Long-Distance Bonaire Birding
With some borders still closed and social distancing the new norm around the world, today’s guest author, Peter-Paul Schets, proves that one can still enjoy birding on Bonaire, even though
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
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-