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Photos: Bluebird Nesting Season Underway
The Happy Bird Company has announced the first sighting of five bluebird eggs to start the nesting season, with hatching expected to commence within the next few days. A spokesperson said, “This unique bluebird box was designed and produced by university product design student Christian Chin-Gurret, who has added a novel feature by which the... Read more of this article
Longtail Chick Expected To Hatch For Easter
After seven successful seasons running the CahowCam, the Nonsuch Expeditions Team is launching an additional TropicBird/LongTail Cam, and they said that a chick is expected to hatch just in time for Easter. Jean-Pierre Rouja, the Nonsuch Expeditions Team Leader, said: “This camera located in one of the artificial burrows above the stairs on the... Read more of this article
Longtails Have Been Spotted At Trunk Island
On Saturday 16th February, Trevor Rawson, Trunk Island Officer, spotted 4 holes along the coast of Trunk Island occupied with longtails, as well as 6 different longtails courting in the air above the island. These sightings were the first to be spotted by Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] staff in Harrington Sound this season. “I’ve been anticipating... Read more of this article
Video: Cahow Chick Hatches Live On Camera
At approximately 10.30pm on Saturday night, viewers from around the world watched as the Cahow egg in burrow #832 began to hatch on the nonsuchisland.com CahowCam2. “The first hint that something was going on was a broken egg shell,” said Nonsuch Expeditions Team Leader and CahowCam developer Jean-Pierre Rouja. “Then, around 11.30pm,... Read more of this article
National Geographic Spotlights Bermuda Cahow
National Geographic has featured the Bermuda cahow in a recent article spotlighting “animal species that came back from the dead”. The National Geographic story said, “Thought extinct for 330 years, 36 cahows [a kind of petrel] were rediscovered in 1951. Joyfully, after half a century of intensive pest-and-nest management, the Bermuda... Read more of this article
Workshop On Bluebird Nest Box Construction
The Bermuda Audubon Society is holding its annual Bluebird nest box construction workshop in the Jack King Building at Botanical Gardens on Saturday 23 February starting at 10.00am. A spokesperson said, “It is nearly Bluebird nesting season and time to put up nest boxes! The workshop will include a brief talk about Bluebirds, why they require... Read more of this article
Feb 11: BUEI Talks To Host ‘Cahow Season 2019′
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute and Nonsuch Expeditions will present a talk entitled “CahowSeason 2019” with Jeremy Madeiros and international researchers on Monday, February 11th. The event poster says, “Join the Nonsuch Expeditions and Jeremy Madeiros from Department of Conservation Services for a cahow season update. They will... Read more of this article
Video: Cahow Lays Egg To Start 2019 Season
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, along with LookBermuda’s Nonsuch Expeditions CahowCam Project, announced that the 2019 CahowCam Nesting Season has officially started today [Jan 10] with the return of a female cahow to Nonsuch Island and the laying of a single egg this morning. They explained, “The incubation period for... Read more of this article
Somersfield Students Get Bird Box Presentation
Christian Chin-Gurret of The Happy Bird Co gave a presentation to Somersfield Academy students on their last day of school before Christmas break, discussing the process of designing and producing a nail-less and glue-less bluebird box. Mr Chin-Gurret explained that the manufacturing of the bluebird box is all carried out in Bermuda with marine plywood... Read more of this article
Cahow Nesting Season Off To An Early Start
The upcoming 2019 cahow nesting season is off to an early start with breeding pairs returning to their underground burrows on the Nonsuch Island Nature Reserve and its surrounding islets earlier than expected. Principal Terrestrial Conservation Officer at the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources [DENR] Jeremy Madeiros said, “Many... Read more of this article
Owner Seeks Assistance In Locating Lost Parrot
[Updated] The owner of an African Grey Parrot named Ozzy is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the animal, described by its owner as a “spoiled bird and survival skills are lacking.” The bird, which has been missing since Saturday [Sept 29] is physically described as being “light grey with a red tail and black hooked beak; larger... Read more of this article
Rare Seabird Successfully Nests After 169 Years
One of the world’s rarest seabirds has successfully nested in Bermuda again after an absence of 169 years, the Bermuda Audubon Society has confirmed. A single pair of Roseate Terns, Sterna dougallii, took up residence on a small posted nature reserve islet in the Hamilton Harbor/Great Sound area in June. The Bermuda Audubon Society, which has been... Read more of this article
Chin-Gurret Launching New Bluebird Boxes
20-year-old Christian Chin-Gurret has already designed a repertoire of products, including a water bottle holder, a lamp inspired by the Bermuda kite and a light for a camper van, and tonight [Aug 8] he will launch his latest creation – a Bermudian Bluebird Box, which allows people to forgo the hammers and nails and assemble the boxes quickly and... Read more of this article
People Urged Not To Disturb Common Terns
It’s the height of summer, and as such, the Bermuda Audubon Society is putting out a plea for “boaters and drone operators to avoid disturbing the island’s tiny population of Common Terns, which are in the middle of nesting season.” “The sea birds are nesting on small, treeless islands and large buoys in Hamilton Harbour and in... Read more of this article
Video: Record Breaking Cahow Nesting Season
It has been another record breaking Cahow nesting season on Nonsuch Island, where at about 11.00pm on May 28, Sunny, the sixth consecutive chick to fledge under the watch of LookBermuda’s CahowCam, left his burrow and spent some time imprinting on his surroundings before launching himself out toward the North Atlantic. A spokesperson said, “If... Read more of this article
Botanical Gardens Bluebirds Get New Homes
The Bermuda Audubon Society has donated five new Bluebird boxes for the Botanical Gardens just in time for nesting season, which begins in March. The Botanical Gardens Bluebird boxes are managed by Eugene and Susan Harvey, who check on them at least twice a week to ensure the boxes are secure and the nests are free of ants and bird mites. Their care... Read more of this article
