Monday, May 07, 2007

Bonaire Bird Count Scheduled for Sunday, May 13th

STINAPA, the organization which is responsible for monitoring and protecting Bonaire’s nature, is asking for volunteers to assist with doing a count of two particular species of birds on Bonaire - Troupials (also spelled “Trupial") and Yellow Orioles (also known on Bonaire as “Trupial Kachó"). The volunteer count is to take place between 7am and 9am this coming Sunday, May 13th (which is also Mother’s Day).

The bird count is one of a number of activities organized as part of the Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival, and its intent is to determine the population of Yellow Orioles and Troupials on Bonaire, as the numbers of Yellow Orioles is believed to be in decline, threatened by the non-native Troupial.

Volunteers are asked to sit in their gardens or any other location of their choosing on Sunday morning and count the maximum number of both Troupials and Yellow Orioles, and then report this information, as well as their observation location to STINAPA.

More details and photos of what these birds look like can be found here. (Source: STINAPA Press Release)