Antigua and Barbuda’s EAG step up their CWC efforts with a coaching occasion. (Picture by Sherrel Charles)
Cheers to our Candy Sixteen! That’s what number of years we’ve been monitoring waterbird populations throughout the Caribbean with the Caribbean Waterbird Census (CWC)! Our 2025 regional depend befell from January 14th to February third, and as at all times, we had been thrilled to see so lots of our companions, associates, and colleagues leaping in to contribute to this invaluable long-term dataset by counting waterbirds of their native wetlands!
Maintain studying for some thrilling 2025 CWC highlights, from the fantastic birds seen to the devoted survey groups who ventured out to their favourite Caribbean wetlands. Every survey contributes to a significant influence—thanks to everybody who helped make our 2025 CWC successful!
Coaching for achievement in Antigua
To kick off a profitable CWC regional depend, the workforce on the Environmental Consciousness Group (EAG) started by recruiting and coaching new citizen scientists. They introduced collectively a various group of contributors—from full newcomers to seasoned birdwatchers—and outfitted them with the talents to gather very important information at numerous wetland websites throughout Antigua! This inclusive strategy ensured that each one contributors, no matter their expertise stage, had been empowered to assemble correct, worthwhile information that can help conservation efforts and information efficient administration.
Shanna explains fowl ID at Mckinnons Pond. (Picture by Sherrel Charles)
Yellow-crowed Evening Heron. (Picture by Miquel Garcia)
Time for a bunch selfie at McKinnons Salt Pond. (Picture by Auriel Horsford Hunte)
Figuring out waterbirds at CWC counts on Antigua. (Picture by Shanna Challenger)
Ruddy Turnstone. (Picture by Miquel Garcia)
It’s by no means to early to start out studying waterbird ID. (Picture by Sherrel Charles)
The coaching started with a classroom session, on January twenty ninth on the Antigua State School (ASC) Convention Room. New birders had been launched to the fundamentals of fowl identification whereas skilled members of the Wadadli Warblers Birding Membership loved a useful refresher. Led by Offshore Islands Conservation Programme Coordinator Shanna Challenger, the session centered on key options for figuring out widespread waterbirds and seabirds. This was adopted by three days of out of doors birding periods the place contributors discovered to make use of binoculars and establish completely different shorebirds and seabirds on the McKinnon’s Salt Pond. Not solely did this initiative strengthen the unbelievable Wadadli Warblers membership, nevertheless it additionally contributed worthwhile information to the eBird database! Welcome to the CWC workforce!
Huge participation in Puerto Rico
From San Juan within the north to Jobos Bay within the south, participation within the regional depend was stronger than ever in Puerto Rico! The wonderful protection and variety of CWC lists we now have gathered through the years is a testomony to the ability of citizen science! Don’t consider us? Verify the hotspot map of Puerto Rico in eBird for wetland areas! Listed below are some highlights from Puerto Rico’s 2025 depend:
San Juan Bay: In February, SOPI (Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña Inc.) collaborated with Comunidad Peninsula de Cantera to arrange a CWC survey throughout the Estuary of the San Juan Bay, with logistical help from the San Jose Fisherman Cooperative. The depend lined the easternmost mangrove forests of the San Jose Lagoon and Pinones Lagoon, with 10 contributors, together with SOPI members, collaborating within the survey.
Surveying in San Juan estuary. (Picture by Emilio Font SOPI)
San Juan Bay. (Picture by Emilio Font SOPI)
The SOPI survey workforce. (Picture by Emilio Font SOPI)
It’s vital to maintain your power up on waterbird counts. (Picture by Emilio Font SOPI)
Emilio Font, govt director or SOPI, shared that “even as these lagoons continue to experience the unregulated discharge of pollutants and the inadvertent presence of alligators from the pet trade, there was a significant presence of avian species now absent or reduced in other coastal areas in the island.” It’s good to listen to that the birdlife of this space remains to be thriving, however these ongoing threats underscore the significance of continuous CWC monitoring to trace these populations.
Jobos Bay: Heading south Carmen Maldonado and her sister Erika Enid volunteered with SOPI to hold our CWC counts at Cayo Caribe and Jobos Bay, within the cities of Guayama and Salinas. The counts had been carried out by boat, permitting them to identify a beautiful number of shorebirds, seabirds, waterbirds, and endemics; together with Lesser Yellowlegs, Clapper Rails, a number of tern species, and each the Puerto Rican Woodpecker and Flycatcher.
Out within the bay doing CWC surveys by boat. (Picture by Carmen Maldonado)
At Cayo Caribe. (Picture by Carmen Maldonado)
Vegetation round Jobos. (Picture by Carmen Maldonado)
Cabo Rojo: Within the southwest, Cabo Rojo is a crucial haven for shorebirds and is a chosen website of regional significance throughout the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Community (WHSRN)! Fortunately, Nahíra Arocho-Hernández and her workforce had been available to hold out CWC counts at each Cabo Rojo and Laguna Cartagena Nationwide Wildlife Refuges (NWR). As Nahíra factors out this monitoring is not only vital for understanding the birds and their habitat use, nevertheless it additionally supplies “a great opportunity for our volunteers to participate in the surveys and learn to identify the different species of waterbirds, shorebirds, and seabirds”.
Pelicans seen throughout surveys at Cabo Rojo. (Picture by Nahira Arocho Hernandez)
Counting shorebirds. (Picture by Nahira Arocho Hernandez
The elusive Wilson’s Snipe. (Picture by Luis Ramos)
Alongside volunteers Eduardo Cardona and Luis Ramos from the Gulf Restoration Workplace, Nahíra recorded 26 species at Cabo Rojo, together with migratory birds like Black-bellied Plover and Ruddy Turnstone, in addition to nesting Brown Pelicans (23 adults and 10 juveniles). At Laguna Cartagena, thrilling sightings included a Sora, Limpkin, and the elusive Wilson’s Snipe!
In search of shorebirds, Campaña, Vieques (Picture by Daphne Gemmill)
In a unbelievable exhibiting, they counted a formidable 71 species, together with 32 waterbirds. General, 1,800 birds had been counted, with over 1,000 of them being shorebirds, underscoring Vieques’ significance for each migratory and resident shorebirds. Highlights included the unusual Least Grebe with younger, 63 Brown Pelicans of their breeding colony, uncommon Sora Rails, and 5 extraordinarily uncommon White-tailed Tropicbirds.
Small however mighty in Statia
The story from St. Eustatius is one other instance of a small island making a huge impact! Jethro van ‘t Hul shared that the STENAPA team conducted counts around the island at the 15 sites they established in 2024. CWC counts are regularly carried out at these sites year-round, reminding us that CWC monitoring extends beyond the regional count period from January to February! During this year’s regional depend, in addition they took half in a ship tour across the whole island to see what seabirds had been encountered and to survey nesting habitats for Purple-billed Tropicbirds. They confirmed a number of roosting websites for Brown Pelicans, Brown Boobies, and Magnificent Frigatebirds. Moreover, the workforce noticed a Peregrine Falcon perched in a distant cave!
Nesting Purple-billed Tropicbird. (Picture by Jethro van ‘t Hul)
A Brown Booby. (Picture by Jethro van ‘t Hul)
A vagrant who could be able to cool down?
Northern Pintail noticed on Bonaire. (Picture by Susan Davis)
Down on Bonaire, Susan Davis shared some fascinating sightings from the regional depend. She talked about that Bonaire was dwelling to a exceptional number of geese, lots of which had been overwintering moderately than simply passing by way of on their approach to South America. Among the many highlights, Susan noticed a uncommon Northern Pintail, marking the primary sighting in over 20 years! She additionally noticed massive numbers of Lesser Scaups, Northern Shovelers, and Black-bellied Whistling Geese. Apparently, breeding White-cheeked Pintails had been additionally noticed—an uncommon incidence for Bonaire, as they sometimes breed later within the 12 months.
Better Ani noticed by Susan with a twig in December final 12 months. (Picture by Susan Davis)
However one fowl, particularly, had Susan actually intrigued. Throughout her counts she caught sight of a Better Ani. This odd wanting member of the cuckoo household is a uncommon vagrant on Bonaire with solely a handful of earlier sightings. This wasn’t the primary time Susan has seen a Better Ani not too long ago. Again in December she additionally noticed this species. May her ‘CWC’ fowl be the identical particular person? Again then, the Ani was carrying a twig! Was it constructing a nest?
The Better Ani has by no means been recognized to breed on Bonaire, however seeing one transporting nesting materials to a main location—deep foliage overhanging water—is a promising signal. Does this imply there are different Anis on Bonaire? Or is that this particular person merely optimistic about future arrivals? Ani’s breed cooperatively and share nests, so it could be some time earlier than sufficient birds present up for them to change into a breeding species on the island. However keep tuned to Susan’s weblog, the place she is certain to offer any updates on this out-of-towner!
A Better Ani
Though not strictly a ‘waterbird’ we predict this lovely pale eyed, black fowl with its blue-green sheen deserves to be an ‘honorary waterbird’ as a result of its desire for river, lake and mangrove areas. Discover out extra about this species right here.
The Caribbean Waterbird Census is an ongoing, long-term survey effort that gives vital information that helps us maintain observe of the birds utilizing Caribbean wetlands, perceive the threats they face, and lift consciousness. We’re extremely grateful for each single CWC depend accomplished throughout the annual three-week regional census in January and February. THANK YOU to all those that despatched us highlights and all those that led or joined a CWC survey this 12 months.
Should you missed this 12 months’s regional census don’t fear—you may conduct a CWC depend at any time all year long! CWC counts at Caribbean wetlands are worthwhile year-round and add to our information of the resident and migratory birds that use them. Simply you’ll want to use a CWC protocol in eBird Caribbean when coming into your information each time you do a depend at a Caribbean wetland, and do your finest to do a whole depend, i.e., report all of the birds you see and listen to. Should you need assistance together with your shorebird and waterbird ID you may verify our sources web page and try our quick ID movies on YouTube!
Discover out extra in regards to the CWC program HERE and keep tuned for thrilling developments on how to participate within the CWC on eBird- coming quickly!
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