ANOTHER NEW BIRD FOR ST.KITTS – APRIL 2017

By Michael Ryan Following the first sighting of the Shiny Cowbird in St. Kitts earlier this month, another new bird has just been spotted. On the Easter Weekend, on Sunday, April 16, I was birdwatching on the South East Peninsula in the woodlands a bit south of the Christophe Harbour’s Pavilion restaurant, when I saw movement in the top of […]

2017 — FIRST NEW BIRD FOR ST.KITTS (BUT NOT FOR NEVIS)

Some birds are expanding their range throughout the Caribbean, generally heading northwards. We have recently recorded a couple of birds that were first (and recently) spotted in Nevis but had never been seen here. I got a call from Stacy Hobson, who lives in the hills overlooking the capital of St. Kitts, Basseterre, that there was an unidentified bird feeding […]