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MBF 2017: More Great Photos

We were lucky to have a beautiful day, a great location and a wonderful crowd at this year’s Migratory Bird Festival. We also had some talented photographers capturing the moment. Enjoy these photos from Tim Cam and Chanchal Sharma!

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Interact at Migratory Bird Festival

We just want to give a special thanks to the members of St. Dominic High School Interact Club who volunteered at this year’s Migratory Bird Festival. They gave us a lot of help setting up the event and taking photos as well. Here are a few photos from Interact President Naisha Lalwani and Interact member …

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Welcome Back!

Every fall, birds come to St. Martin—thousands of individual birds from dozens of different species. These migratory birds come from North America. As it gets colder up there and food begins to get scarce, they head to the Caribbean. Many of them will stay until April or May. This year, Hurricane Irma hit St. Martin …

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Migratory Bird Festival Welcomes Birds Back This Saturday

While St. Martin waits for tourists to return, the island’s other seasonal guests have been quietly arriving. Migratory birds travel thousands of miles every year to spend the winter here. The fifth-annual Migratory Bird Festival celebrates these birds from 9am to noon on Saturday, November 25th at Kali’s Beach Bar in Friar’s Bay. The event …

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Migratory Bird Festival Partners

We are grateful to have such a great team of partners this year. EPIC will be hosting a Restoration Station where you can learn how native trees can help the island. You can even learn how to participate in the restoration projects EPIC is doing right now. Anguilla National Trust is joining us for the …

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Rebirth: Barbara Cannegieter

Our garden was a lush tropical jungle before Hurricane Irma. After Irma, the garden was broken, brown, and dead. Mother Nature took it all away but Mother Nature is now giving it back and plants are beginning to bloom again. This is a Calliandra, commonly called powder puff. I am seeing pink in the garden …

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Rebirth: Barbara Cannegieter

Our garden was a lush tropical jungle before Hurricane Irma. After Irma, the garden was broken, brown, and dead. Mother Nature took it all away but Mother Nature is now giving it back and plants are beginning to bloom again. This is a Calliandra, commonly called powder puff. I am seeing pink in the garden …

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Welcome Back: BirdsCaribbean

We’re excited to have BirdsCaribbean as a returning sponsor of the Migratory Bird Festival! They are a regional organization that has really stepped up to support work in the Caribbean at a time when it is harder for local sponsors to do so. You can join us for the festival on Saturday, November 25th from …

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Get the Festival Scoop on Island 92

We’re going to be on Island 92 today (Tuesday) at 9:15am. Tune in to find out about the event and probably many other interesting things!

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Welcome: Van Dorp

We’re excited to have Van Dorp as a new sponsor of the Migratory Bird Festival! It makes us feel great that even during difficult times, they still feel this is an important event to support. You can join us for the festival on Saturday, November 25th from 9am to noon at Kali’s Beach Bar in …

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