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Featured Friend: Hotel L’Esplanade

Meet the Friends of the Amuseum, companies and individuals who have donated to help us upgrade and relaunch our free natural history museum, Amuseum Naturalis. This hotel has established a cult following from guests that enjoy an authentic, luxurious, unpretentious and un-touristy Caribbean experience with a homey feel. Acknowledged by TripAdvisor as one of the …

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Featured Friend: Delta Petroleum

Meet the Friends of the Amuseum, companies and individuals who have donated to help us upgrade and relaunch our free natural history museum, Amuseum Naturalis. Founded in 1985, Delta serves the Caribbean with ultra clean superior performance diesel, gasoline and LPG meeting the highest U.S. and European standards. Delta is a proud member of communities …

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Friends of the Amuseum

We are in the process of renovating and improving Amuseum Naturalis for the coming season and looking for help to make it as good as it can be. We made a short video about our Friends of the Amuseum program with some footage of Amuseum Naturalis from this past season, check it out! Visit this …

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MBF 2016: In the News

We just wanted to give a big shout out to all the local and regional news media that helped us get the word out about the 2016 Migratory Bird Festival! Thank you!!! Here’s a round-up of some of the print and online press. The Daily Herald, October 2016 Today Newspaper, October 2016 Le Pélican, October …

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Bird Watch SXM: Four Twenty-eight

In the latest Bird Watch we take a look at some individual birds as they travel the globe. How does that work? Read it and find out:

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New Activities Keep Migratory Bird Festival Fun and Fresh

Over people of all ages came to celebrate migratory birds and learn about the amazing journeys that bring them to St. Martin. It was a record crowd for the Migratory Birds Festival, organized by Les Fruits de Mer. Attendees were treated to a variety of presentations and activities related to migratory birds and the habitats …

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MBF Presentation: Nature Pays

How does nature pay? Find out from Ilja Botha, who presented this overview of various services nature provides us and the potential to tap into nature tourism on St. Martin. Watch it now:

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MBF Presentation: Incredible Journeys

Catch up on what you missed at the Migratory Bird Festival with Mark Yokoyama’s presentation on migratory birds on St. Martin. Watch it now:

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MBF Presentation: Killer Fashion

If you weren’t at the Migratory Bird Festival, you missed Jenn’s presentation: Killer Fashion. She tells the surprising and fascinating tale of a fashion trend that brought birds to the brink of extinction and two women who helped launch the modern conservation movement with their efforts to save the birds.

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Bird Watch SXM: More Than Birds

This week we take a broader look at how birds unite us and inspire us to protect entire ecosystems. I think this is important to understanding why it is worthwhile to spend so much energy on birds, and although this is a more encompassing look at birds and their conservation, hopefully it won’t seem too…extreme:

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