Jack Farley

In December 2021 I spent two and a half weeks volunteering at the Yanayacu Biological Station on the east slope of the Ecuadorian Andes. During my time there I photographed and identified close to 200 species of moths at the station’s light sheet.

In November 2021 I spent two weeks volunteering for the Jocotoco Foundation at Reserva Tesoro Escondido leading bird inventory efforts. During that time I recorded 228 species of birds including endangered species such as Great Green Macaw, Purple Quail-Dove, and Baudo Guan.

I spent January to May or 2022 as an intern at the Sustainable Roots Foundation in Cosanga, Ecuador. During that time I conducted regular dragonfly surveys of the Sustainable Roots Reserve. I observed 10 different species at the reserve, several of which are endemic to the region.

In my first year at UBC I was assigned a research project. My collaborator Ally Howard and I chose to do ours comparing the epiphytic community compositions of native and nonnative hardwood species on the UBC Vancouver Campus. Our paper was selected for publication in UBC’s online repository cIRcle.

My first web development project was creating a website for Nachiket Children’s Libraries, a nonprofit founded by my grandmother Asha Pawagi dedicated to promoting literacy in rural India.

To learn more about my adventures check out my blog! Above is a photo of me and my coworkers conducting shorebird surveys on the James Bay coast of Northern Ontario.