New Video sharing section on Wildlife Focus

Upload your video and win DVD!

Here at Wildlife Focus we really want people to get involved with the site by contributing wildlife related content such as photos, videos and your wildlife experiences. The idea is that in time the site will become a place, not only where people can learn more about the World Land Trust projects, but also share their love of nature with the wider community.

To get things going we have added a video sharing section that allows you to watch, search and browse videos as well as uploading your own - kind of like a wildlife YouTube! The system is easy to use and it takes only minutes to put your videos on the site for the whole world to see.

As an incentive for people to get uploading we will be giving away a copy of the film "An Inconvenient Truth" on DVD to one of the first ten users who uploads a video. All ten will receive a pack of World Land Trust Christmas cards in time to send to your nearest and dearest. The only thing that we ask is that all the videos are related to Nature or Conservation but apart from that the more varied the content the more interesting the site!

The internet can be a great way to get people interested and excited about our living planet, and ultimately to want to help protect it, but we need your help: Show the world some of the amazing wildlife the world has to offer - get uploading at http://www.wildlifefocus.org/video-gallery.

By uploading a video you certify that you own the rights to the video submitted. You give Wildlife Focus (WF) the right to modify and publish the video on the WF site and in addition, you allow others to embed the content (unmodified) into other websites, provided they give you credit. Full terms and conditions for uploading videos can be found at http://wildlifefocus.org/video-gallery/page.php?page=3.

Ants eat webcam router!

If you are reading this blog then you will be aware that the webcam has been offline for some time due to the lack of internet connection at the reserve. Amongst other things these "technical" difficulties were due to the extremely damp conditions in the tropics shorting out our circuits and the wires inside the router being ruthlessly eaten by ants!

Right now we have Sean Barry (a volunteer who has recently finished a masters in streaming technology system) working at Buenaventura with our Ecuadorian partners to get the system online again. We have asked Sean to send us an update on his progress of the reserve by way of a blog so watch this space to find out what's going on.

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Although the webcam has not been transmitting to the outside world the camera itself has been on and the Buenaventura staff have been using it to take some photos of some of the animals that have come to eat at the bird feeder.

They have recently sent these photos of some of the more unusual visitors who enjoy the luxury of eating the food put out by the guards.

Wire-crested thorntail (Discosura Popelairia) and Blue-chested (Amazilia amabilis) Hummingbrids with the Coatis family

Choco toucans

Bat Species feeding

Firefly

Coati with Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) hummingbirds