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AMERICAN ROBINS ON ABACO, BAHAMAS – A RECENT AND RARE SIGHTING
I am prompted to write this post after Brigitte Carey, commenting on a photograph of mine of a European robin, commented “We actually have reports of one single robin on Elbow Cay. We think he was...
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BLACK-FACED GRASSQUITS ON ABACO, BAHAMAS
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...
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QUIS PHOTOGRAPHIET IPSOS PHOTOGRAPHERES? [INSULA ABACO]
QUIS PHOTOGRAPHIET IPSOS PHOTOGRAPHERES? [INSULA ABACO]* Who indeed does photograph the people who take the photographs? Here is a small gallery of photographers on Abaco caught in the act of shooting...
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OUT FOR A DUCK: FINDING WHITE-CHEEKED (BAHAMA) PINTAILS ON ABACO
OUT FOR A DUCK: FINDING WHITE-CHEEKED (BAHAMA) PINTAILS ON ABACO Hunt them. Then when you have found them, shoot them. But only with a camera, obviously… These attractive dabbling ducks are far too...
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WHITE SOUND, ABACO: MANGROVES, MUD & (REALLY) GREAT EGRETS
WHITE SOUND, ABACO: MANGROVES, MUD & (REALLY) GREAT EGRETS The piratically named Treasure Cay (aaarrrrrr…) is north of Marsh Harbour, and home to one of the larger communities on Abaco. It has a...
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SHARP-EYED & SHARP-BILLED: GREEN HERON ON ABACO
SHARP-EYED & SHARP-BILLED: GREEN HERON ON ABACO Abaco has six ‘true’ heron species (putting aside the various egrets): Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Green Heron,...
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“STRIKE THE POSE”: BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS ON ABACO
“STRIKE THE POSE”: BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS ON ABACO I’ve featured these little birds before, including a few I took a couple of months back. For reasons to do with a current project I have been...
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“EMERALD EYES”: NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS ON ABACO
“EMERALD EYES”: NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS ON ABACO Neotropic or Olivaceous Cormorants Phalacrocorax brasilianus. Smaller cousins of the familiar double-crested cormorant, and occupying a quite different...
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AMERICAN KESTRELS ON ABACO: ‘LET US PREY…’
AMERICAN KESTRELS ON ABACO: ‘LET US PREY…’ To be honest, I haven’t done these fine birds justice. Barely a mention of them for 3 years. Too much else on the land and in the water to choose from. I...
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