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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...
HERRING GULL Larus smithsonianus The Herring Gull needs no introduction. So I won’t give it one. Instead, here are some close-ups of one that obligingly stayed still long enough, and at close...
BAHAMAS REEF FISH (5) – ROCK BEAUTY Holacanthus tricolor (No, this is not all about you, Madge…) The Rock Beauty is a species of small Angelfish, measuring up to 10 inches in length. They are...
RED-TAILED HAWKS: RAPTOR RAPTURE Red-tailed hawks are one of the commonest and largest BUTEO species in North America, the Caribbean and further afield. There are fourteen widely-distributed...
BIRDS OF ABACO: WILDLIFE ART FROM ARTMAGENTA (1) Sound of jet engines. “Back in the UK…” (as Macca so nearly sang), and I have the chance to amend the epic fail – or comic fail, anyway, that was...
BIRDS OF ABACO: WILDLIFE ART FROM ARTMAGENTA (1) BEST LAID PLANS… PHUT! I had prepared a couple of posts to publish while travelling. Good thinking. However I’ve just pressed the start button for...
SHARK FINS – OOOP! A MODEL USE OF HUMOUR TO CONVEY A SERIOUS MESSAGE (VIDEO) The CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION has produced a short video about sharks and shark fins that manages to be both amusing and...
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR: RH GOING TO THE DOGS? En route from London to New York yesterday we had to take a northerly route over Greenland (we were in a plane, obviously) to avoid Nemo. I took the...
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