tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62649748090594486972024-03-05T06:32:08.072-08:00Audubon Center of HaitiEnvironmental education throughout Haiti.Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-4593150419166596292022-04-03T05:50:00.005-07:002022-04-03T06:08:18.336-07:00Return to the mangroves in St. Michel/Camp Louise<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinA1NAZtRKSOT-0oLMFetrMYTTP4pbVYFmtSxZ2zkCmTmtbToTz6RsLvYI6CNy5vM3aU2QSAk2C3kpIKJz8VDMeDs9-A9W3uQzJF-NZlIAtH1sEaw-GncRHz9xf18chmveEv5gDBNGoVnNOYU5-EpQ7T3XVOhGZ09NUhem2hSfI5pCzU1rHu4vyut1/s4032/phone_mangrove_IMG_6408.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinA1NAZtRKSOT-0oLMFetrMYTTP4pbVYFmtSxZ2zkCmTmtbToTz6RsLvYI6CNy5vM3aU2QSAk2C3kpIKJz8VDMeDs9-A9W3uQzJF-NZlIAtH1sEaw-GncRHz9xf18chmveEv5gDBNGoVnNOYU5-EpQ7T3XVOhGZ09NUhem2hSfI5pCzU1rHu4vyut1/s320/phone_mangrove_IMG_6408.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>In March 2022 I returned to Université Chrétienne du Nord d'Haïti (UCNH)
in northern Haiti to reconnect and teach a short biology course. I also visited
the mangroves that I surveyed in March 2020 under a small BirdsCaribbean grant.
This time, Elio took me to the shore side of the mangroves. We walked the
mile-long stretch which was a narrow (<1m) strip of sandy shore covered in
plastic trash for almost the entire length. Two of the 3 paths that we followed into
the mangroves led to areas cleared for charcoal. We heard several yellow
warblers in the mangrove, and saw one sandpiper along the shore, along with
washed up pieces of coral and sponges. In the mainland side of the mangrove, we
saw glossy ibis, greater yellowlegs, and black-necked stilts.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMroEUs7r3UltEsDdQN1oQTTHe_14rO0G4Qt2uI6COEnuZS0sUgdLDt4CDwXrkfE2eSyUqXt7ZwE3wW_bZr6jEx1An5JMeSGSEPTjCDPpOsHA66B5wPpqoIce80Bp0VjB2F4ONwm401jkt2tsO8XIhqbXeq68fJ_CjWGbChA_H17hTglwoLWo_R-o/s320/phone_mangrove_spongeIMG_6452.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="240" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sponge</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMroEUs7r3UltEsDdQN1oQTTHe_14rO0G4Qt2uI6COEnuZS0sUgdLDt4CDwXrkfE2eSyUqXt7ZwE3wW_bZr6jEx1An5JMeSGSEPTjCDPpOsHA66B5wPpqoIce80Bp0VjB2F4ONwm401jkt2tsO8XIhqbXeq68fJ_CjWGbChA_H17hTglwoLWo_R-o/s4032/phone_mangrove_spongeIMG_6452.jpg" style="clear: left; 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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-29634861729874805222021-05-16T14:02:00.003-07:002021-05-16T14:14:06.887-07:00BirdsCaribbean grant - Environmental education in Camp Louise<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zBs8GQJj4w8NPMksa5fGDGc9UnbVhNm9n45muStTaUYpJw3mTb_QcsafZvNFbx-EjTX-jOc3uaQJvvhRmIVv47XPzR2D5n9uqZFtomkzo495HidLKGMJpdlotLCpir3ZOaBMcMxkGW0/s1008/2021_camplouise_kids1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1008" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zBs8GQJj4w8NPMksa5fGDGc9UnbVhNm9n45muStTaUYpJw3mTb_QcsafZvNFbx-EjTX-jOc3uaQJvvhRmIVv47XPzR2D5n9uqZFtomkzo495HidLKGMJpdlotLCpir3ZOaBMcMxkGW0/s320/2021_camplouise_kids1.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Using BirdsCaribbean bird silhouette poster.</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Debbie had to leave Haiti in March 2020 and was not able to return as of May 2021. Elio and Wilnise of UCNH continued the activities for this project by leading environmental education workshops for children and their parents of the Institut Rehoboth de Belle Hotesse school which is near the previously monitored mangroves. Snacks were provided! <b>Thank you <a href="https://www.birdscaribbean.org/" target="_blank">BirdsCaribbean</a> for funds to do this important outreach.</b> </span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b> April 28 2021, 8 – 10a Children’s workshop </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Audience: 96 students, 5 teachers, 1 director. (With assistant Wyd) <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Theme: Protect birds, mangroves, and the environment. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Topics:
• The importance of birds - How birds make us have plenty of food. Distribute handouts of birds pictures and names.
• Protection of birds - Do not litter, do not break their nests, do not kill birds, plant trees, do not use slingshots. </span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCHqeYXq0FtzZ3f3W5c_PyO0D3XDM3vmjPUI00wMnZBgG1-uyRoBIC6Du4sG1b6udeEZrOmrN23PkAk7-qvxRJSAqIvzmrFxWl_mQRu8KnWX7fKUqv9qKAtIaGhzPr-5vIIXBkLfdCXY/s999/2021_camplouise_parents1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="562" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCHqeYXq0FtzZ3f3W5c_PyO0D3XDM3vmjPUI00wMnZBgG1-uyRoBIC6Du4sG1b6udeEZrOmrN23PkAk7-qvxRJSAqIvzmrFxWl_mQRu8KnWX7fKUqv9qKAtIaGhzPr-5vIIXBkLfdCXY/s320/2021_camplouise_parents1.JPG" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The parents.</span><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>May 12 2021, 12:30 – 2:30p Parent’s workshop.</b> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Audience: 40 parents, 5 teachers, 1 director. (With assistant Gideon) </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Theme: Protect the mangroves through protecting the environment. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Topics:
• The importance of mangroves.
• The importance of birds and how this can lead to better jobs.
• Exhort children for killing birds.
• Do not cut trees.
• Do not litter. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elio says: Mwen kwè fòmasyon sa dwe gen swit. Kèk aksyon pou ede timoun ak granmoun yo rebwaze zòn nan. Granmoun yo pare pou kolabore nan jan yo kapab. Mwen te kontan anpil travay nan pwojè sa. Ekip la solid e pare pou kontinye patisipe nan bon chanjman kap fasilite byenèt tout moun ak tout zwazo yo!!!!! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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believe this training must follow.</span></span><span class="viiyi"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><span class="jlqj4b"><span><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Some actions to help children and adults reforest the
area.</span></span></span></span><span class="viiyi"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><span class="jlqj4b"><span><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Adults are ready to collaborate as best they can.</span></span><span data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="ht" data-phrase-index="3"><span> </span></span><span data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="ht" data-phrase-index="4"><span>I was very happy working on this project.</span></span></span></span><span class="viiyi"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><span class="jlqj4b"><span><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The team is strong and ready to continue participating in
good changes that facilitate the well-being of everyone and all the birds !!!!!</span></span></span></span>)</i></span></span></p>
<p> </p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-29668515379699526582020-04-01T18:14:00.001-07:002020-04-01T18:28:47.484-07:00Scouting the Limbe rice fields - Trip 3<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look closely for the flock of around 80 glossy ibis passing over the rice fields!</td></tr>
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birds at Bon Berger school on the outskirts of Limbe, Wilnise, Elio, and I stopped
to see the birds that flock to the rice fields along National Route 1. Each
morning large flocks of glossy ibis </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Plegadis falcinellus) </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fly from the east to these fields, and each
evening return to wherever they roost, perhaps along the Baie de l’Acul. We walked
into a small patch of mango trees to find a suitable place to regularly survey
with our spotting scope. We saw at least 100 glossy ibis</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! As
well as cattle and great egrets and one green heron.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We planned to return during a morning to
spend more time surveying. And also planned to return to the mangroves at Camp
Louise that coming Saturday. But two days later on 19 March, two confirmed
cases of COVID19 were discovered, Haiti shut down its borders to people
entering and exiting the country, and I was left scrambling for a flight back
to the US. So this project is on hold until people are able to freely travel in
Haiti. Thanks to BirdCaribbean for helping us with this great start! Our conference
to train the local school teachers in using BirdSleuth materials is on hold
until I can get back to Haiti. In the meantime, I left materials with my
assistants so they can commence birding and teaching once the pandemic passes
and kids resume school, this fall I hope.</span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wilnise and Elio teaching about birds at Bon Berger.</td></tr>
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<br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-63610846504046449082020-03-29T15:19:00.001-07:002020-03-29T15:24:03.689-07:00Sketches of Nature – Environmental education through art <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Thursday March 19 2020 I begun an art and nature activity
funded by the Cape Cod Bird Club Conservation fund. The objective of the
project is to engage Université Chrétienne du Nord d'Haïti (UCNH) School
of Fine Arts students with nature through directed activities of sketching
nature and composing poetry and songs, and help them pass these skills along to
children in the surrounding community through an art and nature workshop that
they plan and direct. The ultimate goal is to link participants to nature to
increase their awareness of the environment and conservation needs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Funding allowed me to bring art supplies for 12 students (sketch
books, color pencils, and graphite pencil kits). Fine Arts student Ruben
stepped up as a leader and organized the students. The first workshop was 2
hours long and we sat outside on campus and sketched a cacao tree and leaves. At
the end I gave the students two assignments – return next week with a drawing of
flowers, and a drawing of something that wasn’t a plant. At the next meeting we
would plan a Saturday morning children’s art workshop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little did I know that while we met, Haiti was closing its
borders due to two confirmed cases of COVID19 and the US Embassy was recalling
all overseas citizens back to the US. I returned to my campus house to find the
messages and immediately bought an airline ticket for return to the US. The
next meeting will have to wait until I return to campus, perhaps this fall or
next spring semester. I hope the art supplies will give the students a creative
outlet while the university and everything else is closed. I have asked Ruben to
send me pictures of the students’ art work. And the supplies for the children’s
program are safely stored in Haiti.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-75898624425387868072020-03-07T12:39:00.001-08:002022-04-03T05:39:26.328-07:00Camp Louise mangroves – Trips 1 & 2<br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In early 2019 Wilnise and I went with our birding group
(Mike, etc.) to do a survey along the road that goes to the Camp Louise beach (edit: Actually the stretch of mangroves between St. Michel and Camp Louise). We
stopped at the mangroves and surveyed from the road. Wilnise and I returned a
month later and the fields and mangroves were dry – we were able to walk pretty
far into the mangroves and saw warblers. I was awarded funding from BirdsCaribbean
to continue monitoring this area, train other birders, and have a bird workshop
for the children in the area. These are my notes for this work. Bird lists are
uploaded to eBird.</span></div>
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at mangrove next to beach<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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beach. Very small patch of trees, No remarkable birds, cattle and snowy egrets
in wet area next to it. Brown pelican flew by on beach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Two trusted motorcycle drivers took Wilnise and me to the
mangroves to commence monitoring this year. Our first stop along irrigation
canals became muddy so we weren’t able to get in a great spot, but did see both
yellowlegs species and some black-necked stilts and killdeer. We moved to a new
location that will be our long-term monitoring spot for this mangrove. Rice
fields run along it and they are full of water now (previous week had rain
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surveyed next to the beach, and saw a green heron perched on top of a bush.
Then walked north along the beach to a rocky tip. A remnant mangrove runs along
the beach, we recorded the clear song of a yellow warbler. We saw 2 spotted
sandpipers bobbing their tails along the ocean shore. In the back area of the
mangrove where trees were cut so now it’s only a mudflat, we saw 2 Wilson’s
plovers chasing little crabs. The motorcycle drivers Wid and Carlo took to spotting
the birds, and I think are candidates for training to be guides. Wilnise asked
the men in the snack shacks along the beach who to contact for arranging a kids
bird camp.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The team at site 2 - main site</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Site 3 - the little mangrove right at the beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Site 4 - destroyed mangrove on left (remnant on right off of photo)</td></tr>
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<br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-8956774779797834032020-02-24T07:24:00.001-08:002020-02-24T07:34:13.910-08:00Cap Haitien Universite Louverturienne d'Haiti<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My ecology student arranged for us to teach a bird class at Universite Louverturienne d'Haiti in Cap Haitien, Since it was mainly administration students, I focused on the economic importance of birds in Haiti and ecotourism. 40 students attended, including some agriculture and nursing students. When he saw my computer and projector, the professor graciously acquired some diesel to run the generator so we could have current. I gave some posters provided by Birds Caribbean. FYI we left my house at 10am and got home at 5pm, all to teach a 2 hour class 15 miles away. The road and traffic are that bad (we did spend an hr on lunch and a bank stop)!</span><br />
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<br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-64899730070588382642020-01-05T16:17:00.002-08:002020-01-05T16:18:15.080-08:00Rivière Haut du Cap (Mapou), Cap Haitien<br />
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2019 I was part of a biological assessment team that surveyed the Haut du Cap
River in Cap Haitian, Haiti’s second largest city. Don and I surveyed the
aquatic environment of the river, surrounding wetlands, and tributaries, with a
botanist and two ornithologists. The river empties into the bay in Cap Haitian where
it historically was an estuary. However, people have cut down the mangroves in
and along the estuary and have moved in. Every year their homes flood. The area
is full of trash and fecal bacteria. People say they don’t see the quantity and
sizes of fish they used to see here. Protecting the river and its mangroves
would have protected the city from flooding and provided more fish for food. We
hope that this survey can increase awareness of the importance of protecting
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old colonial bridge over the Haut du Cap.</td></tr>
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<br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-90897089818059863662019-03-17T16:13:00.000-07:002019-03-17T16:13:36.321-07:00A successful 2019 Conférence Environnementale!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnUJDcnL0GZ2iKHe4PuLiksM_g5cmTD0ZXbRb8OTD4_jXmhmQNdEWlxvKJLWLzGspwQ0_XixvfhQW5UAyLjhcbXqYc05YeySnsTRR1TbLHPRfJcgu4snWr0xzIaxf5ik5tp0jKvUywAU/s1600/2019UCNHconf_berlin_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="432" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnUJDcnL0GZ2iKHe4PuLiksM_g5cmTD0ZXbRb8OTD4_jXmhmQNdEWlxvKJLWLzGspwQ0_XixvfhQW5UAyLjhcbXqYc05YeySnsTRR1TbLHPRfJcgu4snWr0xzIaxf5ik5tp0jKvUywAU/s320/2019UCNHconf_berlin_crop.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you everyone who attended the 2019 <a href="http://aucaudubon.blogspot.com/2019/01/conference-environnementale-15-march.html" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">Conférence Environnementale</a> at UCNH in north Haiti. Speakers included:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UCNH President Dr. Dona Darius - Opening remarks</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agr. Robert Brunet - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Hector Fabian, CFAIM & UCNH - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">Stratégie de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles par le CFAIM</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">Minister of the Environment of the North</span><br />
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-73521007708512967162019-01-31T15:05:00.004-08:002019-06-24T13:53:17.019-07:00Conférence Environnementale - 15 March 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Location: </b></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Université Chrétienne du Nord d'Haïti, Haut Limbe, 1 hour drive from Cap Haitien</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coming from Limbe, look for the yellow C.A.M. sign on the right before you begin the climb up the steep hill. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keep going until you see the ocean scene mural on the right - go through the gate. Parking available on campus.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Societe Audubon Haiti - </span><a data-lynx-mode="hover" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Faudubonhaiti.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0a9aZpxZWJs7CmI7Sn9ZRwYmq1bMjOtmOPn0Gumc_zprAYPt0Oid66Tos&h=AT3mp-seoBeHSONS2h5uibqUdwRnXhzUi8EXpbcIr9UxNPTHUs4g7j34yQVGe-6Q1kp1beMk6TWn3VEFOSSGCR8W6EYE-V-awr8tRs3sYe_EoAUxblcM4vm2HqVzKuI8eQ" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">http://audubonhaiti.org/</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversite Marine (FoProBiM) </span><a data-lynx-mode="hover" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foprobim.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0Fi1Ob8VtAILCcm0PzVM_ugRk89WMsv7rkwvi3I39uKzCWKHtEYV3po9U&h=AT0vrzcwdL_NDEVZu-qgXxJKDvBKTschOsHs9qUvgDkzPYzw1jc-uNP4s38W4R8xhMD66LRBStnLKzTMGSBB4oM2JTg-zbr8YLN6a2pIKT19AKahThsSQn9xmJR43SMosQ" href="http://www.foprobim.org/?fbclid=IwAR0Fi1Ob8VtAILCcm0PzVM_ugRk89WMsv7rkwvi3I39uKzCWKHtEYV3po9U" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">www.foprobim.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Ministère de l'Environnement d'Haïti</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Berlin Desir - Leader de la réalité climatique</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Debbie Baker – Éducation environnementale</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Agr. Guy Buckmaster - UCNH Reforestation and Restoration Initiative</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Booths/posters about environmental work</b> in Haiti welcome! Please contact Debbie Baker naturesphoto@hotmail.com. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Morning walk to see the birds on campus! Over 30 species here!</b></span><br />
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-60937455841590597022019-01-06T15:11:00.001-08:002019-01-06T15:11:53.165-08:00Environmental Education in Haut Limbe<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Nov. 2018 my translator and I started going to schools in Haut Limbe to teach about the importance of birds in Haiti’s environment. As in other communities, the children’s first response to the question “Do you like hawks” is “no, they eat chickens!” We explain that hawks eat many more mice and rats than chickens, and also talk about the importance of parakeets to spreading seeds and hummingbirds in pollinating. Many boys have killed birds with slingshots, including my translator. He regrets this saying he wouldn’t have done this if only he knew that birds were important! So we are on an anti-slingshot campaign. Most of this kids in the 10 or so schools in the area know who he is and have starting telling on each other! I will keep track of our progress in future blogs.</span></div>
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Bassin Zim near Hinche to practice a bioassessment of the watershed. This year I used several models of
environmental meters. I had been using the
Sper Scientific meter that has 4 instruments in one: temperature, % relative humidity
(RH), wind, and light. I first used this
meter at the Amazon Academy in the Peruvian rain forest, where light levels do
not exceed the maximum reading of 20,000 lux.
However, light levels in Haiti are higher, thus my quest to test other
meters. Also the Sper meter has hold and mx/min buttons that put the readings
on pause that can only be canceled by pushing certain buttons for 2 seconds.
This confounds the students. Thus I purchased 3 different light meters, and 2
different anemometers (wind meter). Here
are the reviews of their use with university students in Haiti, with the color
to match to the photo. <i>From the price you can see it is cheaper </i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to buy light and wind meters separately. I <u>underlined</u> the features I prefer.</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></div>
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– 4 instruments, max of 20,000 lux is too low, numbers get stuck – have to
press proper button 2 sec. to exit mode. Wind, temperature, and rH works
fine. Has case. Need screw driver to access
9v battery. $126.54 on Amazon Dec. 2016. Gray.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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meter</b> – Only light in lux or fc, max 199,999 lux. Easy to turn off hold and
max/min. No case, unprotected light probe. Easy access to 3 AAA batteries.
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meter</b> – Temperature and light (lux or fc), max 200,000 lux. Hold min/max 2
sec. to turn off, press hold once to turn off. Back-lit screen (<i>will this use up batteries?</i>). No case, <u>attached
cover for light probe</u>! Easy access to 3 AAA batteries. $19.99 on Amazon
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Digital Anemometer</b> – Also has temperature and RH. Six choices for wind
units: knots, m/s, km/h, mil/h, ft/m, ft/s. Backlight option. Comes with case,
need screwdriver to access 9v battery. Comes with cable to download to
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-1049129097527181952018-01-25T14:03:00.004-08:002018-01-25T14:03:39.854-08:00BirdSleuth Caribbean for UCC preschool<div class="MsoNormal">
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preschool teachers at UCC in Caiman. 13
teachers attended, with 2 of their children who were great for demonstrating
teaching techniques. We began with a 40
minute presentation about the importance of birds, showing photos on my ipad of
birds found in Haiti. After lunch of
rice and beans with onion sauce, we began the games. I gave each teacher a habitat and a bingo
card, and showed how activities can be scaled from preschool to older
kids. My translator Donacien and I
demonstrated the habitat and survivor games, then all joined in and had fun
playing them. I gave the preschool a
BirdSleuth manual and set of survivor, scavenger hunt, and bingo cards for
their resource room. The elementary
school principle is now asking that I give a workshop for her teachers!</span></div>
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Kenscoff I had the opportunity to teach a 2 hour seminar on the importance of
birds and to Haiti share BirdSleuth Caribbean teaching activities. I met with the 15 participants while my
university ecology students took a tour of the reserve and farm. Participants included Jane Wynne and her
daughter Sarah who run the reserve, staff, student interns, and others who had
strong ties to the conservation ethic of the farm.</span></div>
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Haiti, including pest control, pollination, seed dispersal, education,
ecotourism, and art (including Haitian John James Audubon). I then introduced the Cornell Ornithology Lab
BirdSleuth educational materials sent to me by Birds Caribbean. We practiced the <a href="http://aucaudubon.blogspot.com/2017/11/birdsleuth-caribbean-lessons-4-5.html" target="_blank">Habitat and Survivor gamesof Lessons 4 & 5 </a>and feedback helped me improve my use of them. I gave Wynne Farm two manuals and two sets of
the survivor, scavenger hunt, and bingo games.
They gifted me with Rene Durocher’s beautiful Les Oiseaux d’Haiti book
of bird photography. Thank you Wynne
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-22639827388990494332017-12-19T05:30:00.002-08:002017-12-19T05:30:42.211-08:00BirdSleuth Caribbean at Bassin Zim<div class="MsoNormal">
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juniors) to the waterfall Bassin Zim (near Hinche) so that we could have an
ecology program for the children that hang out there. These kids don’t go to
school, but instead hang out at the park to earn money helping visitors (see
<a href="http://zwazoyo.blogspot.com/search/label/waterfalls" target="_blank">past blogs here</a>).
I take my Eco201 class (freshmen) there to practice bioassessment of the
watershed, and wanted to do something different their junior year that would
help them learn some teaching techniques, and in turn help the kids at the
falls. So we did some BirdSleuth Caribbean activities that we previously
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interpreter, and there were 15 kids (ages 6 to 16?), so after a short
introduction about ourselves and the importance of birds, we paired up for the
Bird Habitat scavenger hunt. We then played
the bird habitat game in which a ‘bird’ needs to find food, water, shelter and
space. My students and the kids bonded a
bit, and stayed together as pairs when we had free time to explore the
park. My students shared their food with
the kids. One of my students found a
tiny snake, and did not kill it! Huge
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-53312825347551120462017-12-09T09:47:00.000-08:002017-12-09T10:05:29.712-08:00Drinking and wash water survey – Caiman Haiti<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">On 5 Dec. 2017 I performed a comparison of various water
quality test kits on 3 water sources in Caiman Haiti. The goal was to see which kits are more
suitable for teaching, and which are more precise in nitrate measurements. Water sources were an unprotected well used
by village residents for washing and cooking, a university cafeteria outdoor sink
used to wash dishes, and a household drinking water dispenser supplied by a
reverse osmosis system (treated water) at the university. The sink water and treated water come from
the same well. In summary, the Lamott
and Waterworks kits that use plastic test strips are more convenient and have
more precise lower chemical ranges than the kits that use dissolvable pills (LaMotte®
Water TesTab® Kits). Also, the reverse
osmosis system appears to reduce nitrates and phosphorus in the water.</span></div>
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Water samples were obtained 6:30 – 6:45am in sterile whirlpacks. Prior to the chemistry tests, sterile
pipettes were used to place 1 ml of each sample on 3M petrifilm to determine
presence of fecal coliform. Before each
chemical test, vials were rinsed three times with the sample to be tested. All tests rely on the user differentiating
color shades that represent gradations in the amount of chemical being
tests. The Lamotte Testabs require vials
and monitoring the time taken for the color to develop. Phosphorus tabs take longer to dissolve, while
the pH tabs crumbled as I removed them from the packaging. Also, the ranges of chemical values are crude
and too low for my purpose of testing drinking water. One can only get a range estimate which is a
problem when testing a critical chemical such as nitrate (> 10 mg/l nitrate-N
in drinking water is hazardous to infants). Also, the tabs measure nitrate as nitrate-NO3 which
must be converted to nitrate-N to compare to USEPA drinking water standards. There is also the
question of what to do with the used solution when one does not have a sink to
wash it down. I have my students pour
the solution into a tub which I then dilute and pour among vegetation away from
the waterbody we are testing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Plastic strip kits used were Lamotte Insta-Test (phosphorus, pH, and nitrate/nitrite), Waterworks (nitrate/nitrite), and SenSafe (chlorine). These are much simpler, and the only waste is the small plastic strip. However, the color changes quickly, so one must be ready with the container that has the color shades. This was a problem when I had only one container but had 5 groups of students test their water at the same time. I learned this when the phosphorus test continued darkening before I could reach all groups, thus giving values that were too high. This test requires the 10ml sample tube that is used for the Testab kits. The plastic strip is folded into the cap of the tube, then the cap placed on the tube, thus inserting the strip into the sample. After removing the cap and strip, one looks through the tube from the top to compare color, and it was difficult for me to distinguish shades. Also, nearby color, such as a shirt or notebook, can influence the color seen through the tube. The Waterworks kit has more precise ranges of 0, 0.5, 2 5, 10, 20, 50 nitrate-N ppm than Lamotte with 0, 5, 10, 25, 50 nitrate-N ppm, so I will save the former when testing wells, and use Lamotte in the classroom.</span><br />
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-10149012635183752042017-11-06T15:50:00.001-08:002017-11-06T15:50:49.058-08:00BirdSleuth Caribbean Lessons 4 & 5 – Habitat & Survivor<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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morning UCI kids ecology program (2 hours, 15 kids,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">age 2 y.o. through 8</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
grade) and Lesson 5 Bird Survivor in the 7</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> grade UCC class (1/2
hr, 16 kids), and figured out what worked, and mostly what didn’t work. In general, the kids in 6</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> grade
and up weren’t so into the games. And I
realized that my translator and I really needed to demonstrate a round of both
games with us as the birds. Both games worked
better when kids stay in their seats and the birds are in front. Difficulties with habitat were that the kids
wouldn’t continue to make the motion of their assigned habitat element (food,
water, cover, space) throughout the game, and it didn’t work as a chase game as
the birds and their habitat friends formed alliances, so there was not much
chasing. At the end I gave them markers
and index cards to write the 4 habitat elements and draw pictures. The older kids helped the younger ones, and
they all seemed to enjoy that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Survivor game requires the kids to read cards describing
the success of birds in 1. finding territory and 2. mates, 3. building nests
and 4. sitting on them, 5. finding food, and 6. fledgings leaving the
nest. The birds standing up front take
steps either forward or backwards depending on their success with each step. First, a teacher wasn’t around and kids were
trickling in from break, so they weren’t attentive. Then I discovered my translator can’t read
French very well! So it was difficult
directing the kids through the instructions.
Finally I went up front as the bird and asked kids to read their cards
to me. I understand French well enough
to figure out whether to step forward or back.
Then <i>finally</i> the session was
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I revised both games for the Saturday program in the Bohoc
village (2 hrs, 25 kids age 2 – 15). I
wrote in Kreyol the 4 habitat elements and 6 survival components on laminated
cards. And as we explained each, kids
came up front to hold the cards. I assigned
habitat elements to kids based on the color of their shirts so I could remember
who was what (blue = water, etc.). And
my translator and I demonstrated collecting the 4 elements, making a competition
of it to see who could gather all 4 first.
Then we had pairs of kids come up front as birds and race to see who
could collect the elements. For the
survivor game, I distributed all cards to the kids, and my translator and I
stood up front and in turn asked for the cards for each step in order. Two older girls who could read French read
the cards to us and we explained in Kreyol.
Both games worked much better with this group. Afterwards the kids wrote the components on
the index cards and drew pictures of birds.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-71126962144333491972017-10-21T10:22:00.002-07:002017-10-21T14:16:39.311-07:00BirdSleuth Caribbean Lessons 7 & 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.birdscaribbean.org/birdsleuth-caribbean/" target="_blank">Birds Caribbean</a> sent me materials written in French to lead a BirdSleuth Caribbean class for teachers in Haiti. Before having a workshop for teachers, I am trying out the material on kids in area elementary schools. The first lesson was a 1.5 hr Saturday morning program in two different rural villages with kids aged 2 to 15 years old. I began with the poster of bird silhouettes to identify birds and discuss different groups. (I didn't follow all the dialogue of the lesson or take kids out with binoculars). From the first group I learned that the kids didn't know what a silhouette is (even though they speak French), so explained it to the second group as a shadow, and better explained that we don't need binoculars to identify birds, but can use their shape. They understood this as the hummingbird has a long beak, the woodpecker is on the side of a tree, etc. The kids didn't know the wading bird silhouette, and I have never seen any in this area. We called it the kolye, the name for plover and killdeer. They also mentioned crow several times, but it is not on the poster. They gave me the Haitian Creole names of the birds. Then volunteers come up front and faced away from the poster to try to name all 10 types of birds on the poster.<br />
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Next we used the bird body part poster of Lesson 8. Students gave me the Creole names of the parts, then I had volunteers come up front in pairs and the 'scientist' showed us the parts on their 'bird.' We looked at the bird illustrations in the Haiti bird guide, and I asked the kids questions like what color is the eye stripe, or which bird has a black throat. <br />
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We then went into the surrounding and used the beginner side of the scavenger hunt cards (after emphasizing that they only use the dry erase markers on the cards). They had played this came last year using the English language version and searching for only the illustrated items, so I thought with the French version at least the older kids would look for more items since some are described only with text. But in both groups all the kids stuck to looking for only the illustrated items. So when I have lessons with only the older kids I will emphasize the written items. Stay posted for the results of future lessons.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our 2-hour lesson focused on watersheds - how what we do impacts those who live downstream of us. If we plant more trees and protect the rivers and lakes, we will have more fish and cleaner water. Washing people and vehicles and watering animals away from the river helps everyone. We finished with a lesson on microbes in water and everyone received a kit to test for E. coli in their drinking water. If you find E. coli in your water it is a sign of fecal contamination! Which means diseases such as cholera could be present. After we finished someone showed up with two bouanma fish (carp) from the Bouyara River!</span><br />
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-14010138204000504272017-02-15T13:02:00.000-08:002017-12-09T10:05:43.130-08:00Well Survey – Bohoc Haiti<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On 17 Jan.
2017 I performed a brief survey of 4 pump wells in the Bohoc area (8 miles east
of Pignon), three along National Route 3 and one in the village of Caiman. I collected water samples to measure nitrate with
a LaMotte® Water TesTab® Kit which measures nitrate-NO<sub>3</sub> in discrete
categories (0, 5, 20, 40 mg/l) determined by color change. I used 3M petrifilm to determine presence of fecal
coliform (blue colonies are <i>E. coli</i>,
red colonies with gas are other coliform).
Coordinates were taken with a handheld GPS.</span></div>
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wells were in protected blue and white buildings that are kept locked and
managed by a well committee. At both
wells people drink the water without treating it, and also use it for washing
and cooking. One committee said they
treat the well once a month with chlorine, and that people must take off their
shoes before entering the building. People at the Caiman well said they do not
drink the water, but use it for cooking and washing. At a second unprotected well, someone said
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none of the wells showed <i>E. coli</i>, nor
even other types of coliform, indicating that here is no contamination from
fecal material. Of concern is nitrate
levels. High nitrate in drinking water can
cause <span lang="FR-HT">methemoglobinemia</span> (blue baby syndrome) in
babies less than 6 months old as the nitrate depletes oxygen in the blood. The USEPA maximum standard for nitrate-N in
drinking water is 10 mg/l. The WHO maximum
standard for nitrate-NO<sub>3</sub> in drinking water is 50 mg/l (or 11.3 mg/l
nitrate-N). Nitrate-NO<sub>3</sub>
values were multiplied by 0.2259 to convert to nitrate-N. The two protected wells were below the
nitrate limits, however the two unprotected wells had at least 9.04 mg/l
nitrate-N (40 mg/l nitrate NO<sub>3</sub>), the maximum value that the LaMotte
kit can report. Therefore water from the
two unprotected wells should not be given to babies < 6 months old until further tests can determine actual nitrate levels.</span></div>
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those at the unprotected wells to avoid giving this water to babies.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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ecology programs in a rural village in central Haiti, and at an elementary
school. This week we used the <a href="http://www.birdsleuth.org/" target="_blank">BirdSleuth</a> scavenger hunt and Bird Spy Bingo produced by the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology. The games are printed on
slick cards on which dry erase markers can be erased. I only have the English version of the games
since I am waiting for the French to be reprinted. The scavenger hunt has basic and more
advanced levels of finding objects in natures such as a spider web, rock, leaf,
etc., and is mostly text, so I had the kids find the objects that were pictured
on the cards. Bird bingo has birds doing
various things, such as sitting on a branch or singing, and the kids were able
to follow the illustrations. The 6<sup>th</sup>
graders were able to read some of the English descriptions of the birds. There aren’t many trees in the village and
the kids are noisy, but a kestrel did pose on a tree for us, and the kids found
a feather and bird droppings. We saw a
few more birds near the elementary school.
Binoculars aren’t needed for the scavenger hunt, but make the bingo more
fun. Both games draw attention to
animals and objects found in nature. My
assistant Louiders wants me to thank everyone who donates binoculars and funds
for this! He says you are helping Haiti!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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On 14 Nov.
2016 we performed a brief survey of two rivers and a spring in Bohoc Haiti,
near the market along National Route 3. Bohoc
is 8 miles east of Pignon. We collected
water samples to measure nitrate, phosphate, DO, and pH with LaMotte® Water
TesTab® Kits and determine fecal coliform counts with 3M petrifilm. We also used a 500 micron D net to sweep the
substrate and overhanging vegetation for macroinvertebrates that we identified
to lowest taxon possible in the field.
In the Université de la Communauté Chrétienne de Caïman (UCCC) gardens
to the south of Rt. 3 we sampled two hand-dug tilapia ponds, the Bohoc River
which is downhill of the ponds and gardens, and an irrigation canal that flows
through the gardens and feeds the tilapia pond.
We also sampled the Sous Chaude (hot spring) and receiving river located
downhill behind the Bohoc Market, to the north of Rt. 3. We returned to the spring 17 Nov. to measure
water temperature. All sites were high
in phosphate (4 mg/l), and fecal coliform (>7 colonies) except for the Sous
Chaude which had no coliform bacteria and had lower phosphate (1 -2 mg/l). At all sites dissolved oxygen was <4 mg/l,
nitrate-N was 1.03 mg/l (5 mg/l nitrate-NO<sub>3</sub>), and pH was 7 to 8.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Lamotte
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color change. All coordinates were taken
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bohoc River downhill from UCCC tilapia pond, Site 3 pool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bohoc River fall in site 5 (upstream of path that crosses)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crab found on fall at site 5 Bohoc River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Site 7 Sous Chaude outflow on left, site 8 river upstream on right.</td></tr>
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-47706280611532719852016-11-21T08:56:00.001-08:002016-11-21T08:56:57.563-08:00Haitian Studies Association Conference – Cap Haitien<div class="MsoNormal">
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12 Nov. 2016) in Cap Haitien on the north coast of Haiti. The theme of this year’s conference was Haiti’s
Ecosystems: Focus on Environmental Realities and Hopes. A plenary session was about water quality and
a related book of aquatic research was provided. Other topics ranged from the portrayal of the
environment in Haitian literature, to citizen perception of environmental
issues, to caves and archeology. The
conference began Thursday with an emerging scholars session at Université
Publique du Nord au Cap Haitien south of Cap.
Most of the presentations and activities were at the hotel Auberge Villa
Cana on National Rt. 1. Saturday’s talks
were presented at the Campus Henri Christophe de l'UEH a Limonade, about 40
minutes east of Cap. Cap was flooded
from a heavy rain that fell four days before the conference, and every evening
it rained, flooding parts of Rt. 1. We
stayed in the Hotel Imperial which sat far enough back from the road to avoid
flooding. Two of my ecology students from UCCC joined us.</span></div>
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-60879838161055091602016-10-31T12:31:00.001-07:002016-10-31T12:32:41.316-07:00Lake Péligre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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on the Artibonite River. The dam was
built for hydroelectric power. The lake
can be seen on National Route 3 between Hinche and Mirebalais. You can compare lake heights in the photos
below which I take every time I go past the lake. Information on the internet suggests the lake
is filling in with silt, and the turbines are not functioning at top
efficiency. As someone who receives electricity
from this dam, I can tell you we have electricity a couple hours in the morning
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Peligre Lak, 2yèm pi gwo lak Ayiti a, ki te fòme pa yon
baraj sou larivyè Lefrat la Latibonit. te baraj la bati pou pouvwa idwolik. ka
Lak la ka wè sou Nasyonal Route 3 ant Hinche ak Mibalè. Ou ka konpare wotè lak
nan foto yo anba a ki mwen pran chak fwa mwen ale sot pase lak la. Enfòmasyon
sou entènèt la sijere lak la se ranpli nan ak limon, ak turbin yo pa fonksyone
nan efikasite tèt. Kòm yon moun ki resevwa elektrisite sa a soti nan baraj,
mwen ka di ou nou gen elektrisite yon èdtan koup nan maten an ak yon koup nan
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View 1 Oct. 2014</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View 1 Dec. 2015 after a dry fall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View 1 Oct. 2016</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View 2 Oct. 2014</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View 2 Dec. 2015 - note the exposed silt upstream between the hills.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View 2 Oct. 2016 the valley is full again, but shore line is still exposed.</td></tr>
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-34513866921287586822016-07-30T13:40:00.000-07:002017-10-21T10:27:26.622-07:00BirdSleuth in French - Zwazo Detektif nan FranseThe Cornell Lab of Ornithology has many birding resources, from educational materials to the <a href="http://ebird.org/" target="_blank">eBird </a>on-line database. In a tropical rain forest <a href="http://www.amazonworkshops.com/educator-academy.html" target="_blank">class</a> in the Amazon, I had a chance to try out some of their <a href="http://www.birdsleuth.org/" target="_blank">BirdSleuth</a> materials for K-12 grade. There is a bingo game and a scavenger hunt to get kids outside looking for birds. You can download the French version of the materials at <b><a href="http://www.birdscaribbean.org/birdsleuth-caribbean/" target="_blank">BirdsCaribbean</a>.</b><br />
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Laboratwa a Cornell nan ornitoloji gen anpil resous gade zwazo, ki soti nan materyèl edikasyonèl nan baz done a <a href="http://ebird.org/" target="_blank">eBird</a> sou entènèt. Nan yon <a href="http://www.amazonworkshops.com/educator-academy.html" target="_blank">klas</a> forè twopikal nan Amazon a, mwen te gen yon chans eseye soti kèk nan materyèl <a href="http://www.birdsleuth.org/" target="_blank">BirdSleuth</a> (K-12). Gen se yon jwèt bengo ak yon lachas trezor yo ka resevwa timoun deyò kap chèche zwazo yo. Ou ka telechaje vèsyon an franse nan materyèl yo nan <a href="http://www.birdscaribbean.org/birdsleuth-caribbean/" target="_blank">BirdsCaribbean</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using BirdSleuth materials in Peru during the <a href="http://www.amazonworkshops.com/educator-academy.html" target="_blank">Educator Academy</a> in the Amazon.</td></tr>
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<b><br /></b>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089308323635610000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264974809059448697.post-89215311589906837272016-02-16T12:43:00.001-08:002016-02-16T12:43:18.251-08:00Warblers of Haiti<div class="MsoNormal">
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known for both migrating and being difficult to identify.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We both spend our winters in Haiti, so I get
to see many of these beautiful little birds.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There’s 3 pages of small yellow birds in the
Haiti field guide.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">But none of the illustrations
show the most common view – the underside of the bird – as seen in these photos
of a prairie warbler right outside my house in Caiman (central plateau).</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.thewarblerguide.com/" target="_blank">The Warbler Guide</a> (2013 Princeton Univ.) has
solved that problem, with many views of the birds, comparison photos, and sonograms.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s also available in Kindle and as an app.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></div>
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