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Out Birding to Help an Endemic Sparrow in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

It doesn’t require forest but the coffee farms and scrubby green space it does need are under constant pressure of being destroyed and replaced with urban housing. Fortunately, local researchers have been well aware of the dire need to learn about this species so it can be adequately protected. Carman, and Luis Sandoval.

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The Whistle Blowers

10,000 Birds

With assistance from the Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) a boardwalk and nature centre have been established. This conservation effort has resulted in habitat and protection for nearly the entire population of West Indian Whistling Ducks in Jamaica. So he began to put out extra feed for the birds.