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Ecoliteracy ……..Sharing
Aug 23rd
Please click on the link and read article http://www.ecoliteracy.org/books/ecoliterate-how-educators-are-cultivating-emotional-social-and-ecological-intelligence
Man O’ War on Your Shore?
Dec 13th
By: Juliana Coffey On Thursday, November 17, several Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) were observed near the main jetty in Mayreau, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in pursuit of some fisheries discards. One particular individual bore a yellow tag on each wing with corresponding letter and number codes. These codes detail its personal identity within a…
Guyana – Another Olive Ridley rescued
May 20th
Guyana – www.KaieteurNews.com -Â An Olive Ridley sea turtle was yesterday rescued by a speedboat operator in the vicinity of the Vreed-en-Hoop stelling at the mooring point for vessels. The turtle was found with a fish hook in its mouth and had a laceration on one of its fins that made swimming an arduous task. The…
Supermoon Sand Dune – Turtle Watch 2011
Mar 22nd
Its the month of March and the Start of the Turtle Watch Season 2011 on Union Island. On Saturday 19th many members of the Union Island Environmental Attackers, a local community based organization in  St Vincent & The Grenadines, were out in force. Most had already dawned their headlamps, shoes, pants and dark clothing—they had done this…
Connections across the planet
Jul 22nd
It is not long after you’ve been birdwatching that your mind starts to expand to far off continents, high-elevation weather systems, and genomic machinations. What contrivance of weather, bad luck, and instinctual migratory clockwork colluded to drop so many new visitors to the salt ponds and mangroves of Union Island? Today, we were startled to…
Survey reveals more birds on Union Island.
Jun 28th
A few days in the field conducting bird surveys has added more species to the group’s birding list! Yesterday, two Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) showed up on the Ashton Salt Pond. Whimbrels are one of the more spectacular shorebirds, with an oversized-looking, down-curved bill and impressive gait. They are supposedly rare migrants on the Grenadines. Other…
Attackers awarded bird monitoring grant
Jun 16th
The Attackers score another one for the birds! This time, the Union Island Environmental Attackers and the St. Vincent based Avian Eyes have jointly received funding to implement the Caribbean Waterbird Census (CWC). For Union Islanders, this means there is money on the table for things like training, guide books, binoculars, GPS units, water chemistry…
Avila University (Kansas City, MO) Students take the Turtle Hike.
Jun 10th
Imagine a hike in the darkness of the night on a Turtle Watch trail with 11 young energetic students here on Union Island to do research and conservation of Spiders, Lizards and Snakes. What do you find? Lots more than just a Leatherback Turtle. The trip started around 8pm with our local turtle expert Mr Roseman…
Victory: Attackers receive optics for bird monitoring
Jun 4th
The two 2 spotting scopes and 5 binoculars have finally arrived on Union Island! This is great news for the Attackers, and will really kick off the birding group and the training for bird monitoring at Ashton Lagoon. Many thanks to Lisa Sorenson of the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds for…
Birding June 3rd: Wilson’s Plover chick
Jun 3rd
Birdwatcher’s had a nice encounter with a family of Wilson’s Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) along the Ashton Lagoon salt pond. The parents made themselves very conspicuous, running in front of pedestrians to “lure” them away from the more cyptic chick. All plovers show this type of behaviour during the brooding season, even faking having a broken…
Birding June 1st: Black-whiskered Vireo
Jun 1st
Today’s birding session at the Belmont Saltpond, Union Island, revealed a new species for the UEIA birding group: the Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus). Difficult to see, we heard it in a mango tree with its song typical of all Vireos, sounding like, “Deedra…where’r you? … Deedra”. It is year-round migrant in the Northern Antilles and…
Latest Turtle Watch Video
May 26th
Check out the latest Turtle Watching Video that was taken on the 22nd May 2010, where 22 persons took the trip to see a great Leatherback.
Turtle Watching E-Card Launched
May 20th
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Turtle Watching with the Family – 16th May 2009
May 20th
Another exciting night of Turtle Watching In Union Island, I decided to take little Stanislaus and my wife Sunita, the trip started at 11pm on the 16th May 2009, we arrived at the trail at about 11:30, on board were 29 persons among them a Marine Biologist from the University of The West Indies, and…
A Mother’s day Gift: Saving a Leatherback Turtle
May 19th
Midnight, Mother’s Day 2010: At the beach, we killed our lights upon emerging from the dark forest, knowing how skittish seaturtles are to flashes of light on potential nesting sites. After a few moments adjusting to the darkness, the white foam of the surf, and the coral-grain sand became relatively bright beacons on the dark,…
Start of Local Bird Training on Union Island
May 19th
Tues 11 May 2010 – Â Marks the start of Local Bird Training for the Environmental Attackers on Union Island, it was a great morning, we started at 5:30 am and combed the Ashton mangrove looking for Birds armed only with our visual charts, notepad, binoculars and camera. We were able to identify visually and by…
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