Tierra del Fuego 2011

We continued our work in Tierra del Fuego to help track the recovery of the red knot.  After years of decline, all secondary wintering areas lost birds. Bahia Lomas lost birds as well, the population falling from a high of 56,000 to less than 15,000.   Our funding renewed from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation we continued trapping and monitoring knots other shorebirds.  Working with Manomet Center we met with the mayor of Cerro Sombrero to create a new bird observatory.  The effort morphed into a center for Bahia Lomas now run by the University of Santo Thomas.