Bonaire Bird Blog
The Bonaire Bird Blog will keep you up-to-date on the island’s latest news and bird sightings.
The Bonaire Bird Blog will help you learn more about Bonaire’s birds before you travel!
On the Bonaire Bird Blog, you will find information about Bonaire’s birds, birding hot-spots, conservation tips, island birdwatching events, as well as recent notable sightings. Peruse the blog’s various posts prior to your birding tour on Bonaire. By learning more about Bonaire’s birds in advance, you’ll enjoy your tour to the fullest extent.
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The latest posts from the Bonaire Bird Blog:
Join Me on Team Flying Pintails on Global Big Day!
We are now in countdown-mode for Global Big Day this Saturday, May 9th, 2020! I am a team member of Team Flying Pintails, and I invite you to join me and count birds no matter where you are or your travel
Meet Peter-Paul Schets, Bonaire’s Top Birder
Peter-Paul Schets currently holds the honor of being Bonaire’s top birdwatcher. On his quarterly professional visits to Bonaire, he manages to bird both early mornings and late afternoons, and, at the time of writing, he
Fancy Males–Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know
We humans have it backward. Females get gussied up with hair, nails, and clothes to impress the males of our species. Instead, we should do as birds do! Let the male attend to all that and he can
3 New Bird Species Observed on Bonaire in 2019
Top eBirder for Bonaire, Peter-Paul Schets, recently detailed the three new bird species found in 2019, bringing the total number of bird species recorded on Bonaire to 235. 2019 proved to be an
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-
3 Billion Birds are Gone, 7 Simple Actions to Help
In a recent article in the journal, Science, it was revealed that researchers estimate that nearly 3 billion North American birds have been lost in the last 50 years. That’s nearly 30% of the avian population in just less
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
Bonaire’s Flamingo, the Island’s Icon
Flamingos can be found at many locations around Bonaire, but dense concentrations occur at Pekelmeer in the south of Bonaire, Lac Bay, and also at Gotomeer, in the north of Bonaire. There are also flamingos to be
World Shorebirds Day; Count Bonaire’s Birds!
It’s nearly September and that means many of Bonaire’s shorebirds are starting to arrive for their over-wintering or migratory rest stop. Join me in counting and monitoring shorebirds for the Global
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