Kiki Corridor Progress-April 7, 2008

    Work began on the Kiki biological corridor the 27th of March, only 12 days after the big fundraising dinner on March 15th. The topographical survey was done on the 27th, as well. With the stakes in the ground to mark the boundary lines we could start planting the living fence posts and stringing up the wire to prevent the livestock from getting in there and eating the seedlings after they are planted.

    Below are photos showing the entire process from cutting the branches out of the trees for living fence posts to planting them in the ground at the corridor site. We used a big variety of tree limbs giving an almost immediate source of fruits for the birds and flowers for the insects and hummers. This all took place since April 1st and the workers are putting up the wire right now as I write.

A huge thank you to Sandra Shaw and Roger Eichholz for donating their worker Koki  to help out for several days. Thank you to Doug Ward for his donation of 70 tree limbs from his farm and allowing his worker, Vallarta, to come and help plant and haul for 2 days. Thank you, although none of them will ever read this, to Omar and Oscar Muñoz Arguero, Koki and Vallarta for your back breaking work and enthusiastic attitudes about the entire project.

  Oscar cutting Jinocuabe limbs up high.

Omar and Koki stacking them.

Oscar and Omar planting and Vallarta hauling the living posts on down the line.

Far off look at the corridor but it reaches over 750 meters long.

    Here are photos of the wildlife in attendance on this day. One gets the feeling they are just waiting for the corridor to be finished so they can move in. What do you think?

Orange Butterfly having a sunbath.

Mantled Howler Monkey, male, having a cool nap on this hot day.

  Mother and baby watching.

Flowering vine.

Dusky-capped Flycatcher.

   

    The fence will be finished day after tomorrow. There it will sit until the dependable rains come. When we are sure that we will get rain everyday we will give the call to all of our hard working, tree planting volunteers to…

                                                        LET’S GET PLANTING !!

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