Over 400 people attended the second Birds & Bugs event on Sunday at Loterie Farm to learn more about the birds and invertebrates living in the tropical broadleaf forest on St. Martin. Activities included interacting with live insects, going on guided birding tours and creating “bugs” out of natural materials. Birds & Bugs 2015 was …
Here’s my last batch of photos from Birds & Bugs, feel free to share yours on Facebook or email some to info@lesfruitsdemer.org. Also, get ready for some pretty exciting stuff in the new year. We will take a couple days off—maybe—and then start planning for Mardis de Grand Case, every Tuesday evening for 12 weeks …
Our Birds & Bugs wrap-up wouldn’t be complete without a shout out to our sponsors. Like all our events, Birds & Bugs is totally free and the only way that can happen is through the generosity of our sponsors, who foot the bill for all our supplies and expenses. Thank you!!! Buccaneer Beach Bar Conveniently …
We also couldn’t do Birds & Bugs without our fantastic partners, EPIC and Loterie Farm! About Environmental Protection in the Caribbean Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) is a non-profit organization registered in St. Maarten and the United States. Founded in 2000 with the mission to protect the Caribbean environment through research and community-based action, …
If you see a lot of folks in blue shirts in these photos, you’ll have an idea of how many wonderful volunteers we have. We couldn’t do fun, free events like this without them! Thank you, team Birds & Bugs: Adam Brown, Natalia Collier, Laura Bijnsdorp, Binkie Van Es, Paul Fry, Jill Kellsall, Patricia Coppie, …
Yesterday’s Birds & Bugs was fantastic—huge thanks to all the volunteers and everyone who came to the event! We took a few photos of the event, so here’s a batch to kick off our post-event coverage. If you took any photos at Birds & Bugs, we’d love to see them. Share them with us on …
In this week’s Bird Watch SXM article, we give some background on one of the most important techniques scientists use to study birds, their life cycle and their migratory habits. This also happens to be a technique you can see in person at Birds & Bugs tomorrow, December 6th from 9am-noon at Loterie Farm. Read …
Are you a bug ID superstar? Test your microscope skills with the “What am I?” activity or try your hand at insect ID with specimens we have. Got something that’s already stumped you? Bring in critters or photos and we’ll do our best to tell you what they are. All at Birds & Bugs, Sunday …
We’re very excited to share local and regional press for Birds & Bugs and very grateful for all the news organizations that are helping spread the word about this event. Below is a sampling of online and print coverage for the event. More info on our site and on Facebook. Le Pélican, December 2015 The …
If you have kids—or even if you don’t—be sure to download a copy of Bugs in Paradise, our new ebook about bugs. We made it as a companion piece for our Birds & Bugs event. Here are a couple sample pages: The book is with all our other great books in the Resources section of …