A Black Skimmer in Islote Afegua, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico (photo courtesy of Edgar Amador).

Monitoring Migratory Waterbirds in Mexico’s Wetlands

The coastal wetlands of northwestern Mexico are some of the most important habitat for migratory waterbirds that winter in Mexico. With funding support from the Sonoran Joint Venture’s Awards Program, a coordinated monitoring protocol was developed and implemented through a collaborative effort across priority sites to better inform conservation and management decisions.

Artificial colony of Brandt's cormorant on Todos Santos Sur Island, Mexico (photo courtesy of GECI).

Successful Restoration of Mexican Islands

To conserve island biodiversity, the Group of Ecology and Conservation of Islands, A.C. (GECI), has been working for the last two decades in collaboration with government agencies, academic institutions, fishing cooperatives and a network of donors, to carry out a national program of restoration and conservation of the islands of Mexico.

Research and Conservation Needs of Long-billed Curlews Wintering in the SJV Region

Did you know Long-billed Curlews are snowbirds? Researchers from Intermountain Bird Observatory found that birds breeding in the Intermountain West are wintering in the Mexicali and Imperial valleys of the Sonoran Joint Venture. IBO Research Director Dr. Jay Carlisle shares some thoughts on collaboration for conserving this declining species.

10 Years Later…SJV Tours Neotrop Act Grant Funded Riparian Area in Sonora, Mexico

Ten years ago, the Sonoran Joint Venture received a Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) grant to fund riparian restoration and research at a private ranch in Sonora, Mexico. Recently, SJV Science Coordinator Carol Beardmore had the opportunity to visit one of the project sites and tag along with researchers running camera traps at Rancho El Aribabi in northern Sonora.