Sunday 18 July 2021

North American Birds Regional Reports! - West Indies & Bermuda

The North American Birds Regional Reports Winter 2020–2021: 1 Dec–28 Feb for the West Indies & Bermuda is now out.  It contained local sightings by John Webster, Ed Massiah, Quincy Clarke and yours truly Julian Moore.  You can see the report here.

The West Indies and Bermuda Region includes Bermuda and all the islands of three major archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago (The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos). In addition, the region encompasses a few outliers in the southwestern Caribbean Sea. Politically, the region comprises 12 independent nations, six U.K. overseas territories, four French territories, three Dutch territories, three U.S. territories, and one Colombian territory. The region’s total land area is approximately 3000 square km spread out over 7000 islands and islets. Myriad ecosystems have developed atop volcanoes, tectonic rifts, uplifted limestone seabed, and exposed continental crust. read more

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