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OL’ RED EYES IS BACK: A RED-LEGGED THRUSH SINGS THE… REDS? The Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) is often said to be the Caribbean equivalent of the American Robin. Its main range is from the...
WILLET OR WON’T IT… GET CLOSE TO YOU? Willets (Tringa semipalmata) are large sandpipers, familiar as shore birds, foragers on sand bars and mudflats, or out in the mangrove swamps. Some might...
SHORE THINGS: BEACHCOMBING ON A PRISTINE ABACO BEACH The Abaco bay known as Rolling Harbour is a 3/4 mile curve of white sand beach, protected by an off-shore reef. The beach is pristine. Or it...
HOPE TOWN, ABACO: DOLPHINS & A LIGHTHOUSE IN THE SUN A trip to Hope Town and Elbow Cay is a always a treat. Especially if it includes lunch with friends. Most of my previous visits have been in...
AMERICAN KESTRELS IN SANDY POINT, ABACO, BAHAMAS American kestrels Falco sparverius are well known birds in the Americas and Caribbean, and I can’t usefully add anything to the photographs below,...
“ON STILTS”: THE BLACK-NECKED STILTS OF ABACO This elegant stilt Himantopus mexicanus was one of a pair nesting in the scrub by a small brackish lake near Crossing Rocks. We had gone there for...
“PISHING IN THE WIND”: BIRDING IN A BREEZE AT DELPHI The Bahamas weather has been uncharacteristically dire. Rain and cloud for the past week, and a poor forecast for the next week (see above). I...
ABACO WHALES & DOLPHINS: BMMRO SIGHTINGS & NEWSLETTER I haven’t posted Abaco whale, dolphin & manatee news for a while. Time for a catch-up. Georgie the young manatee that left her mother Rita and...
BLOOMING MARVELLOUS: FLOWERS OF ABACO The flowers and plants below were mostly photographed in the grounds of The Delphi Club, Abaco or nearby. I expect most or many are already securely on the SD...
LEAST, BUT NOT LAST: THE SMALLEST SANDPIPER The LEAST SANDPIPER (Calidris minutilla) is the smallest shorebird, the definitive “peep”. An adult is only about 6″ long. They are to be found in pairs...
CUBAN PEWEE: NATURE’S LEAST SCARY TYRANT The CUBAN PEWEE Contopus caribaeus bahamensis, also known as the Crescent-eyed Pewee (see photos for details), is a tyrant. At 6″ long , the smallest tyrant...
ABACO’S UNIQUE PARROTS IN PICTURES, VIDEO & SOUND Abaco parrots. The only ground-nesting parrot species in the Bahamas. In the world, in fact. I’ve posted quite often about them – indeed they have...
SAWMILL SINK, ABACO: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC LANDSCAPE 1. BLUE HOLES The Blue Holes of Abaco are geological wonders about which much has been written – much of it in the...
BLACK-FACED GRASSQUITS ON ABACO, BAHAMAS BFGs. Birds of the coppice, garden, feeder… and beach (see below). I posted some images last year HERE and now I have a few more, taken recently. Although...
‘MEN AT WORK’: CLEANING UP MAN’S DEBRIS IN THE OCEAN I keep an eye on the website SCUBAZOO. As ever, the alert ABACO SCIENTIST (highly recommended to follow) has beaten me to this latest post from...
A TASTE OF HONEY: SPRING BEES ON ABACO There are a number of insects on Abaco that demand human attention. The smallest and most persistent nuisances are the ‘no-see-ums’, tiny sandflies whose...
UNDERWATER BUTTERFLIES: BAHAMAS REEF FISH (8) Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) belong to a large worldwide family of small, colourful reef fishes. There are several sorts to be found in the...
NOT THAT JAMES BOND. THE OTHER JAMES BOND. AND THE OTHER TYPE OF BIRD… I usually try to avoid regurgitating previous posts, but today I feel it is justified. I posted the article below nearly a...
‘BEAUTY & THE BEACH’: A CLOSE LOOK AT SOME ABACO SHELLS And to end with, not a shell but a somewhat unattractive head shot… BEAUTY PARADE UGLY BUG BALL… Can anyone ID this? It’s not what I thought…...
“ROCK & ROLLING WAVES”: ROCK EROSION ON ABACO On 26th October 2012, the ‘roof’ of the geological feature at the southern tip of Abaco known for centuries as Hole-in-the-Wall was blasted apart by...
BABY BONEFISH, CASUARINA, ABACO: HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT… Bonefish are difficult to see in the water at the best of times. Shining silver out of water, but pale grey shadows underwater. Fishing under...
CRAB RUN – THE MOVIE (LOCATION: DELPHI CLUB BEACH, ABACO) ‘ROLLING HARBOUR MOVIES’ PROUDLY PRESENTS (Music: Chet Atkins ‘Yakkety Axe’, aka The Benny Hill Show Theme)
BOTTLENOSE DOPHINS (VIDEO) & BMMRO ABACO CETACEAN SIGHTINGS The legendary CONCH SALAD TV is a great resource for Bahamas wildlife and way-of-life enlightenment. Their instructive videos are very...
BLACK & WHITE WARBLERS (Mniotilta varia) WINTER VISITORS TO ABACO By no stretch of the imagination are the images below very impressive. Sorry about that. The wonder is that we noticed this little...
ONE GOOD (ROYAL) TERN ON THE ABACO MARLS… …deserves another……and a few more besides… We passed these fine Royal Terns during the boat ride ride out to the bonefishing grounds of the Abaco Marls....
This is a ‘holding’ post while I am actually on Abaco, to be rejigged in due course. The weather is a bit variable, my fishing is somewhat variable (as usual – more miss than hit, though my biggest...
MANGROVE JELLYFISH: AN UPSIDE-DOWN UNDERWATER LIFE The Mangrove Jellyfish Cassiopea, also called the ‘upside-down jellyfish’ for reasons I needn’t dwell on, is the only member of its particular...
A RARE ABACO PARROT DISPLAYS A RARE TALENT… WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MY LITTLE TRICK? I’M A BIT CAMERA-SHY – I’LL JUST TURN ROUND THAT’S BETTER. ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE READY FOR THIS? TA...
BAHAMAS REEF FISH (5) PARROTFISH: COLOURFUL CORAL CHARACTERS The term ‘PARROTFISH’ comprises many related species (80) around the world inhabiting shallow tropical and subtropical waters. They are...
VACATION FEVER HITS ROLLING HARBOUR: OUTBREAK OF PICTORIAL HUMOUR Is humour permissible around here? I think so! With an imminent trip to Abaco and the thought of being out on the Marls this time...
