Introduction
This is the first year of a new international Research Experience for Undergraduate students funded by the National Science Foundation. Nine undergraduate students from around the country and two from...
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First day in the cloud forest
The forest awoke with a sudden release of rain. The Howler monkeys in the adjacent valley starting calling with excitement and the toucans began their morning migration out of the forest. This is how...
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The Naturalist’s Life: Tomasz Falkowski
Dart poison frog 6/14/11—Soltis Center—87F I was awakened around 4 am by a heavy rainstorm and the cries of howler monkeys. Their loud, bass, guttural roars echoed through the surrounding valley as...
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Research Work: Tomasz Falkowski
Cloud forest canopy 6/15/11–Soltis Center–83F Exhausted by the spectacle that we observed last night and due to the high levels of cloud cover this morning, we decided against birding, and elected...
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Birding, fog collection, and the cloud forest: Tomasz Falkowski
6/16/11—Soltis Center This morning, we woke up for our daily birding excursion. We spotted four noisy keel billed toucans. They flew from tree to tree, chattering as they went. Soon after, we noted two...
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A day in the life of students at Soltis: Tomasz Falkowski
6/17/11—Soltis Center—88F A late night meant no morning birding. Shortly after breakfast, the plant stand atmosphere interactions group took their solar panel array components up to the clearing...
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Working in the cloud forest: Kevin Davis
The sun was sparkling through light cloud cover and the animals were alive this morning. Keel-billed toucans chattered through a nearby Cecropia tree, rousing students from a deep sleep after a...
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Falling water: Tomasz Falkowski
Written in the style of Ernest Hemingway I woke up. The howler monkeys and toucans were calling in the distance. I walked down to the Center after getting dressed. The sun baked the sidewalk, and it...
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The White Waterfall: Tomasz Falkowski
Cloud forest canopy Written in the style of Herman Melville 6/29/11–Soltis Call me Tomasz. The morning was misty and grey, with the dark, pea-soup fog slowly rising up the mountain, covering everything...
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Written (and sung) in the style of Warren Zevon’s Gorilla, You’re a...
Sap flow station The howler monkeys at the Sap Flow site Snatched the machete right out of my hands Took my download cable too Left me here to take his place I wish that monkey a lot of success I am...
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