Miguel A Mejias, PhD.

Unido: 01.ago.2021 Última actividad: 03.oct.2024 iNaturalist

My curiosity and intimacy with nature dates back to my childhood. This innate connection would eventually lead me to work alongside Bermudian Naturalist and Ornithologist, Dr. David Wingate, who inspired me to pursue a career in said field. I'm at my happiest outdoors, with binoculars and camera in hand, photographing and documenting as many bird species in my home country of Bermuda, where I hope to settle and pursue Ornithology and Conservation as a career.

While Ornithology is my first love, I do appreciate, photograph, and record other lifeforms across the island. Additional favourites include plants (especially drift seeds and sea beans), seashells, land snails, fish, and moths. Nonetheless, my primary goal is to use iNaturalist to record as many species in Bermuda as possible, whether native or introduced. My hope is that these records will serve as a significant resource for myself, and others interested in Bermuda's biodiversity.


In line with my primary goal, I run a joint iNaturalist account called Bermuda Public Records (@bermuda_public_records), where we upload significant records from members of the public, and that might not necessarily be recorded on our private accounts.


NOTABLE OBSERVATIONS:

iNat Observation of the Day:
Macropsychanthus comosus - 5/19/2022
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117660718#activity_comment_8347b166-594b-485a-9f9a-74b3584f58d5

iNat Observation of the Week:
Macropsychanthus comosus - 5/31/2022

https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/66663-beachcoming-for-sea-beans-in-bermuda-observation-of-the-week-5-31-22?fbclid=IwAR0Q-25eNJtM_ZkgGmT_N4oi6QykyuYN1DtnS9XN0bF1hgP_A-ZMBrka9as

Self-found first record of Little Bronzed Cuckoo in New Zealand; beach-wrecked carcass.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222305319

Self-found first confirmed record of Hairy Woodpecker in Bermuda
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144806993

Self found and first iNat record of Townsend's Warbler in Bermuda
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145627888

First iNat record for Bermuda Hogmouth Fry
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103283185

First iNat record for Bermuda Glow Worms
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131144090

First iNat record of Hawksbill Sea Turtle in Bermuda.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180059552

First iNat record of the species of barnacles that grows on the shell of Hawksbill Sea Turtles
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180059327


PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS ON RESEARCHGATE:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miguel-Mejias-2/research


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