🦉 Happy International Owl Awareness Day! Today we celebrate Jamaica’s owls and the important role they play in controlling rodents and keeping our ecosystems balanced. I’ve been fortunate to document several owl sightings across Jamaica. @RoostersWorldJA. #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay #JamaicanOwls

My view from Port Maria, St. Mary, Jamaica. 🇯🇲🌊 Never take Jamaica's natural beauty for granted. Let's protect it for future generations. @RoostersWorldJAaàà

My view from Port Maria, St. Mary, Jamaica. 🇯🇲🌊 Never take Jamaica's natural beauty for granted. Let's protect it for future generations. @RoostersWorldJA

I'm happy to see people enjoying Jamaica and local businesses thriving. My question is: Which agencies regulate activities like ATVs in rivers and wetlands, and what measures are in place to ensure they're environmentally sustainable?

This video of a mama Northern Potoo and her chick, captured by photographer Heidi and shared in the BirdLife Jamaica WhatsApp group, absolutely blew my mind. Just look at their beauty! Why would anyone believe that a potoo is ugly? @RoostersWorldJA

Have you ever seen a Jamaican Parakeet feeding on ackee? 🦜 Thanks to Lisa Lee for sharing this fascinating video! What foods have you seen Jamaican Parakeets eating? Share your observations below and follow @RoostersWorldJA for more Jamaican wildlife.

What a lovely lizard. Thanks to @thee_unrxly1 for reaching out on Instagram and sharing this lizard observation from Denbigh, Clarendon. Every wildlife sighting helps us learn more about Jamaica's biodiversity. Have a wildlife observation or need help identifying a species? Follow @RoostersWorldJA

Please share this with the persons who are planning to clear land especially through this extended drought period. Even though I dont understand the language I believe the message is clear. @RoostersWorldJA

Hahshaha What a game

Antillean Nighthawk taking a drink or skimming the water surface for food

Bumpy love. What comes to mind when you see this pic. Let me start " Bumpy Love". Look forward to your comments. @RoostersWorldJA

Bump Love

Sometimes field biology requires a little creativity! 😄 We wanted to check whether bats had moved into our bat house, so we mounted a camera on the end of a broomstick for a peek inside—without disturbing any potential residents. Conservation isn't always high-tech... sometimes it's just making

12,000 strong! On Instagram A huge thank you to everyone who has supported @RoostersWorldJA—whether you've asked a question, shared a wildlife observation, liked, commented, or simply taken the time to watch my content. Every bit of support helps inspire more Jamaicans to understand and protect

The pond was alive with birds feeding on insects over the water. I observed Antillean Palm Swifts, Cave Swallows, Gray Kingbirds, and Greater Antillean Nighthawks skimming low over the pond. I also saw a rufous (reddish) nightjar-like bird flying low over the water,

Mummy hummingbird feeding her little one. @RoostersWorldJA

Office break—or should I say bird stalking? 😄🐦 I spotted an endemic Jamaican Euphonia (Euphonia jamaica), locally known as the Blue Quit, feeding on the ripe fruit of a tropical almond tree. Even an almond tree near the office can provide valuable food for our native birds.

Thanks Ashane for sharing this video of this lovely lizard. @RoostersWorldJA

Thanks to Leila from the Rio Grande Valley for sharing these photos of one of Jamaica's endemic frogs—the Jamaican Laughing Frog (Osteopilus brunneus). Despite having lost a limb, this resilient little frog is still going strong. Nature always finds a way. 📸 Have you spotted wildlife in your area?

A young Red-billed Streamertail has just left its nest in this tree. 🐦🌿 One tree can provide food, nesting space, shelter and protection for so many animals. When we plant and protect trees, we create homes for wildlife. What animals have you seen using the trees around you? Follow @RoostersWorldJA

What a cutie! 💚🦎 This is the Blue Mountains anole (Anolis reconditus), one of Jamaica’s rarest endemic lizards. It is found only within a very restricted area of the Blue Mountains and is classified as Endangered. Protecting Jamaica’s montane forests means protecting unique species like this one.

What a cutie! 💚🦎 This is the Blue Mountains anole (Anolis reconditus), one of Jamaica’s rarest endemic lizards. It is found only within a very restricted area of the Blue Mountains and is classified as Endangered. Protecting Jamaica’s montane forests means protecting unique species like this one.

Today is International Mangrove Day. 🌿 Mangroves are Jamaica's coastal guardians—protecting our shores, storing carbon, supporting fisheries, and providing habitat for birds, crocodiles, fish, and countless other species. Let's protect these incredible ecosystems for future generations.

A little nature from White Hall, St Thomas. Lovely river. @RoostersWorldJA

I’m pleased to share that our chapter, “Keel-Nosed Mastiff Bat, Molossus tropidorhynchus Gray, 1839,” has been published online-first by Springer in Mammals of Middle and South America: Chiroptera. It was a pleasure co-authoring this chapter with Phillip J. Oelbaum

**Thanks to @gdon for sharing this incredible video with me on Instagram of sea turtle hatchlings making their first journey to the sea at Boston, Portland, on 25 July 2026. 🐢🌊 Every hatchling is a reminder of why protecting Jamaica's beaches and marine life is so important.

Thanks, Leila from Comfort Castle in the Rio Grande Valley, for sharing the local name “suck-o-bullo” for the fish I observed in White Hall, St. Thomas. Local knowledge matters! @RoostersWorldJA

One of the first things I do when I visit a new place is document the wildlife. During a survey of the White Hall River, St. Thomas, I recorded these freshwater fishes. I'll be sharing the footage with my ichthyologist colleagues so they can help identify the species.