Eco-Guide X-Peditions

25/01/2018

25/12/2017

Jerry at Levera Dry Forest

15/12/2017

Grand Etang Forest Reserves located in the high central forest range approximately 800m ASL is typically rainforest. Species diversity is not as high there. At the famous Grand Etang Crater Lake one can see Herons, Grebes, Ducks and Osprey; other notable birds are Gray- Rumped Swift, Cocoa Thrush, Tanager, and Rudy-Quail Dove

03/12/2017

Levera Area, located furthest North Eastern Atlantic coast of the island is typical dry forest ecosystem, but the main attractions for birds are the wetlands. Large water body, levera pond and Lake Antoine are noted for migratory Ducks, waders and Seabirds. Seabirds colonies can be found the small rocks and islets’ just off the coast from Levera e.g. Diamond Rock etc.

30/11/2017

Perseverance Dove Sanctuary located on the Western Caribbean coast is the second habitat for the two populations of the Grenada Dove. The difference in topography and microclimatic conditions makes it suitable for more birds e.g. lesser Antillean Tanager, Grenada -Flycatcher, Hummers etc.

17/11/2017

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

15/11/2017

Annandale Forest Reserve located near the central forest ranges is moist semi-deciduous forest attractive to Humming birds; Rufous- Breasted Hermit, Green -Throated Carib, Banana Quits and Thrushes etc.

13/11/2017

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

08/11/2017

Creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty.

01/11/2017

Did you Know - Mt. Hartman National Park and Dove Sanctuary located on the South Eastern Atlantic coast is a xeric dry-forest ecosystem and one of the two habitats for the endemic and endangered Grenada Dove and Hooked-billed kite. This forest ecosystem is dominated by acacia species and is characterized by its thorny nature. Mangrove wetlands in the area are also habitat for herons and waders etc.

28/10/2017

DID YOU KNOW - Grenada is the first country to receive the CBT training, and was held from 17-21 June 2013 in St. George’s, Grenada, attended by 24 participants—staff from local tour operators, non-profit organizations and the Forestry and National Parks Department.

26/10/2017

26/10/2017

26/10/2017

There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.

16/10/2017

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.

14/10/2017

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

13/10/2017

“There is an unreasonable joy to be had from the observation of small birds going about their bright, oblivious business”
― Grant Hutchison, The Complete Lachlan

11/10/2017

New take on bird watching.

06/10/2017

“The sharp thrill of seeing them [killdeer birds] reminded me of childhood happiness, gifts under the Christmas tree, perhaps, a kind of euphoria we adults manage to shut out most of the time. This is why I bird-watch, to recapture what it's like to live in this moment, right now.”
― Lynn Thomson, Birding with Yeats: A Mother's Memoir

04/10/2017

A Little humour :)

03/10/2017

Bird photography is one of the most popular genres of nature photography. This should come as no surprise since birding is one of the world’s most popular pastimes!

02/10/2017

EXPLORING THE AVIFAUNA OF GRENADA

01/10/2017