Background/Question/Methods: Apart from persons directly affected by the policy that may destroy natural habitats, public advocacy for conservation in Grenada is low. For taxa that do not have a clear economic value, citizen science may improve public engagement in the protection of their habitat. Consequently, we asked: could training in bird monitoring improve attitudes on bird habitat protection? We conducted two 4-day training on bird monitoring with 16 persons in Grenada. We taught participants how to: 1) identify common wetland and terrestrial birds, and 2) administer bird counts.
Results/Conclusions: Based on surveys conducted before and after the training, we observed: 1) a 10 % increase in the number of individuals that felt that bird conservation was very important, and 2) a 20% increase in people who felt confident leading bird counts. While we recognize that our conservation-bias in participants meant that we did not see large changes in attitudes to bird conservation, we believe that by expanding this training, we may see greater public interest in bird conservation.