Chile

Isabella Allende calls Chile  “A Long Petal of the Sea”.  Shorebirds know this more than people.  Its a country with an abundance of fascinating natural places, most unspoiled by the grinding away of natural resources by industry so common in the US.  Our work took us to two places in Chile:  the main wintering area of red knots at the country’s southern most tip in Tierra del Fuego and  to the mid section of the country on Chiloe Island for hudsonian godwits and whimbels.  We counted birds to determine the health of the entire populaton and to attach various types of tracking devices to learn more about each species long migration to their Arcitc breeding ground.