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Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) in the Caribbean, October 2010! The long journeys that migratory birds take each year are really fantastic. These birds, like our endemics and residents, are part of our natural heritage, and it is up to us to raise awareness and conserve the habitats they need to feed and rest during winter or their long migrations. We invite you to celebrate this festival in your country. Click here for more information.

Announcement of Elections for 2011-2012 and Request for Nominations. In accordance with the by-laws of the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), election of officers and directors will take place this year, for a two-year term starting in January 2011 and ending December 2012. The nominating committee will be accepting nominations for candidates between 6 July and 17 August 2010. Click here for more information.

Lesser Antilles Seabird Poster Competition Results are in!!! The judges have cast their votes and the winning entries are announced in the poster competition, ‘Why are Seabirds Important’ organized by Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC). Click here to read the press release; to see the winning posters, visit our "Caribbean Bird Festivals" page on FaceBook.

Caribbean birds featured in ZiNG, LIAT's inflight magazine! Click here to download the the page, click here to view it on the web.

NEWS RELEASE - Power of Partnerships for Region-wide Bird Conservation Promoted in Month-Long Festival - San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 22nd 2010 – Celebrating and promoting partnerships for regional bird conservation. This is the focus of the 9th annual Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF), lead by the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB)[1]. The Society, the largest organization devoted to wildlife conservation in the Caribbean, will coordinate month-long Caribbean-wide activities beginning today Earth Day 22 April, through to International Biodiversity Day on 22 May, in more than twenty countries [2]. The highly successful program that attracts some 80,000 participants and volunteers each year, this year aims to celebrate the important role that partnerships—local, regional and global—have played in bird conservation success stories Click here to read more.

Report on SCSCB-WHMSI Caribbean Waterbird Census (CWC) Monitoring Training Workshop, Negril, Jamaica, 22-25 February 2010 - SCSCB is working towards establishing the Caribbean Waterbird Census (CWC), a region-wide waterbird and wetland monitoring program. The overall goal of the program is to increase support for waterbird and wetland conservation in the insular Caribbean by promoting monitoring as a means to improve science-based conservation planning and adaptive management of birds.Twenty-two participants from 16 Caribbean islands took part in the SCSCB’s four-day CWC Training Workshop in Negril, Jamaica 22 -25 February. Click here to read more and view photos from the workshop.

Lesser Antilles Seabird Poster Competition! The nature conservation charity, Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC), is launching a poster competition, ‘Why are Seabirds Important’? Open to all schools from Grenada to Anguilla, EPIC is offering fantastic prizes to both students and schools. Click here to read more.

Celebrate our 9th Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival with us! We are pleased to announce the celebration of the Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF) from April 22nd to May 22nd, 2010. Click here to read more about the festival and the theme this year - The Power of Partnerships.

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PARTICIPANTS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A WETLAND MONITORING WORKSHOP IN NEGRIL, JAMAICA (FEBRUARY 2010). The Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB) is pleased to announce that it is will be hosting a 4-day workshop, Promoting Caribbean Wetland Conservation: A Training Workshop for Monitoring, Education, and Conservation, 22-25 February 2010, in Negril, Jamaica. Click here to read more about the workshop and how to apply to attend.

Exciting discovery of the Cuban Kite in the eastern mountains of Cuba! - Read about recent expeditions, sightings, and photographs of the critically endangered Cuban Kite. Click here

International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) in the Caribbean - October 2009 - We invite you to celebrate in your country! Click here to learn more about the festival and available resources for this year's theme: CELEBRATE BIRDS IN CULTURE.

SCSCB Raffle 2009 Underway - click here to see the 8 fabulous prizes and purchase a ticket!

Media Release - SCSCB Meeting in Antigua, July 14-18, 2009 - click here to read about the meeting. The theme was: Beyond the beach—Birds and Tourism for Sustainable Islands.

Caribbean endangered birds featured in Caribbean Beat! - Bird life in the Caribbean seems to be flourishing, but some species are threatened. Writer James Fuller goes birdwatching in search of them. Read the article online here of download the PDF here.

Report on SCSCB-WHMSI Bird Monitoring Training Workshop, Nassau, Bahamas, 19-12 February 2009 - Twenty-six participants from eighteen West Indian islands and two Caribbean rim countries took part in the SCSCB’s five-day Bird Monitoring Training Workshop at the Bahamas National Trust in Nassau, Bahamas, 19-23 February. The participants included Executive Directors of NGOs in charge of protected areas, ornithologists, and conservation biologists employed to governments and NGOs, protected area wardens and volunteers. All shared a common interest in learning monitoring methodologies and how to use the results from monitoring to more effectively conserve and manage migratory and resident bird species. The workshop included a complete introduction to designing, implementing, analyzing and reporting basic bird monitoring programmes in the region. To read more about the workshop and SCSCB's new regional bird monitoring training program and see photos from the workshop, click here.

SCSCB announces the launch of eBird Caribbean - Check out the new "regional" portal to eBird—you can enter your bird observations and view bird records for any country in the Caribbean region from this portal. We invite you to check out this invaluable online data base of bird records and join our international network of birding enthusiasts, ornithologists and conservationists. With this application you can keep track of all your personal bird observations and at the same time contribute to expanding our knowledge of bird distribution and abundance in each country in the Caribbean. The system is available in English, Spanish and French. Portals for Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and US Virgin Islands can also be accessed from eBird Caribbean regional page (click on Acknowledgements) or click here.

Two Bird Monitoring Workshops offered in 2009 - Learn how to design and implement a bird monitoring program, mist net and band birds, and more! For more information, click here.

Birds Caribbean Yahoo Discussion Group

SCSCB sponsors a Yahoo e-group. The purpose of this e-group is to keep you informed about the society's activities and important conservation and ornithological developments in the region, including news on current projects, new resources, upcoming workshops and conferences, funding opportunities, and Working Group updates. The list also provides opportunities for discussion among members about key issues related to bird conservation and research in the region. To subscribe to the society's e-group, send a blank email to birdscaribbean-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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