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Questions still surround the possible name change of Bermuda’s bird-watching group as controversy continues over the same issue in the US

A young bald eagle was caught on camera when it perched at the top of a tree in Southampton. Ploied Schokman described the creature as a “very beautiful, big bird”. He saw the eagle, which arrived on the island last March, at Alton Hill. In the Bermu...

Dear Sir, I was delighted to read the article in The Royal Gazette of December 19, 2022 about Bermuda’s new resident, the juvenile bald eagle, which also included a cool photograph of the beautiful bird by Miguel Mejias. The Royal Gazette ought to pr...

A young bald eagle that arrived on the island in March was still on the hunt this autumn, according to the Bermuda Audubon Society. The society said the predator was last spotted over the Mid-Ocean Golf Club in mid-November. In the autumn edition of ...

Birdwatchers are set to have a busy week as 25 citizen scientists with the Bermuda Audubon Society carry out the annual bird count. The weeklong event started on Wednesday, with the main count day taking place on today. A spokeswoman for the society ...

A Bermuda bird conservation charity is exploring a potential name change to distance itself from John James Audubon, the anti-abolitionist slave owner it derives from. The Bermuda Audubon Society said the conversation had begun in light of other orga...

Scores of dead seabirds have been found washed up on South Shore beaches in the wake of Tropical Storm Alex. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the cause of death of the greater shearwaters is probably due to the annual ...

Bermuda’s national bird, once thought to be extinct, has set another record on its road to recovery. Cahow chicks are now fledging on their island refuge at Castle Harbour – meaning they will set off on their first flights out to sea from now until m...

Owners of bluebird boxes are being reminded to monitor them regularly as the nesting season is now in full flow. The boxes are frequently taken over by house sparrows, which are known to attack Bermuda’s native bluebirds and threaten their populatio...

The USA’s national bird has been spotted on the hunt in Bermuda for the first time in 34 years

Miguel Mejias’s dream was to become a marine biologist but his plan fell to pieces when he discovered he couldn’t dive. A chance meeting with David Wingate gave him a new purpose. As part of the Bermuda College’s virtual 2022 Roche Science event on W...

Eagle-eyed bird watchers logged 7,561 individual birds in one day during Bermuda’s 47th annual Christmas Bird Count. A total of 83 species were seen on the “count day” – Saturday, December 18 – and an additional 12 species were spotted during the “c...