The Yellow-crowned Night Heron is primarily nocturnal, as are many crabs, which are one of their favorite foods. They are just a couple examples of the many animals that are active at night. In fact, this bird is also known as the Crabier or Crab-eater. Many nocturnal species are unfamiliar to most people because they spend their days hiding. Between […]
This Saturday at 9am, I will be doing a bird walk on behalf of Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) as part of the Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival. Endemic means being unique to a specific place. Although there are no birds that are found only on St. Martin, the island is home to a number of species and subspecies that […]
The 11th annual St. Martin Book Fair is coming up soon: May 30 – June 1. The book fair is one of my favorite events on the island and I’m sure this year will be better than ever. This year’s theme is Drum Beats, and on June 1st I will be conducting a workshop as part of the fair. In […]
In case anyone doesn’t know, you can download the first edition of the St. Martin wildlife guide for free here: http://www.sxmwildlife.com/publications/ The second edition is currently at the printer and should be available in June. The PDF of this version is currently available to the backers who supported the printing of the book. Once the book is out, the PDF […]
Excitement! Proofs of the new book have arrived today in several forms: a bound digital print, an unbound set for checking the color and even a totally blank dummy book showing the exact paper and binding. I’m just starting to review it now, but so far it looks like the print quality will be very good.
Success!!! Like a Cabot’s Tern with a tasty fish in its mouth, we have the funding to print the new, super-more-awesome edition of The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. We had 102 backers on Kickstarter from around the world who generously supported this project. I cannot even begin to express my gratitude, but thank you, thank you, […]
The Kickstarter project to fund the printing of the new book ends in 18 hours. If you want to support the book, get your name in the book as a supporter and get some great rewards, everything from the book itself to an insect named after you in the book, the time is now: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/420840503/the-incomplete-guide-to-the-wildlife-of-saint-mart This katydid nymph appreciates your […]
Our Kickstarter project to finance the new edition of the book is flying high like this Least Tern. We just reached our stretch goal of $6,000. We should everything we need for the printing of the book now, so any additional support we get at this point will go towards our project to get this book into schools and give […]
Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) has been doing conservation work and biological research on St. Martin for over ten years, including some of the longest-running bird studies in the Caribbean. EPIC’s U.S. non-profit has also partnered with me to accept contributions towards my program to get my wildlife book in schools, libraries and other public institutions, and to do […]
Here’s a classic clip of my sister and I as young bug collectors. As it turns out, my method of identifying insects has remained largely unchanged over the years.