Inauguration of “Joe” and “Kamala” could help save West Indian Whistling-Ducks!

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  1. Jason Hernandez says:

    I did not know how rare these are. I saw two of them a couple years ago in the Dominican Republic, on the Magante River. They were there less than a day. Perhaps this indicates that they travel a lot.

  2. Hello Jason,

    Thanks for your interest and comment. You are lucky to have seen two WIWDs on the Magante River in the DR. They are indeed rare birds and we don’t know a lot about how much they travel. We do know that they move around quite a bit locally to visit different kinds of wetland habitats to feed, often during the evening and night, and then to rest and roost during the day. We suspect that they are somewhat nomadic and will travel more widely when they need to, for example, if their wetland dries up from drought, they will fly to other areas and possibly other nearby islands. We hope, in the future, to tag more birds so that we can learn about their home ranges, movements and habitat needs. All the best! – Lisa Sorenson

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