The Bird List
Welcome Page About Us Photo/Video Gallery Daily Log Student Experiments Materials and Resources Credits		Below is a list of the birds we have identified on St. John. If the name appears as a link, you can click on the link to view a picture of the bird. On Wednesday we had an introduction to the birdlife on the islands. There are about 60 resident species , 11 introduced species and about 129 possible migrants for a total of nearly 200 species possible on the island. Habitat destruction has taken it's toll on the birdlife here. In about 1877-1879 the mongoose was introduced to help to try and control the introduced rat population that was decimating the sugar cane. Now the mongoose is a threat to the native bird population as it eats the eggs and young. Pesticides like DDT took their toll on the Brown Pelicans but since DDT was banned they have made a nice comeback and are common sights on the island. We took a bird walk around the Mary's Point Salt Pond. Check our Birdlist below for a list of all the bird species we have seen. We will continue to add to the list as we sight other species. You will also see the date they were sighted and the location. Name Location Date SCALY-NAPED PIGEON SALT POND TRAIL 4/19/00 BRIDLED QUAIL DOVE SALT POND TRAIL 4/19/00 GRAY KINGBIRD SALT POND TRAIL 4/19/00 GREEN THROATED CARIB FRANCIS BAY 4/20/00 ANTILLEAN CRESTED HUMMINGBIRD SALT POND TRAIL 4/19/00 BROWN BOOBY FRANCIS BAY 4/19/00 MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD FRANCIS BAY 4/19/00 BROWN PELICAN FRANCIS BAY 4/19/00 LITTLE BLUE HERON FRANCIS BAY 4/19/00 YELLOW WARBLER SALT POND TRAIL 4/19/00 MANGROVE CUCKOO SALT POND TRAIL 4/19/00 SPOTTED SANDPIPER SALT POND FLATS 4/19/00 STILT SANDPIPER SALT POND 4/19/00 WHITE CHEEKED PINTAIL SALT POND 4/19/00 COMMON GROUND DOVE SALT POND 4/19/00 LESSER YELLOW LEGS SALT POND 4/20/00 BELTED KINGFISHER FRANCIS BAY 4/20/00 LAUGHING GULL FRANCIS BAY 4/20/00 RED TAILED HAWK FRANCIS BAY 4/21/00 BLACK FACED GRASSQUIT CAMP 4/21/00 LESSER ANTILLEAN BULLFINCH PAVILION 4/22/00 ZENAIDA DOVE EVERYWHERE 4/19/00 BLACK- NECKED STILT ROAD FROM LAMESHUR BAY 4/22/00 ROYAL TURN LAMESHUR BAY 4/22/00