Amuseum Naturalis, St. Martin’s only natural history museum, has big plans for the 2016-17 season. New and improved exhibits are in the works for the free pop-up museum, as well as expanded hours and school visits. The local community is helping to make it all possible by participating in the Friends of the Amuseum program. …
Our summer migrant is getting ready to depart and our winter visitors are arriving day by day. It’s the perfect time to see what’s new on our ponds and shores, and a special event to celebrate these amazing birds is just around the corner.
A large percentage of the bird species that have been observed on Statia are, broadly-speaking, wetland species. On an island with no lakes or rivers, how can that be?
Are you ready for the 2016 Migratory Bird Festival? We just created posters in English and French. Download, print and post them in your office or school.
The recent discovery of a hybrid iguana on Statia is an ominous sign for the native and endangered Lesser Antillean Iguana. It is also a reminder that humans have likely changed the pace of evolution on the island in many ways. Statia’s distinctive wildlife is the product of a variety of natural processes: the slow …
On St. Martin, there’s no better place to do a little birdwatching than your local pond, whichever one that may be. Late summer and early fall is also the best time to see a surprise visitor or two. On St. Martin, we’re blessed with an abundance of ponds. Over the years, we’ve chipped away at …
Small-scale environmental problems don’t warrant the term disaster, but perhaps they do deserve a name of their own. In today’s Bird Watch SXM, we take a look at the smaller environmental issue that impact our local birds.
The nonprofit association Les Fruits de Mer is looking for help making the Caribbean’s most exciting new science curriculum available in French. Their goal is to leverage the power of crowdsourcing to complete the translation of the BirdSleuth Caribbean program from English into French. Anyone interested in joining the effort is encouraged to contact the …
The nonprofit association Les Fruits de Mer is looking for help making the Caribbean’s most exciting new science curriculum available in French. Their goal is to leverage the power of crowdsourcing to complete the translation of the BirdSleuth Caribbean program from English into French. Anyone interested in joining the effort is encouraged to contact the …
This week, take a little trip through the food web on Statia, from a favorite tree to a beautiful moth, a painful predator and one of my favorite birds.