On this #GivingTuesday we want to thank YOU, our volunteers, partners, members & donors for your support. Thank you for loving birds, for following our accomplishments & investing in our work! ❤️
#GratitudeTuesday#birdscaribbean#caribbeanbirds
#ManateeAwarenessMonth reminds us of the importance of protecting these unique animals. Advocate for legislation that upholds the Marine Mammal Protection Act and if you are a boater in manatee territory, make sure you reduce your speed, keep a vigil watch & stay in deep water.
Coral reefs provide protection from extreme weather, food, livelihoods & economic opportunity to more than 1/2 a billion people. These crucial ecosystems are being destroyed at an alarming rate: https://t.co/jjZ51cctPa #climatechange
📷The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey
STUDENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY:
$2,000 USD scholarship available to LACA members (outside the US/Canada) for #fieldwork and theses in applied #conservation work.
Deadline: Dec 15th, 2018
@Society4ConBio
One of my favorite things about working with the wild #Iguaca over the years is watching them grow up. This is Penepo. I've known him since he was an egg. The pic on the left was him in 2013 during his first day out of the nest. The pic on the right is him this past August.
The Hispaniolan Parrot is endemic to the island of Hispaniola, the island shared by the Dominican Republic & Haiti. These birds are bright green in color with a white forehead, dark ear-spot, maroon belly-patch & short, squared tail
#birdscaribbean#YearoftheBird#Birdyourworld
Puerto Rican Woodpecker is one of the 146 species reported from Puerto Rico on October Big day, enough for #1 in the West Indies! October Big Day results more than 6,000 species in one day! https://t.co/y9pgwEicCO via @Team_eBird@BirdLifeAmerica@paralanaturalez@adamonzon@NWF
A good place to start would be scaling up investment in conservation education at the grassroots levels, especially in the developing world and places of high biodiversity value. Politicians come and go.
The Black-throated Blue Warbler arrives in the Caribbean from the US and Canada by October and does not leave again until April. The males and females look so different that they were… https://t.co/ALrHkrmQml
Yesterday, over 600 Discovery Club students across various Bahamian Islands took to the shorelines and beaches in a national effect of reducing plastic pollution by removing marine debris that washed up on the shore. #DiscoveryBeginsHere https://t.co/KgP8lkOOlJ