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BOOKCOMBING: BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES (MK 2)
BOOKCOMBING: BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES (MK 2) The number of bird books that are devoted entirely to the Bahamas is very small. Most books that include the region have a wider ambit. They feature birds...
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BUNTING(S) FOR AN ABACO CHRISTMAS: AN OLD TRADITION
BUNTING(S) FOR AN ABACO CHRISTMAS: AN OLD TRADITION BUNTING /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ (Noun) [A Christmas gift of a puntastic avian / festive double-meaning] A small New World songbird of the cardinal subfamily...
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GREEN HERON FISHING: GILPIN POND, ABACO, BAHAMAS
GREEN HERON FISHING GILPIN POND, ABACO, BAHAMAS The brackish pond at Gilpin Point near Crossing Rocks is generally a reliable place to find waterbirds. For those birding on South Abaco (in many...
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TAKING TERNS KISSING: AN ABACO ROMANCE
TAKING TERNS KISSING: AN ABACO ROMANCE There’s a time and a place for anthropomorphising animal behaviour in terms of human responses. Usually it’s best done with caution or not at all… I’m going to...
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“MEET THE FLOCKERS…” ON ABACO
“MEET THE FLOCKERS…” ON ABACO I’ve been checking out jetties at Sandy Point, of which there are several. They look a bit rickety but are in fact sound except for having to step rounds piles of (empty)...
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NO LAUGHING MATTER: A DISHEVELLED GULL ON ABACO
NO LAUGHING MATTER: A DISHEVELLED GULL ON ABACO By the end of day 2 during my recent stay at Sandy Point, I thought that I had had just about enough of the laughing gulls Leucophaeus atricilla. They...
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SANDERLINGS: A POOL PARTY ON ABACO
SANDERLINGS: A POOL PARTY ON ABACO One of the pleasures of watching birds (as opposed to BIRDWATCHING, a more committed-sounding enterprise with its own Wiki entry, that may require equipment, books...
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ABACO’S RARE PIPING PLOVERS: CITIZEN SCIENTISTS WANTED FOR YEAR 5
ABACO’S RARE PIPING PLOVERS: CITIZEN SCIENTISTS WANTED FOR YEAR 5 BE A BEACH MONITOR IN THE CAUSE OF RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION OF A TINY RARE BIRD THAT CHOOSES ABACO FOR ITS WINTER HOME NO EXPERIENCE...
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SPIDER WASPS & TARANTULA HAWKS: STEP AWAY FROM THIS INSECT
SPIDER WASPS & TARANTULA HAWKS (PEPSIS WASPS) I’ve recently had a flood of online hits for a creature I wrote about several years ago. It’s an aggressive-looking insect that I found in the...
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HERRING GULL STUDIES: EYE CONTACT
HERRING GULL STUDIES: EYE CONTACT Getting close to a herring gull is not a particularly heroic act, and yet… they look quite intimidating. The glint in the eye is somewhat evil. And they can be fairly...
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STICKING TOGETHER: BIRDS OF A FEATHER ON ABACO
Smooth-billed Anis, Abaco – Gerlinde Taurer STICKING TOGETHER: BIRDS OF A FEATHER In times of trouble, of grief and of despair, humans have an instinct to rally round for the greater good. Right now, I...
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“THE BIRDS OF ABACO”: BOOKMAKERS (& GAMBLERS?)
“THE BIRDS OF ABACO”: BOOKMAKERS (& GAMBLERS?) THE DELPHI CLUB GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF ABACO 163 SPECIES, 350+ PHOTOS, 30 PHOTOGRAPHERS, 272 PAGES Black-necked Stilt – Alex Hughes THE POST DORIAN...
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‘EGYPTIAN MUMMY’ (aka MOTHER GOOSE) & HER BROOD
‘EGYPTIAN MUMMY’ (aka MOTHER GOOSE) & HER BROOD This post has little to do with Abaco, and only a tenuous connection with the Bahamas. It is about birds, though, so I’ll justify it that way. This...
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SPERM WHALE BONES & RESEARCH: LIFE AFTER DEATH
SPERM WHALE BONES & RESEARCH: LIFE AFTER DEATH I made this short video last year at BMMRO HQ, Sandy Point, Abaco. A sperm whale had stranded earlier in the year, and after the necropsy some of the...
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ENDANGERED SPECIES ON ABACO, BAHAMAS (1)
ENDANGERED SPECIES ON ABACO, BAHAMAS (1) May 15th is – was – Endangered Species Day worldwide. I missed it, of course I did. Typical. So, belatedly, here’s the first of a short series highlighting the...
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PIONEER NATURALISTS: ABACO & BAHAMAS BIRDS
Wilson’s Plover & Chick, Abaco, Bahamas (Sandy Walker) PIONEER NATURALISTS: ABACO & BAHAMAS BIRDS WHO’S WHO? POTTED BIOGRAPHIES! Who were all the people – all men, I’m afraid – who are...
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“I GET AROUND”: PIPING PLOVER TUNA’S GUEST POST (3)
“I GET AROUND”: PIPING PLOVER TUNA’S GUEST POST (3) ABACO PIPING PLOVER WATCH was an amateur ‘citizen science’ conservation program to help investigate the winter season migrations of a tiny shore...
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THE DELPHI CLUB GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF ABACO by KEITH SALVESEN – a few copies...
THE DELPHI CLUB GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF ABACO BIRDS OF ABACO was launched at the Delphi Club, Abaco, Bahamas in March 2014. I thought all copies had been sold or donated ages ago. In the aftermath of...
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SPIDER WASPS & TARANTULA HAWKS: STEP AWAY FROM THIS INSECT
SPIDER WASPS & TARANTULA HAWKS (PEPSIS WASPS) I learn today that this week is Insect Week (or, as it may prefer, The International Week for Insect Appreciation and Protection). I’m all for it....
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SANDERLINGS ON THE BEACH . ABACO . BAHAMAS
SANDERLINGS ON THE BEACH . ABACO . BAHAMAS These little birds are far from rare, but watching a flock of them scuttling back and forth on the sand, in and out of the tide, is always a treat. And as...
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