The Caribbean region is blessed with an abundance of wildlife. In fact, it is considered a “hotspot” - one of the top 5 areas of the planet for biodiversity! This includes 176 endemic species of birds—iconic and special birds like the Cuban Tody, Whistling Warbler, Ridgway’s Hawk, Puerto Rican Parrot, Red-billed Streamertail, Black-capped Petrel, Grenada Dove, and many more residents and migrants, many of them threatened with extinction.

BirdsCaribbean has been working for 34 years to build capacity for research, education, and on-the-ground conservation projects to save birds and their habitats. We know that investing in people, working with communities, and training the next generation of conservation professionals is key to long-term success. Thanks to you, 2022 was a banner year with many great accomplishments!

We successfully completed ten training workshops this past year, providing skills, resources, and mentoring to 175+ Caribbean wildlife professionals from 21+ islands. These are the people that are working on-the-ground every day to raise local awareness and save the Caribbean’s incredible birds and nature from serious threats, such as climate change, development, invasive species, illegal trapping, and pollution.

We also provided materials and small grants to our dedicated partners to carry out local projects to monitor and conserve landbirds and waterbirds as well as educate about the beauty and value of wild birds and the importance of natural areas like wetlands and forests.

In 2022, we launched our Caribbean Bird Banding Network, holding our first training workshops in the Bahamas and Cuba and certifying our first 3 Caribbean banders! Our exciting new Caribbean Motus Collaboration program also made great strides with 3 new stations installed in Puerto Rico and Barbados (and many more in the pipeline!).

Abundant thanks to our partners, members, and donors that made all this work, and much more, possible. We are already seeing many positive impacts of our programs—conservation initiatives to save Caribbean birds, led by our partners, are growing by leaps and bounds.

Please help us to continue this vital work in 2023 by supporting us this Giving Tuesday! We have set a goal of $10K for Giving Tuesday and $40K total for our end-of-year fundraising.

We need everybody’s help to reach this goal - no gift is too small! Please donate today, right here on this page.

OR text BIRDS to 53-555 to make a gift via your mobile device (available only in the continental USA).

Thank you in advance for your generosity, love of birds, and support of our work!

Please give a gift today that will help train and ignite leadership potential in Caribbean conservationists, like these enthusiastic participants at our Bird Banding Workshop in the Bahamas this past spring! Together, we are #ChangingLivesSavingBirds

ABOUT US

BirdsCaribbean is a vibrant international network of members and partners committed to conserving Caribbean birds and their habitats. We raise awareness, promote sound science, and empower local partners to build a region where people appreciate, conserve and benefit from thriving bird populations and ecosystems. We are a non-profit (501 (c) 3) membership organization. More than 100,000 people participate in our programmes each year, making BirdsCaribbean the most broad-based conservation organization in the region. You can learn more about us, our work, and how to join at: http://www.birdscaribbean.org. Sign up for our newsletter here and follow us on social media (@BirdsCaribbean)

P.S. If you prefer to donate by check, that's perfectly fine. Please address checks to BirdsCaribbean and mail to this address:

BirdsCaribbean, 841 Worcester St. #130, Natick, MA 01760

Let us know your check is coming via email (Lisa.sorenson@BirdsCaribbean.org) and then we will be able to add you now to this page for an accurate fundraising total!

Changing Lives, Saving Birds

By BirdsCaribbean

Changing Lives, Saving Birds

Help us raise funds to train and empower conservation leaders in the Caribbean! #ChangingLivesSavingBirds