New Record for St. Kitts & Nevis – 200th Bird Sighted! The knowledge of our Heritage received a boost when a new & rare bird was spotted in Nevis. On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, Professor Robert Ricklefs, Mark Ludlow, and three other ornithologists spotted an Anhinga flying over the rocks at the Car Ferry terminal in Nevis, while waiting […]
A STRANGE SIGHTING!
There is an area in St. Kitts on the eastern outskirts of the Capital called Bird Rock, and you would think the area is full of birds. Not so, really, Bird Rock is mostly a residential and small Industrial area, not close to any of the fresh water lakes on the island. Well imagine how surprised we were when passing […]
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR NEVIS …AND ST.KITTS
The following is a press release from Mark Michael Ludlow RPA, PHD Candidate, and founder of the Nevis Ornithological Society. Dated March 1, 2012. MEMO Professor Robert E. Ricklefs, a world renowned Full Professor of Biology and Ornithology (author of 100’s of academic articles and books as well as the textbook Ecology, in its 7th edition), will be coming to Nevis […]
FIRST SIGHTING IN OVER 50 YEARS
On Monday, October 17, 2011, Percy Hanley spotted what appeared to be a White-Crowned Pigeon, high up in a Mango tree in a residential area of Fortlands. He spotted it quite by chance while driving. through the neighborhood. He called Mikey Ryan who lives just around the corner, who soon turned up with his camera and binos, and the sighting […]
NEW BIRD SPOTTED IN ST.KITTS
A new Bird has been sighted which has never previously been spotted in the Federation of St.Kitts & Nevis. On Friday, October 14th, 2011, birders Percy Hanley and Mikey Ryan observed a single Cinnamon Teal in one of the artifical ponds created by developers on the South East Peninsular. It is quite rare for this specie to be seen in […]
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According to the Society for the Conservation & Study of Caribbean Birds (S.C.S.C.B.) there are 770 species of Birds in the Caribbean region (excluding Trinidad & Tobago), of which 148 are endemic to the region, and at least 105 are found only on a single island. St. Kitts & Nevis has recorded 197 different species, but there is no doubt […]
Bird report – Osprey Invasion
Osprey Invasion (ST.KITTS) Submitted: October 14, 2010 Bird watchers and curious onlookers were fascinated to observe a massive influx to St. Kitts of one of the majestic birds of prey, the Osprey. While driving on the South East Peninsula road, directly opposite the construction of the Christophe Harbour project by the Great Salt Pond, eighteen Ospreys were counted in the […]
Bird Report – October 2009
REPORT FOR WORLD BIRD MIGRATORY DAY, OCTOBER 2009 ST. KITTS, WEST INDIES World Migratory Bird day in the Caribbean was scheduled for Saturday, October 10, 2009, by the SCSCB, and I decided to celebrate it by recording birds on my home island of St. Kitts on Friday October 9, and Monday October 12, 2009. A total of 62 different […]
Birding Trip Reports
Birding Trip Reports Additional reports on Bird trips in St. Kitts & Nevis can be found at the following links. http://birdingpal.org/Stkitts.htm http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/caribbean/les-ant3/lesser-ant-04.htm
Bird Report – October 2010
Observation date: October 8th and 11th, 2010 Number of Species observed: 67 Observations: Michael H. Ryan Notes : Please note that the observations were undertaken over two days (Friday, October 8 & Monday, October 11, 2010) with about 6 hours of observations each day. It was primarily undertaken in 3 areas of St. Kitts, A)Frigate Bay, B)South East […]