Nonsuch Expeditions Natural History Notecards - now available

 
 

Due to popular demand, a series of Natural History notecards based upon the stunning Nonsuch Expeditions photography has been released.

They may be purchased at the following retailers: The Irish Linen Shop | BUEI | Pulp & Circumstance | The Hamilton Princess & Tuckers Point Resort Shops

They are printed on heavy weight museum quality A6 sized notecards. The image on the front is against a white background, the species and collection details are on the back and the inside of the cards are blank.

They are also available in the BETA of our online shop here, for delivery or pickup in Hamilton.

Hurricane Nicole Update

Bermuda and Nonsuch Island in particular dodged the proverbial bullet with Hurricane Nicole.

The Category 2 storm passed directly over the island, with Bermuda passing directly through the eye, which resulted in the winds flipping directly from East to West without passing to the South which traditionally causes a tremendous amount of coastal erosion.

The fact that it also passed at low tide further reduced the impact of the southerly swells which in recent storms have been severely impacting the original outlying Cahow nesting islands re-enforcing the importance and urgency of the Nonsuch Translocation Project.

On Nonsuch there was tree damage with large Bay Grapes in particular being uprooted.  The salt and wind-burn however was the worst since Hurricane Fabian due in part to the second part of the storm being dry. This has had the side benefit of reducing the number of invasive seedlings and stressing the remaining casuarinas, making the recent round of girdling that much more effective in their removal process.

The timing of this late in the season storm, in mid October, was also quite fortunate, Gonzalo which arrived a week later 2 years prior, drowned 5 pairs of Cahows in their nests which had returned slightly early for their November courtship and nest preparation rituals. This storm being a week earlier does not appear to have had similar effects.

Easter Cahow Chicks

Easter Cahow chicks, the result of a record breaking nesting season from Translocation Colony A on Nonsuch Island in Bermuda. This season 10 chicks have hatched on Nonsuch out of a total of 58 confirmed hatchings throughout the colony.

Hello World! Cahow chick hatches with several hundred CahowCam viewers watching.

Hello, World!

March 6th 2016 1:08 am

Its a .............chick!  
After a very long hatching period, (The first stage of hatching, "dimpling" cracks of the eggshell as the chick started to crack its way out, was first noted at 9.00am on Thursday March 3rd), another Cahow, one of the world's rarest seabirds, entered the world at 1.08am Sunday morning march 6th.
The chick, still wet at this point from having just emerged from within the eggshell, will be brooded and occasionally preened gently by the female bird, and in about 4 hours should have dried out and assumed its familiar "grey puffball" appearance.
It is still not completely safe, as a very small percentage of chicks become so exhausted by the hatching process that they succumb within the first hours after entering the world. However, this chick appears to have plenty of energy and so things look very good at this point.
Incidentally, this chick makes the 23rd that I have confirmed having hatched so far in total on all 5 of the tiny nesting colonies by Saturday evening, including the 4th on Nonsuch.
Thanks to everyone that has shown interest and checked in during this long, long process!
All the best, Jeremy
Jeremy Madeiros, Senior Conservation Officer (Terrestrial) , Dept. Of Conservation Services, BERMUDA

A big Thank You to Jeremy from the Nonsuch Expeditions Team!

This year the hatching event was streamed in real time to the world* and recorded in HD!  This was all made possible by the Department of Conservations Services, Solar Power from Ascendant and Internet Access from Logic with Wireless support from Compass Networks. The CahowCam cameras and infrared lighting were custom built by LookBermuda | LookFilms for The Nonsuch Expeditions and will be made available to similar conservation projects around the world.

*Over the past 7 days there have been 6,000 unique views totaling 100,000 minutes of streaming video.

To follow the growth of the chick until it fledges in June, please visit and bookmark the CahowCam page: http://www.nonsuchisland.com/live-cahow-cam/

If you are an Educator please contact us for special materials and broadcast schedule for upcoming weekly LiveStream events.

Cahow Chick Hatching ! Watch Live Now on CahowCam

UPDATE: March 6th 1:08 AM Chick has hatched!!!

The Cahow egg in the CahowCam burrow Is hatching, tune in now to see it live on the CahowCam

See: http://www.nonsuchisland.com/live-cahow-cam/

The egg is in burrow #831 on Nonsuch Island in Bermuda, from which the CahowCam has been broadcasting LIVE for the past 3 nesting seasons.

When Senior Conservation Officer Jeremy Madeiros conducted a health check at 10 am this morning the egg had dimples facing outwards which usually indicates a chick starting to push its way out (as opposed to inward facing dimples indicating a damaged / failed egg). Although this is a few days earlier than initially projected it is hoped that this is the beginning of the hatching process that can take up to 48 hrs.

UPDATE: As of 8:30 pm Atlantic time on the evening of March 3rd, increased activity from the female seems to indicate that the hatching is imminent.
UPDATE: As of 3:30 AM on March 4th the egg is still intact and event is still in progress.

UPDATE: March 5th at 9:20 AM Jeremey has conformed the egg is hatching.

UPDATE: March 6th 1:08 AM Chick hatched!


Witness this rarely seen occurrence on the CahowCam: http://www.nonsuchisland.com/live-cahow-cam/:
 The LiveStream and replays can be seen here.

2016 Nonsuch Island Expeditions Airport Art Installations

UPDATE July 2016: The stunning photography produced during the recent round of Biodiversity Photography is now available for Patron Sponsorship and subsequent installation throughout the Airport.
These installations will greatly enhance the Terminal in the lead up to the Americas Cup and will expand upon existing installations that have recently been added to the Bermuda Immigration Hall featuring stunning aluminum prints and flat black wall backgrounds. This exhibit has also been extended into the Cedar Aviation private air terminal: Read More

This program would not be possible without the support of our Print Patrons.
Please Contact Us regarding our Print Patron Program that supports our ongoing Educational Outreach and Research / Conservation focused Expeditions.
The Patron also receives a  "1 of 1 Patron copy" of their selected image and their name alongside a second copy in the Airport.

January 2016: The cancellation of most flights over this past weekend due to the blizzard on the east coast gave us the time to do a large AirportArt installation in the Bermuda Immigration arrivals hall. We created a flat black backdrop for the stunning new Aluminum prints which looks amazing!

The new black backgrounds have proven so popular that we have now extended them to all of our installations on the arrivals side of the terminal.