On April 14th Jeremy and J-P hosted VIP visitors from the American Bird Conservancy, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership, and the Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, for a private tour of Nonsuch Island to give them an overview of the historic and ongoing conservation efforts.
Whilst Jeremy gave them a tour of Translocation Colonies A&B which ended in the naming of “Tahiry”, this season’s chick from the most prolific pair in the history of the program, J-P the Nonsuch Expeditions Founder and CahowCam creator gave them an overview of the Platform (see videos below), which has been LiveStreaming from the Nonsuch Cahow burrows, for the past 13+ years.
John C. Mittermeier, PhD, Director of the Search for Lost Birds for the American Bird Conservancy:
“In our work on lost birds, we are often faced with the question of whether these lost species are simply lost causes. The fact that the Cahow, thanks to the recovery project on Nonsuch, is now making a comeback after being lost for 300 years makes it the ultimate example of how a lost species can be rediscovered and return. It was inspiring to see the Cahow recovery project firsthand with Jeremy and Jean-Pierre and consider how this special bird can help motivate conservation work on other lost species around the world!”
Olivier Langrand, Executive Director of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) & member of the advisory board of the Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (MBZ):
“Thank you very much for sharing this amazing experience and also for the amazing conservation success for the conservation of the Cahow. I know what it means as the amount of work that is behind this is absolutely huge.”