This page will eventually become a collection of my reviews of Environmental Impact Assessments conducted in the Bahamas. The links lead to a Science and Perspective copy of the EIA as published, then a link to my comments on the EIA as submitted to the developer and the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection. I will also include a brief summary of the EIA. Enjoy.

  • Forget Tradition

    I recently found this in my digital diary from after I returned from the first leg of the Global Reef Expedition to the Cay Sal Bank. around May 6th 2011 Forget Tradition. Today, as I write, two Bahamian students from The College of the Bahamas are on The Global Reef Expedition. Chefs prepare 5 star…

  • Those lips though!

    Hopefully you have been paying attention. If not, here is a little #science and #perspective on Queen Conch. Conch is economically extinct in Florida, Cuba and Jamaica has recently closed its conch fishery to protect the mollusk. In most other places, the conch is so rare, that the shell is prized and an expensive souvenir…

  • Common Ground-Doves and Casuarina

    Common Ground-Doves are one of my favorite birds. (Yes, I know. I have many.) But this little bird just went up a notch in my heart, because guess what? It eats Casuarina seeds. Casuarina equisetifolia and Casuarina glauca are two incredibly invasive trees from Australia. Some people call them Australian Pine or even Bay Cedar.…

  • Yards and Patches in ebird

    So I have a problem where I can be very specific about where I am birding. Bahamas National Trust retreat gardens village road parking lot, versus Bahamas National Trust retreat gardens village road the Dilly lawn for example.This helps me to separate my data well and analyze it when I need at the level I…

  • Tweet, Tweet

    I have been off twitter for awhile, but I still send some of my writing there. If you need your twitter fix when it comes to birds, though, you do not have to wait for me. you can check out this list of twitter feeds and tweeps that you can follow and thye even have…