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BAHAMAS -- ABACO AND ANDROS

24 - 30 March 2000

by Tony White

Participants: Dennis and Donna Forsythe, Ed Kenney, Pat Kessler, Bob Odear, and Tony White.

Highlights:

Cosmic Mind-Blower: A Black Rail was heard calling about 20 times at Owens Town, Andros at 10:30 AM on March 30.  It was in a grass meadow at the edge of Stafford Creek.  It started singing when I slammed a van door, and we assume it was alone because there was no response.  I went back to Owens Town 3/31/00 and heard the Black Rail again.  When I played the brief section from the Florida birds tape, it only chirrred and did not give the ke-ke-do call.  It came almost to my feet, but I still couldn't see it.  This is the third report of Black Rail in the Bahamas, including some bones found in cat scat in 1998 at Red Bays, Andros.

Good birds:

New sites:

Abaco:

Andros: Accomodations:

I no longer recommend Different of Abaco also called the Great Abaco Bonefish Club as a place to stay. The charges are too unpredictable, and the ponds and property are deteriorating as bird habitat.

BIRDS SEEN ON BAHAMAS TRIP 3/24-3/30/00:

First number is number of days seen; second is highest daily total. These figures are computed separately for each island.

LEAST GREBE   AB-1/2   AN-1/1
PIED-BILLED GREBE   AB-1/1  AN-2/10
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT  AB-1/21  AN-1/2
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD  AB-1/2  AN-2/1
GREAT BLUE HERON  AB-4/3  AN-1/1
GREAT EGRET  AB-3/4  AN-4/5
SNOWY EGRET  AB-2/2  AN-4/10
LITTLE BLUE HERON   AB-2/2   AN-4/4
TRICOLORED HERON   AB-4/3   AN-4/8
REDDISH EGRET   AN-1/1
CATTLE EGRET   AB-1/8   AN-2/4
GREEN HERON   AB-4/2   AN-3/2
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON   AN-2/1
WHITE IBIS   AN-1/5
WEST INDIAN WHISTLING-DUCK   AN-1/5
WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL   AB-2/90
BLUE-WINGED TEAL  AB-2/22   AN-1/4
LESSER SCAUP   AN-1/25
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER   AN-1/1
RUDDY  DUCK   AN-1/25
TURKEY  VULTURE   AB-4/40   AN-4/30
OSPREY   AB-4/1   AN-1/1
NORTHERN HARRIER   AB-1/1
RED-TAILED HAWK   AB-1/3   AN-2/2
AMERICAN KESTREL   AB-2/2   AN-2/2
MERLIN   AN-2/2
BLACK RAIL  1/HEARD
CLAPPER RAIL   AN-3/10
COMMON MOORHEN   AB-4/8   AN-4/8
AMERICAN COOT  AB-1/3   AN-2/25
LIMPKIN   AN-1/HEARD
BLACK-NECKED STILT  AN-4/2
GREATER YELLOWLEGS  AN-4/12
WILLET   AB-1/10
SPOTTED SANDPIPER   AB-2/1   AN-1/3
RUDDY TURNSTONE   AN-2/8
COMMON SNIPE  AN-2/1
LAUGHING GULL   AB-2/50   AN-4/30
RING-BILLED GULL  AB-2/10
HERRING GULL  AB-1/1
ROYAL TERN   AB-1/12   AN-4/2
ROCK DOVE    NO DETAILED COUNTS
WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON   AB-1/1   AN-1/3
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE   AB-4/20   AN-4/20
ZENAIDA DOVE   AB-1/2
MOURNING DOVE   AN-1/2
COMMON GROUND-DOVE   AB-4/3   AN-4/10
CUBAN PARROT   AB-2/4
GREAT LIZARD-CUCKOO  AN-2/1
SMOOTH-BILLED ANI   AB-1/5  AN-3/8
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW   AB-2/HEARD
CUBAN EMERALD   AB-4/12   AN-3/6
BAHAMA WOODSTAR   AN-1/1
BELTED KINGFISHER   AB-4/2   AN-3/3
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER   AB-2/1   AN-1/1
HAIRY WOODPECKER   AB-3/3
CUBAN PEWEE   AB-4/5   AN-2/2
LASAGRA'S FLYCATCHER   AB-3/7   AN-4/4
LOGGERHEAD KINGBIRD  AB-3/3
TREE SWALLOW   AB-1/1
BAHAMA SWALLOW   AB-3/35
BARN SWALLOW   AB-2/4
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER   AB-4/15   AN-4/20
RED-LEGGED THRUSH   AB-3/3   AN-3/3
GRAY CATBIRD   AB-2/2   AN-1/1
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD   AB-4/6   AN-4/5
BAHAMA MOCKINGBIRD   AB-4/6   AN-3/3
THICK-BILLED VIREO   AB-4/20   AN-3/10
NORTHERN PARULA   AB-2/1
YELLOW WARBLER   AB-2/2  AN-2/5
MAGNOLIA WARBLER   AB-1/1
CAPE MAY WARBLER   AB-2/4   AN-1/1
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER   AB-1/1
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER  AB-2/3
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER  AB-4/1   AN-1/1
OLIVE-CAPPED WARBLER   AB-2/20
PINE WARBLER   AB-3/12   AN-4/10
PRAIRIE WARBLER   AB-4/3   AN-3/3
PALM WARBLER   AB-4/30   AN-4/25
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER  AB-2/1   AN-2/4
AMERICAN REDSTART   AB-4/3   AN-3/2
WORM-EATING WARLER   AN-1/1
OVENBIRD   AB-2/1
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH   AB-4/4   AN-1/2
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT   AB-2/1   AN-1/2
BAHAMA YELLOWTHROAT   AB-1/3    AN-2/6
HOODED WARBLER   AB-1/1
BANANAQUIT   AB-4/20   AN-3/3
STRIPE-HEADED TANAGER   AB-4/5   AN-2/2
INDIGO BUNTING   AB-2/3
BLACK-FACED GRASSQUIT   AB-4/50   AN-3/12
GREATER ANTILLEAN BULLFINCH   AB-2/12
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD   AB-4/25   AN-4/20
BLACK-COWLED ORIOLE   AN-2/3
HOUSE SPARROW   AB-4/10

Tony White
CdrAWhite@aol.com


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