Barro Colorado Island has not been around a long time. When the Panama Canal was built, man-made Gatun Lake was created, and the island was part of the land that remained above water. Martin Moynihan's field notes of the fauna throughout Central and South America included these ones from 1958 and 1962. Green honeycreepers (chlorophanes spiza) are known to be the only species of the genus Chlorophanes. Join other volunteers in transcribing this set of notes and explore the tropical forest through Moynihan's eyes and ears.
Barro Colorado Island has not been around a long time. When the Panama Canal was built, man-made Gatun Lake was created, and the island was part of the land that remained above water. Martin Moynihan's field notes of the fauna throughout Central and South America included these ones from 1958 and 1962. Green honeycreepers (chlorophanes spiza) are known to be the only species of the genus Chlorophanes. Join other volunteers in transcribing this set of notes and explore the tropical forest through Moynihan's eyes and ears.
You can learn more about Martin Moynihan's work in this collection of his personal papers, Smithsonian Institution Archives Acc. No. 01-096.