Petite-Terre Nature Reserve (Anthony Levesque)

  • 04/14: 1 American Golden Plover
  • 04/19: 5 Willets (AL, FD...)
  • 04/20: 1 Barn Swallow, a wintering bird was still present
  • 04/26: 1 Summer Tanager (young male); 2 Western Sandpipers

seawatch (8h):

  • 279 Manx Shearwaters
  • 5 little Shearwaters sp
  • 2 Cory's Shearwaters
  • 170 Storm-petrels sp
  • 17 Wilson's Storm-petrels
  • 2 Leach's Storm-petrels
  • 9 Jaegers sp
  • 2 Long-tailed Jaegers
  • 4 Pomarine Jaegers

Elsewhere in Guadeloupe

Seawatch at Pointe des Chateaux, Saint-Francois

  • 04/03 (FD), 2h (pm) to 4h (pm): 508 Manx Shearwaters, 1 Leach's Storm-petrel, 1 Wilson's Storm-petrel, 1 jaeger sp, 3 Pomarine Jaegers, 1 storm-petrel sp
  • 04/06 (FD), 09h45 to 10h45 (am): 8 Manx Shearwaters, 1 Parasitic Jaeger, 1 Sooty Shearwater
  • 04/06 (AM), after 11h (am): 269 Manx Shearwaters, 3 Parasitic Jaegers, 2 Leach's Storm-petrel
  • 04/07 (FD), 09h45 to 11h15: 149 Manx Shearwaters, 1 Parasitic Jaeger
  • 04/30 (FF): 1 Black-capped Petrel
  • this month, during 8h15 of seawatch, AL saw 4327 Manx Shearwaters, and others species...

  • 04/12 and 13 at la Desirade (JC, AL): 1 Double-crested Cormorant (died on the 13th) at Désirade island (3rd Gwada record)
  • 04/15 at la Desirade (AL): 1 male adult of Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • 04/17 at Saint-Claude (AM) 1 Merlin
  • 04/19 between Saint-Francois and Petite-Terre (FD, and others): 1 Long-tailed Jaeger; 2 Pomarine Jaegers
  • 04/19 at Pointe-Noire (AM): 1 Merlin
  • 04/20 at la Desirade (FD): 1 Blackpoll Warbler
  • 04/23 at Basse-Terre (FD): the Greater Black-backed Gull is still present
  • 04/23 at Vieux-Habitants (FD, ED): 1 Little Blue Heron
  • 04/26 at la Desirade (AL): 1 Rose-Breasted Grosbeak; 3 Scarlet Tanagers
  • 04/28 at la Desirade (FD): the 3 Scarlet Tanagers are still present
  • 04/29 at Pointe-a-Pitre (AL): 1 ring-billed Gull

  • at Gaschet Reservoir, 04/16 (FD): 517 Common Morheens, 52 Pied-billed Grebs, 12 Carribean Coots, 7 American Coots, 8 Great Egrets, 1 Ring-necked Duck

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Birdwatchers of the month

  • AL : Anthony Levesque
  • FD : Frantz Duzont
  • ED : Eric Delcroix
  • JC : Jules Chiffard
  • AM : Alain Mathurin
  • FF : Fréderic Fernex who was on holiday