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Margaret Sloan | profile | all galleries >> Places and Spaces >> Peru, February 2010 and January 2015 >> CICRA: Los Amigos Biological Station tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

CICRA: Los Amigos Biological Station

Centro de Investigacion Y Capacitacion Rio Los Amigos (CICRA) is a biological field station located on the banks of the Madre de Dios River in southeastern Peru. The campus is on a high terrace and was originally a mining camp. Principal ecosystems include terrace forest, floodplain forest, swamp forest, streams, lakes, and riparian vegetation.

Photos of birds from this location are at: peru_birds
Up a Lazy River
Up a Lazy River
Stairway to Heaven
Stairway to Heaven
View from the Bluff
View from the Bluff
Lodging
Lodging
The Grounds
The Grounds
Lodging
Lodging
Walkway to the Lab.
Walkway to the Lab.
Main Buildings
Main Buildings
Flower Power
Flower Power
The Commodore
The "Commodore"
Omar and Greg ready to hit the trails!
Omar and Greg ready to hit the trails!
Kat's Garden
Kat's Garden
Kat's Garden
Kat's Garden
Cabin
Cabin
A fruit found on campus
A fruit found on campus
Looking toward the bluff
Looking toward the bluff
Flowers along the trail
Flowers along the trail
A viewpoint on one of the trails
A viewpoint on one of the trails
Hat-rider
Hat-rider
A dark day on an oxbow lake
A dark day on an oxbow lake
Looking down the oxbow lake.
Looking down the oxbow lake.
Oxbow lake--another view
Oxbow lake--another view
Renewal:  an umbrella about to unfurl
Renewal: an umbrella about to unfurl
Another viewpoint
Another viewpoint
Ginger along the trail
Ginger along the trail
Passing below the bluff
Passing below the bluff
Late afternoon view
Late afternoon view
A warning as we prepared to leave..
A warning as we prepared to leave..
Down the stairs to the boat..
Down the stairs to the boat..