Ilja Botha will be presenting at the 2016 Migratory Bird Festival on her experience with birding and nature tourism and giving you the inside scoop on all the best spots to go birding on St. Martin! Birdwatching tour guide Ilja Botha is born in The Netherlands and moved to St Maarten 8 years go. Her …
In preparation for their upcoming Migratory Bird Festival, Les Fruits de Mer have released a free ebook, Pond Life. With vivid photography and fascinating facts, the book showcases seven bird species that are found on St. Martin’s ponds. Pond Life is available for free download on the association’s website. “St. Martin’s ponds are perhaps the …
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.
As we explored this years theme Restore Habitat, Restore Birds, we were lucky to have some colleagues from Anguilla presenting on one of the most fascinating habitat restoration techniques, the eradication of invasive animals. Devon Carter and Giovanni Hughes of the Anguilla National Trust present Dog Island Restoration Project: From Eradication to Monitoring at Les …
Jenn Yerkes presents a French language version of Incredible Journeys: Migratory Birds on St. Martin. This presentation was filmed at the 2015 Migratory Bird Festival on St. Martin in front of a live audience.
Jenn Yerkes presents a French language version of Incredible Journeys: Migratory Birds on St. Martin. This presentation was filmed at the 2015 Migratory Bird Festival on St. Martin in front of a live audience.
Continuing our series is Laura Bijnsdorp from EPIC (Environmental Protection in the Caribbean) presenting about wetland habitats at the 2015 Migratory Bird Festival, hosted by Les Fruits de Mer and University of St. Martin. This presentation was adapted from EPIC’s education program. You can also download the slides from this presentation (PDF, 2.3MB).
This engaging presentation was given to a standing room only crowd at the Migratory Bird Festival 2015. Dr. Jay Haviser of SIMARC, the St. Maarten Archaeological Center, presents on the heritage of salt on the island of St. Martin. The story of salt on St. Martin is the fascinating story of the island and its …
We had a wonderful roster of presenters at Migratory Bird Festival 2015, and thanks to a generous donation from a Les Fruits de Mer member, we were able to videotape the presentations. We’re going to work on getting the rest of the presentations up soon, and we look forward to doing more (and better!) video …
Our happy bird-day and other bird-themed greeting cards were pretty popular at Migratory Bird Festival 2015. Now you can download them for free and make your own! Color and create with these bird-themed cards, created for Migratory Bird Festival 2015. A great activity for people of all ages, everyone can leave with cards to give …