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May 9th, 2011

A new recruit for Life+ Cap DOM

Anna Stier has just joined the team of GEPOG to take responsibility for part of the LIFE+ Cap…
April 28th, 2011

[Video] Réunion Island: endangered birdlife

What endangered birdlife is there on Réunion Island ? Yannick Giloux, Director of SEOR, offers…
April 27th, 2011

Life+ Cap DOM featured in "Oiseau Magazine"

The Spring issue of "Oiseau magazine" has devoted ten pages to the birds of the DOM. There you…

Follow the heron!

A reminder about an unique event: the fitting of three Agami Herons from the Marais de Kaw-Roura nature reserve (French Guiana) with Argos transmitters. Little is known about this bird, recently classified as ’Vulnerable’ (IUCN’s Red List) by BirdLife International. Since 2010, teams from GEPOG, under a Life+ Cap DOM project, have been trying to find out more about this mysterious species ... a real challenge considering the fact that this French Guianan colony (the largest in the world) is only accessible by helicopter!

Suivez le héron !
Retour sur une expérience unique au monde : la pose de balise Argos sur 3 hérons agami dans la réserve naturelle des Marais de Kaw-Roura (Guyane). On sait peu de chose sur cet oiseau, récemment déclassé en "Vulnérable" par BirdLife International (liste...

Keywords : French Guiana, Kaw Marshes, Agami heron, Video, Argos tracking

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