Special
events
STRI special events,
May 2025
STRI soccer League 2025, Visit of MiAmbiente officials, Japanese Embassy visit, Big thanks to Marianne Prahl and more.
STRI Soccer League 2025
The final match of the STRI Soccer League recently took place, marking the conclusion of a competitive season. The BCI team secured the championship title after a hard-fought victory against the Tivoli Shop team, while the Maxter Mix team from Gamboa claimed third place. The tournament showcased impressive talent and sportsmanship, providing memorable moments for players and spectators alike.
The most outstanding players of the season were:
- Best scorer: Orlando Garcés
- Best goal scorer: Magssin Rodríguez
- Best Goalkeeper: Max Bonilla
- Male MVP: Ramiro Celis
- Female MVP: Lovisa Duck
Congratulations to all teams and players for their performance!
Visit of MiAmbiente officials to the Tupper Center
To learn more about the Black Fly project, with Gilberto Bolaños, officials from MiAmbiente Panamá Este, visited STRI's facilities with the objective of maximizing knowledge and forming a strategic alliance to train the entity's personnel to learn about the production of protein-rich feed and to reduce contamination.
Images courtesy of MiAmbiente
Monique Chism visits Punta Culebra
Recently, Monique Chism, UnderSecretary for Education at the Smithsonian, and Patty Arteaga, Manager of Public Programs for the Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past Initiative, visited Punta Culebra Nature Center to connect with the Public Programs team and learn about the institute's educational projects.
Japanese Embassy visit to Punta Culebra
The Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Kazuyoshi Matsunaga, and his wife, Mrs. Yoko Matsunaga, visited the Punta Culebra Nature Center briefly to see a sloth in person and learn about research at STRI.
UK Embassy visit to Punta Culebra
Oris Sanjur and Jefferson Hall met with British Ambassador James Dauris, MiAmbiente and SENACYT staff, to see the new Agua Salud project exhibit and to discuss related issues.
Global Big Day in Punta Culebra
Punta Culebra's naturalist guides participated in Global Big Day, an annual birding event that takes place worldwide on the second Saturday of May. The challenge is to record the largest number of bird species observed in a single day. This year 50 birds were counted, 7 more than last year and 4 species of birds new to the Center, making a total of 116 birds recorded since 1996 to date.
The 4 new birds recorded are:
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis).
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina).
- Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
- Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata)
Big thanks to Marianne Prahl
Marianne Prahl has made invaluable contributions as a volunteer at STRI since 2019. Originally from Denmark, she has lived across the globe before settling in Panama. Her historical research supported 44 articles on Jenny C. White del Bal’s 19th-century letters and a manuscript on La Niña Jenny. She also investigated British entomologist George Champion’s expeditions, publishing her findings in eight issues of Epocas. Spending hours in Panama’s Biblioteca Nacional archives, she built strong connections for STRI. Additionally, she digitized 12,000 slides and photos from fieldwork across Panama, Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia.
