Avian Field Guide
‘Birds of the Transboundary Grenadines’ field guide project was a volunteer-driven effort to create a comprehensive, user-friendly identification field guide, featuring scientific and local ecological knowledge (LEK) and folklore from Grenadine citizens, and showcasing photographs taken within the Caribbean. This guide is a valuable resource for training local bird monitors, educating the general public, promoting sustainable tourism initiatives, enhancing the overall conservation and management of Grenadine resources, and is useful to both locals and foreigners with an interest in the avifauna of the region.
Specific goals for this project were to:
Preserve LEK and cultural heritage unique to the Grenadine islands;
Instill a sense of pride, ownership, and community-driven stewardship for the natural resources of the Grenadines;
Educate tourists about the natural history of the region, while promoting Grenadines-specific environmentally conscious and sustainable tourism initiatives;
Produce a valuable resource for local participation in conservation and management initiatives (e.g. monitoring) by compiling several regionally specific multi-disciplinary datasets; and
Continue the existing momentum of participatory research and community outreach in the region.
Special thanks to the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands' Judith A. Towle Environmental Studies Fund and to BirdsCaribbean for providing financial assistance that allowed us to self-publish this book and make it available to the public. We would also like to extend thanks to the individuals who reviewed early drafts of this book and provided their expertise and input.
If you’re in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines or in Grenada, books are for sale at the following businesses:
The Hub Collective in Port Elizabeth, Bequia
Mustique Island Company Office & The Cotton House on Mustique
Mare Blu Boutique, Bougainvilla Hotel in Clifton, Union Island
Natural Mystic Tours and Expeditions in Tyrell Bay, Carriacou
With advance planning, The Hub Collective has books that can be delivered via ferry to other islands within Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Please contact us at info@grenadinesbirds.com to arrange and be prepared to collect your book/s in person when the ferry docks on your island. Mare Blu Boutique on Union Island can coordinate deliveries of books to Palm Island Resort.
If you are a business who wants to sell our bird book in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines or Grenada, please email us at info@grenadinesbirds.com. If you would like to sponsor the donation of a book/s within the local communities, there is an option for this on the credit card form.