Mass Audubon staff have recently coordinated the donation of a much-needed Leica scope for staff at La Milpa Lodge, Belize. The scope was donated through the American Birding Association’s Birders’ Exchange program, which collects and distributes donated equipment for bird and habitat conservation throughout Latin American and the Caribbean.
Bird Conservation’s Jeff Collins with Vladimir Rodriguez and the newly donated Leica scope in Belize
Bird Conservation’s Jeff Collins delivered the scope while leading a Mass Audubon tour group around Belize. The scope was delivered to Vladimir Rodriguez, a field station manager in the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area in northwestern Belize. Vladimir is a graduate of the International Intern Program, a partnership program of ABA’s Birders’ Exchange and Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center.
Along with the Mass Audubon tour group and the Belizian staff from the lodge, Vladimir and Jeff put the scope to good use right away. Birding highlights included a Red-capped Manakin and Chestnut-collared Woodpecker. Read more about Mass Audubon’s long history of conservation work in Belize.
A Mass Audubon tour group enjoying the birding in La Milpa, Belize