gustavo Casares, Molly Watson, Leo Georgadis, Melisa D’occhio, Victoria Brenn, Ernesto Villa, Ezequiel ‘Puma’ Lis, Mariano Aimar, Victoria Brennan, Lucas Preliasco, Cesar Dombrosky, Alicia Rodriguez, Thomas Molteni, Mia Luk, Monica Fernandez, Mateo Ramirez.
