My Fantastic (and sometimes painful) Caribbean Seabird Journey

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  1. Most exciting to read about this work! Can you tell me the seasonality of this population? That is, when do they lay eggs and raise chicks? Are they mostly synchronous, or is laying spread over a wide period? I have looked for active nests on Barbuda in March and June without success, though local folks say they definitely nest there.

    I have studied both the other species of tropicbird in the Indian Ocean and would be very interested to see how this species compares.

  2. Fred Schaffner says:

    I love Tropicbirds! It would love to have had gps and geolocators back in the mid 1980’s. it would have been a lot cheaper and more productive than the Cessna-182 and radio tags we used back then on White-tailed Tropicbirds. Some flew out over Vieques and we could nor fly into that airspace then. We had very few Red-billed at that colony.

  3. Many of us can relate Fred!!! Technology for research has come a long ways – how fortunate we are to have these new tools which are providing exciting answers to important questions about bird movements and habitat use. Best, Lisa Sorenson

  4. Cheriette says:

    Hi Hannah,
    Back in 2002/3 my friend and I raised three chicks, which were nearly dead. They all grew into healthy birds and were released at Zeelandia beach at the time.
    Whenever I have to leave Statia, I think of their call. I love them!

  5. Thanks for sharing Chermette, how wonderful that you had this experience to raise 3 tropicbird chicks and released them back to the wild! I have been fortunate to see tropicbirds on Zeelandia Beach with Hannah – they are spectacular birds! Hope to meet you some time in Statia. all the best, Lisa Sorenson

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