Freeport, Grand Bahama - A rare visitor to Grand Bahama – a West Indian Woodpecker – enjoys a lizard it dug out of the bark of a tree at McLean’s Town at the weekend.

The bird has not been spotted on the island since the two major hurricanes of 2004 and its return is further evidence of how nature is gradually recovering seven years later.

It was spotted by a group of 20 bird spotters who were trying out a new nature trail aimed at attracting human tourists to the east end community. The photo was taken by Christopher Baker, one of the group from the Garden of The Groves...

Each year millions of birds, representing hundreds of species, travel between North America, the Caribbean, the Bahamas and back. Approximately 350 species of birds that breed in North America migrate each year to spend the winter in Latin America and the Caribbean. As a group they are referred to as Neotropical migratory birds and they include many species of songbirds, hawks, egrets and duck...

Freeport, Bahamas - While ongoing threats continue to endanger many of the nearly 350 species of birds that migrate annually between summer and winter habitats in Canada, the United States and the Bahamas as well as throughout the Caribbean and South America, conservation organizations and individuals have shown that they can make a real difference.

Launched in 1993 by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) is now coordinated by Environment for the Americas, based in Boulder, Colorado. IMBD is the largest-known bird conservation and education event of its kind in the Western Hemisphere...