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Jamaica Birding Trip 2013 Part II

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Heading out of Ecclesdown Road on the second day of my trip, I had nailed all of my targets save four species ( Caribbean Dove , Yellow-billed Parrot , Jamaican Owl , and Stolid Flycatcher ). The karst scenery of Burnt Hill was dramatically different from anything I had seen yet on Jamaica. Trips birding trip Jamaica parrots'

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Jamaica Birding Trip 2013 Part 1

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Many of the Caribbean islands (except Cuba and Hispaniola) make for ideal, quick birding trips where one can see all the endemics and Caribbean specialties at a leisurely pace — usually, with extra spare time to explore historic cities such as old San Juan in Puerto Rico or lounge on beautiful beaches such as Frenchman’s Cove in Jamaica.

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. Red-lored Parrot – Amazona autumnalis. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 01 Jun 2019.

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Hunting the Mountain Witch

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That is until a recent Nikon’s BATV film trip to Jamaica revealed a unique avian femme fatale, the Crested Quail-dove -- also known colloquially as the mountain witch. A Crested Quail-dove by Biswarup Satpati Crested Quail-doves are found in limited habitat in the Blue Mountains and John Crow Mountains of eastern Jamaica.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Blue-headed Parrot – Pionus menstruus. Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus. Yellow-naped Parrot – Amazona auropalliata. White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons.

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Collaborative list December 2020 and year’s round up.

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The life list got off to a great start in January with ticks from Hawaii and smashed through the 4000 mark by mid January after Corey visited Jamaica. If you wish to see a full list for 2020, you can find it here. . Faraaz joined the collaborating beats in April before everything shuddered to a stop.

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The Parrots of Howard Beach

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North of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens is a middle class neighborhood, predominantly Italian-American, known as Howard Beach. But it wasn’t the history of Howard Beach that led Donna and I to Howard Beach a week ago: no, it was the parrots. Who wouldn’t prefer parrots to pigeon poop? Named for William J.

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