The 2011 Caribbean Waterbirds Census is taking place from January 14th to February 3rd:
In February 2009, the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB) Monitoring Working Group held a workshop entitled “Bird Monitoring in the Caribbean – Why, What, Where, When and How” in Nassau, Bahamas. The workshop was funded by the Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative/Organization of American States, USFWS, USFS, RSPB and many others. It involved twenty-six participants from eighteen West Indian islands and two Caribbean rim countries and eight international presenters, including a representative from Wetlands International. As a result of discussions held at this workshop SCSCB decided to establish the Caribbean Waterbird Census (CWC) to complement the Neotropical Waterbird Census.
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The objectives of the CWC are to:
• Promote inventories, surveys and censuses of waterbirds and their habitats in all Caribbean countries
• Encourage broad-based participation in waterbird counts including NGOs, governmental agencies, institutions, communities and volunteers
• Ensure that as many internationally and nationally important sites as possible are conserved and monitored
• Increase awareness of conservation issues related to wetlands and waterbirds and what can be done to address these issues.…
CWC survey dates in 2011 are January 14th to February 3rd inclusive. This includes 3 weekends and World Wetlands Day (WWD) on Feb. 2nd, in case you want to make your count part of your WWD celebration.
Find out more about the census at CWC online workspace.
[Photo: New Jersey Birds]
