Glossy Ibis Observed on Bonaire
Last week, fall officially opened with the autumn equinox, and it appears that Bonaire’s migrating birds have been following the calendar as well, as many rare birds are arriving on our shores.
Captive-born Parrots are released by Echo Bonaire
On Saturday morning, July 18, 2020, a few humans joined together with smiles on their faces as six captive-born parrots, along with one rehabilitated parrot, stretched their wings for the first time. Echo Foundation
The Vagrant White-winged Tern
Although this sighting on Bonaire is not the first vagrant sighting of the White-winged Tern in the Caribbean, it IS the first sighting for the ABC islands–Aruba, Bonaire, or Curacao–so it’s a very
The Secret Life of Terns–Courtship Behaviors
They do not sneak in, one by one or two by two, but they seem to arrive en masse! One day they are not here, and it seems that, overnight, the island is mobbed by the arriving gulls and terns. While North American
Bonaire’s Parrot Population Stable after 2020 Count
Over 108 volunteers left their cozy beds in the wee hours of January 25, 2020, to help with the annual parrot count, conducted each year by Echo Conservation Centre to gauge the population of Bonaire’s Yellow-
Hudsonian Godwits Make a Rest Stop on Bonaire
Hudsonian Godwits undertake a long migration twice each year, from the sub-arctic all the way to the southern part of South America. Bonaire provides an excellent mid-way point for a
