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Issue: 21

11/26/2009

IN THIS ISSUE

New Bird Refuge for Barbados

Black-crowned Antpitta

2009 TV schedule

BIRDING ADVENTURES TV NEWS

Greetings!

Happy Thanksgiving!

BATV wishes all our viewers and supporters a wonderful Thanksgiving. We hope that you all have a restful and safe holiday.

In this issue we cover the great news that Birdlife International has spear-headed the protection of an important migrant shorebird stop-over in Barbados. Bird-hunting is a popular pastime on the island so this is a small but welcome victory.

Also, learn more about our upcoming show on Fox, the Black-crowned Antpitta and see deails for the remainder of our 2009 schedule.

Stay tuned for another Birding Adventure!

Emberra Indians

The BATV crew in Panama

THE TV SHOW WHERE BIRDS OF A FEATHER ADVENTURE TOGETHER

NEW SHOREBIRD REFUGE FOR BARBADOS!

BirdLife International has created Barbados' first shorebird refuge at an abandoned shooting swamp at Woodbourne, close to the village of Packers. Woodbourne is a four hectare swamp on the flank of the St. Philip Shooting Swamps Important Bird Area (IBA), at which hunting and maintenance ceased in October 2004. Two former hunters were instrumental in securing the lease and financing the initial restoration of Woodbourne Shorebird Refuge. Restoration work started in May and the swamp was ready for the 2009 southbound, autumn migration.

Barbados is an important stop-over site for tens of thousands of Nearctic-nesting shorebirds on their southbound migration to South America where they pass the non-breeding (southern summer) season. Adverse weather in the Atlantic during their flight can force large numbers to stop for shelter on the island, but 15,000-30,000 of these shorebirds - including a number of species of conservation concern - are shot in a handful of managed shooting swamps. With funding from the US Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, BirdLife has been working closely with the Barbados WildFowlers Association, shooting-swamp owners and individual hunters to increase the survival prospects for migratory shorebirds on the island.

Twenty species of shorebird have been observed this season, five of which were USFWS Species of Conservation Concern. A flock of more than 70 Snowy Egrets and a few Little Egrets (an Old World species, now established in the New World in Barbados and Antigua) coming to roost in the wooded 'back swamp' was a highlight. Two Eurasian Spoonbills that arrived in the St. Lucy Shooting Swamps IBA during November 2008 are regular visitors among a host of resident and migratory waterbirds.

Birdlife International - 23 November 2009

BLACK-CROWNED ANTPITTA! If antbirds are your thing, then Panama is a great, easily accessible country to visit. Antswarms, with a whole host of antbirds in attendance, are truly a spectacle to behold! Perhaps the most intriguing of all the antbirds are the ground-dwelling antpittas. These rounded birds with very short tails, cryptic coloration and large bills inhabit the floors of wet, primary forests...and are notoriously difficult to see.

On our trip to Panama we had great views of the fairly common Streak-chested Antpitta and were most fascinated by its beautiful and repetitive call. But it was the Black-crowned Antpitta that we were really searcing for. The Black-crowned Antpitta (Pittasoma michleri) is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Black-crowned Antpittas are rare and local across their range. They are large antpittas with boldly scaled black-and-white bellies and beautiful chestnut bodies, accentuated by a black crown. They prefer thickets in the understory of primary forest and, as well as being rare, are very difficult to spot.

Catch this beautiful bird on this weekends show on Fox SportsNet.

The localised Black-crowned Antpitta

RE-AIR SCHEDULE

For those of you who missed it, we will be re-airing some of our more popular shows as follows until the end of 2009:

November 28 Black-crowned Antpitta - Panama

December 5 Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker - Panama

December 12 Piping Plover - Florida

December 19 Red-cockaded Woodpecker - Florida

December 26 Florida Scub-jay - Florida

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Happy Birding,

The Birding Adventures Team

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