A birding record was set for the island of St. Kitts on Saturday, November 12, 2011. Mikey Ryan, Percy Hanley and Ken Porteous of Canada smashed the previous one-day record of 55 by identifying 61 different bird species. The record was set during a 12-hour period.   Big Day birding competitions are popular in North America. So what is a […]

In what is now an annual event in St.Kitts to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day in the Caribbean, a two day survey of Bird Species was undertaken by the author on Wednesday, October 5th and Monday, October 10th, 2011. A total of 17.5 hours were spent over the two days, in spite of a late start on the Wednesday. I.M.B.D. […]