Alex Sansom

Conservation, ornithology, ecology. Wetlands, shorebirds & the Caribbean, plus birds and wind farms.

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

It’s NOT too late to join a team for #GlobalBigDay2024…and WIN COOL PRIZES. t🏆! https://t.co/JNaCoHJdJc

The rules are:
📲Join a team on by Saturday 11th (on a team? complete next two steps)

👍🏽Like this post

🦩Comment your favorite bird

@Team_eBird @CornellBirds

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

Give your #wellbeing 🧘🏽a virtual #MomentOfZen with the calming sounds of the #Caribbean’s #wetlands.💚

📹️: Elijah Sands (drone footage), Don DesJardin (Tricolored Heron, Blue-winged Teal, Whimbrel & Willets)

#WetlandsAndHumanWellbeing #WorldWetlandsDay2024

@RamsarConv

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

It’s NOT too late! You can help us achieve our fundraising goal this #GivingTuesday. In these final hours ⏳ every act of generosity helps power initiatives that transform Caribbean #bird #conservation ✨: https://t.co/D43FWAREYw

📸: Piping Plover (Ryan Sanderson ML564209581)

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

Our incredible community has helped us raise 🎉 $6,360. #ThankYou

We’re on the right track to #HelpCaribbeanBirdsSoar in 2024, but we need your 🫵🏾 help to reach $12k!

#HumansOfBirdsCaribbean make your gift NOW at: https://t.co/D43FWAREYw

📸 Michael Todd (ML512393811)

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

✨ARE YOU READY TO HELP CARIBBEAN BIRDS SOAR?✨

Let’s unite to give back to our iconic #birds🦉 & #community! Please consider making a gift 💚 on this #GivingTuesday to BirdsCaribbean: https://t.co/D43FWAREYw

📸 West Indian Whistling Duck (Rafy Rodriguez)

@AmOrnith @ABCbirds

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

When #science guides #conservation actions, #Caribbean #birds soar higher✨! And you 🫵🏾 can invest in high-quality science this #GivingTuesday: https://t.co/Yne2IIv9oV

#HelpCaribbeanBirdsSoar

https://t.co/6IuQmRgU2f

[Mark Hulme @MarkFHulme]

I believe this is what's known as a "borb". A Purple Honeycreeper keeping warm in Heights of Aripo, Northern Range #TrinidadandTobago #CaribbeanNature 🥶

[Alex Sansom @AlexFSansom]

#PloverAppreciationDay

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

Happy #WorldPloverAppreciationDay

These little cotton balls ☁️ with toothpick legs are guaranteed to make anyone smile😃, but they can also create a bit of confusion! Luckily our video has handy 🆔 tips for you.

📸 Hemant Kishan, Alix d'Entremont (ML51504511), Don DesJardin

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

It’s #shorebird migration season in the #Caribbean 🏝️ & whilst we love 💙 these long distance travelers, sometimes it is hard to tell them apart. But another ID video is here to help! 😃

https://t.co/kxaLRCu587

📸Greg Lavaty, Jeff Gerbracht, Don DesJardin
Bird 🎶: Xeno Canto

[EAG 🦜🦎🌿🐢 @EAGAntigua]

Happy Thursday everyone!✨

This week has been filled with a lot of excitement about Redonda, but we have to take a quick break to highlight World Shorebird Day and the Global Shorebird Count before it ends!
@BirdsCaribbean

#birdconservation #worldshorebirdday #wetlands

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

🎶…And they were all Yellow(legs)🎵

Are you getting ready for the #GlobalShorebirdCount and want some handy ID tips to help distinguish between the Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs? 🤔 Say no more! We’ve got terrific tips in this video!

ℹ️ https://t.co/kxaLRCu587

@WHSRN

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

It’s not Wednesday, but we’re wearing pink! 💗
Our glamorous cast 🎬 today features the remarkable Roseate Spoonbill, the alluring American Flamingo 🦩 & the striking Scarlet Ibis.

#CaribbeanBirds #BarbieTheMovie

[Alex Sansom @AlexFSansom]

@amy_e_deacon @LTCarnival Yes motmot would have been such a colourful inspiration! - or one of the manikins given that these birds actually 'clap' and 'dance' !

[Amy Deacon @amy_e_deacon]

Really exciting to see #TrinidadandTobago #birds celebrated in @LTCarnival's 2024 beautiful #carnival costumes! 🦜

(Tweaks from a biologist: #hummingbird is all one word with 18 species in T&T, & I'd have voted for another native sp instead of BoP - motmot?)

#CaribbeanNature

[Alex Sansom @AlexFSansom]

@MarkFHulme Update.....

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

It’s #WorldChocolateDay 🍫 & we’ve got delicious news for you! Research shows that ‘shade-cocoa’ #farms with 30-40% canopy cover 🌳 & diverse shade trees could support as many #bird 🦉 species as undisturbed #forests. 😲

📸Bicknell’s Thrush. Alex Berryman (ML165158591)

[Mark Hulme @MarkFHulme]

Apparent inter-species mating in #Trinidad - Probably Smith's Pixie male (Melanis smithiae, left) and Orange-barred Pixie female (Melanis electron, right). In the corridor outside my office @inaturalist #CaribbeanNature #TrinidadandTobago #entomology https://t.co/ifbeAoQs16

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

Gone are the days of plain oatmeal-colored 🥣 birding clothes because the new Bird Collective BirdsCaribbean collection just dropped! 😎 Head on over to our blog to learn more about this must-have collection featuring the Caribbean’s fabulous birds🦩: https://t.co/7F7SFJBCtX

[Alex Sansom @AlexFSansom]

Fantastic #endemic bird and #conservation outreach in #TrinidadandTobago as part of @BirdsCaribbean Caribbean Endemic #Bird Festival #CEBF this year- Great job by ARC Conservation! @thenewruraltt

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

Well folks, another #CEBF has come and gone💚. While the CEBF team prepares our wrap-up blog, we thought we’d highlight the ✨ARC Conservation✨ “Protect the Rivers, Save the Birds” one-day event of bird banding 🦜, #birding , arts & crafts🧩! Cheers to a fantastic event!

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

Join the ✨2023 Caribbean Seabird Census📷 and help create a better future for our #seabirds. Check our webpage for #resources to help you carry out your #surveys: https://t.co/bSNnrlJ5QU

@YvanSatge @EPICislands @RhiAustin
#CaribSeabirds #CSC2023