Help us count birds on Bonaire during the Great Backyard Bird Count 2021! Last year's event exceeded all expectations and set the bar even higher when it comes to public participation in worldwide citizen-science events! Not only did 2020 smash the previous records for the number of participants, but also for the sheer number of […]
Global Big Day is a semi-annual celebration of the birds around you, wherever you are, and this year is no different. Participating is easy. Wherever you are, you can be a part of the global community of birders. Please remember to always put safety first and follow all local safety guidelines and closures. You can […]
Counts of northern-migrating Red Knots appear to be considerably lower, at least according to the data submitted by birders along the Atlantic Flyway. Perhaps the Red Knots' migration was halted somewhere? To see if the "missing" Red Knots can be located, there will be a special regional Caribbean Waterbird Census, with an emphasis on locating […]
Echo Conservation Centre will be holding their summer Parrot Roost Count 2021 on Saturday, July 31st, 2021 from 6:00 to 8:00 AM to gauge Bonaire's parrot population after the main breeding season and also to ascertain changes in the dry season versus the rainy season. For those on Bonaire who would like to help out […]
While World Shorebirds Day 2021 is September 6th, 2021, this year’s Global Shorebird Count will take place from September 1 through 7, 2021. All across the Caribbean, birders will be compiling checklists from island to island and recording them on eBird Caribbean. Our migratory shorebirds are more vulnerable than ever, threatened by human activities that […]
During last year's October Big Day, the world's birders managed to find a record 7,064 species--the most species EVER recorded in a single day! Can we top that this year? We are certainly going to try! How to participate Get an eBird account: eBird is a worldwide bird checklist program used by millions of birders. […]
Help us count birds on Bonaire during the Great Backyard Bird Count 2022! In 2021, there was a record number of participants entering bird sightings—more than 300,000 people from around the world! This is the time when bird watchers of all ages around the world come together to count birds and create a real-time snapshot of […]
Global Big Day is a semi-annual celebration of the birds around you, wherever you are, and this year is no different. Participating is easy. Wherever you are, you can be a part of the global community of birders. If you can spare at least 5 or 10 minutes, report your observations to eBird online or with […]
Echo Conservation Centre will be holding their summer Parrot Roost Count 2021 on Saturday, July 30th, 2021 from 6:00 to 8:00 AM to gauge Bonaire's parrot population after the main breeding season and also to ascertain changes in the dry season versus the rainy season. For those on Bonaire who would like to help out […]
World Shorebirds Day is September 6th, 2022! All across the Caribbean, birders will be compiling checklists from island to island and recording them on eBird Caribbean. Our migratory shorebirds are more vulnerable than ever, threatened by human activities that have changed their habitat. Most species of shorebirds are in decline around the world. eBird Caribbean is […]
