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Bicknell’s Thrush in Trouble on Wintering Grounds

10,000 Birds

No matter how much we do to protect the breeding grounds of Neotropical migrants, we can’t assure the safety of those species that lose essential wintering habitat. The expanse of cloud forest also serves critical, irreplaceable ecological functions for both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

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The Whistle Blowers

10,000 Birds

They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. With assistance from the Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) a boardwalk and nature centre have been established. They are also the rarest.

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Birding Lodges – Part 2 – Punta Cana Resort & Club

10,000 Birds

The one exception is Punta Cana Resort and Club in the Dominican Republic. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.