NEW STUFF

2012

MAY 24 Comparisons between Sea Birds, Shore Birds & Waders WATER BIRD ID TOOL
MAY 23 Hole-in-the-Wall: a historical description and aquatint from 1803
Tip of the hat to International Marine Biodiversity Day IMBD
MAY 21 Rita & Georgie’s Big Adventure MANATEE MAPPING
MAY 19 Facts, Venom & Crisis Control in the Bahamas LIONFISH
MAY 16 Bonefishing (Abaco) v Trout Fishing (Dorset) SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
MAY 12 Weeks 2 & 3 of Rita & Georgie’s Adventures MANATEE UPDATE
MAY 8 Summer birds at the Delphi Club, Abaco BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL
MAY 5 Lorna’s first-ever day’s (bone)fishing – or holding a rod… HOOKED!
MAY 3 Research on the impact of hook retention on RELEASED BONEFISH
MAY 2 Little yellow warbler ID help from Cornell Lab WARBLER ID

APR 30 Complex preening routine of a Pied Wagtail EURO-BIRD EXPORT
APR 27 Bahamas Manatees Blog started by BMMRO RITA & GEORGIE
APR 26 New images added to CURLY TAILS and STAR FISH pages
APR 24 Bahamas Depth Map RANDOM Wildlife comparative speeds MARINE
APR 23 Birds of Bahama Palm Shores, mainly on a feeder BPS BIRDS
APR 19 Birds of Treasure Cay Golf Course 8 BIRDIES, NO EAGLES
APR 18 Great Egrets on Abaco – Brigitte Carey’s Gallery EGRETS
APR 16 Rare sighting at BPS of the cumbrously-named PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
APR 15 BMMRO reports on Manatees & Spring 2012 Cetacean Report BMMRO
APR 14 Caroline Stahala: article on peaceful living with W I WOODPECKERS
APR 13 Kasia’s Beachcombing continues with the ROCKY SHORE
APR 9 1st Anniversary Post: a collection of essential ABACO FACTS
APR 8 Abaco & Hole-in-the-Wall: Short History in MAPS
APR 4 REVIEW Birder’s Guide to the Bahama Islands BIRD BOOK
APR 2 BMMRO Cetacean Sightings Mar 2012 WHALES

MAR 30 BMMRO Fisheries Report 2011 WHALE REPORT
MAR 28 Rare recent sighting on Abaco of AMERICAN ROBINS
MAR 26 Twixt Hummer & Moth at Delphi HUMMINGBIRD MOTHS
MAR 23 Birds of NYC also found on Abaco NYC BIRD CHECK
MAR 21 VIDEO Birdspot’s handheld feeder with HUMMINGBIRDS
MAR 19 16 Bird Species on Abaco familiar to AUDUBON
MAR 16 Encouraging interest in the HUMMER WATCH MAP
MAR 13 Endangered endemic bird BAHAMA SWALLOW
MAR 9 BOOK REVIEW Peterson Field Guide to SHELLS
MAR 6 Bird of Paradise Flower BEAUTIFUL FLOWER
Random shell from a drawer STOCKY CERITH
MAR 5 Whale, Dolphin & Manatee Feb 12 SIGHTINGS
Abaco Favourite Bird Poll RESULTS

FEB 27 5 Creatures on Abaco to Avoid OUCH!
FEB 25 2 Sightings & an Entanglement HUMPBACKS
FEB 21 Addition to BOOKCOMBING - SEAGLASS
FEB 20 Cornell Lab Bird ID + Video Link BIRD ID
Added to ‘BOOKCOMBING’ MOBY DUCK
FEB 18 Conch harvest at Sandy Point CONCH CENTRAL
FEB 17 Woodpeckers regain their home STARLING WARS
Hope Town Annual Heritage Day ONLINE FLYER
Photos of Western Spindalis at BPS in PHOTOGRAPHS
FEB 16 Caroline Stahala with the latest PARROT NEWS
FEB 15 Vote for your favourite Abaco Bird VOTE NOW
Abaco Art Show GTC Abaco Cancer Soc ARTSPLASH!
FEB 14 BMMRO Cetacean Sightings Jan 2012 WHALES
Abaco Parrots send loyal followers a VALENTINE
FEB 12 NEW An occasional themed book series BOOKCOMBING
FEB10 Starlings drive woodpeckers away VERMIN
Cornell Lab bird ID tool – have a go with MERLIN
FEB 9 RECIPE Abaco Pork FOOD & DRINK
FEB 7 Woodpeckers on Abaco & in London WOODPECKERS
GADGET REVIEW Olympus waterproof compact CAMERA
FEB 5 Pine Forest regeneration after 2011 FOREST FIRES
News and Weather Report from London DASHED PLANS
FEB 3 Venus Clams & Crab Shells – more finds from KASIA
FEB 2 Sandy’s Beached Mars Program Debris CURIOSITY

JAN 31 Abaco Parrot conservation fundraising PARROTS
JAN 29 Rise in eating marine mammals BAD DIET
JAN 28 Space Rocket washes up on Delphi Beach ARIANE
JAN 27 West Indian Manatees – The Facts MANATEES
JAN 25 Sandy Walker’s mystery object CONICAL PUZZLE
JAN 24 Kasia is back… with another MYSTERY OBJECT
JAN 23 Natural World search and research DISCOVER LIFE
JAN 22 Effects of Sound on Whales RESEARCH VIDEO
JAN 21 ABACO EVENT Art for the Parks in aid of the BNT
JAN 19 Exploring Fowl Cay Marine Preserve REEF VIDEO
JAN 17 Revised and expanded article on CURLY TAILS
JAN 16 Revision: clarifications / corrections started for SHELLS
General spring(?)cleaning of posts / pages underway
JAN13 APP Excellent Audubon Caribbean Fishes App FISH APP
JAN 12 Grand Bahama cruiseship smashes up CORAL REEF
Small waterproof cameras now under £80 PRICE UPDATE
JAN 11 Bahamas National Trust DocuVideo ABACO PARROTS
JAN 10 Whale, Dolphin, Manatee sightings / Report BMMRO
JAN 7 BOOK REVIEW Superb Yale Marine / Coastal FIELD GUIDE
JAN 6 ABC Science Today Podcast about ABACO PARROTS
JAN 5 Positive review + link for rh! Check out WEBLOG BAHAMAS
Abaco Parrot January Writing Contest BILL SHAKESPEARE
JAN 4 Essential South Abaco Bird Checklist AVIBASE
Cornell Lab warbler research ROSETTA STONE
JAN 3 New Arlott bird book review link BIRDS OF N. AMERICA
JAN 1 Olympian Grumpiness and HAPPY NEW YEAR

2011

DEC 30 Art Initiative SAVE ABACO PARROTS
DEC 23/29 “EXCESS ALL AREAS” & FESTIVE DOWNTIME
DEC 21 South Abaco Christmas BIRD COUNT 2011
Solution to Kasia’s mystery shell ANGARIA TURBAN
Rolling Harbour’s CHRISTMAS POST
DEC 20 Kasia’s mystery shell WHAT THE HECK?
DEC 18 Small addition to RANDOM page CONCHS IN ART
DEC 15 VIDEO by rh reef-snorkelling BLUE TANG: THE MOVIE
BOOK REVIEW Peterson First Guide to SHELLS
VIDEO added under WILDLIFE of a HUTIA
DEC 14 Additions to Murex shell post VIDEO + comments MUREX
DEC 12 Cornell Lab of Ornothology ANNUAL REPORT 2011
DEC 10 VIDEO Instructive analysis of MANGROVE FLATS
Friends of Environment office invaded by ABACO BOA
DEC 8 New ceramics range Richard Bramble CRAWFISH
GADGET REVIEW Kodak Playfull W/P VIDEO CAMERA
DEC 6 BMMRO Nov 2011 whale and dolphin SIGHTINGS
Now (Dec 7) with added ABACO WHALE STRANDING
DEC 5 ABACO NATURE TOURS with Ricky Johnson A N T
DEC 3 Hurricane Irene: Scientific Retrospective IRENE
RECIPE new recipe for CRAWFISH FRITTERS
DEC 2 Reciprocal link in BLOGROLL to ABACO SCIENTISTsite
DEC 1 BOOK REVIEW ABACO: HISTORY OF ISLAND & CAYS

NOV 30 Much expanded TROPHON shells at MUREX
NOV 28 Bahamas High Com. Flora / Fauna FACT SHEET
NOV 27 TWEET Elbow Cay Lighthouse Appeal SIDEBAR
Replacement video for defunct link CLEAN A CONCH
NOV 25 POST A pretty shell from Kasia’s collection TROPHON
NOV22 POST Abaco crawfish conservation “SIZE MATTERS”
NOV 22 POST Beachcombing with Kasia at CASUARINA
NOV 20 POST Delphi and rescue dogs DELPHI THE POTCAKE
NOV 19 POST Abaco conservation advice MARINE BROCHURE
NOV 19 POST Starfish at Casuarina Point, Abaco STARFISH
NOV 18 Addition to Scotch Bonnet SHELL page CASSIS RUFA
NOV 17 BOOK REVIEW CARIBBEAN MARINE LIFE
NOV 17 APP REVIEW Tide, Time, Solar, Lunar CHRONOSCOPE
NOV 15 Sea surface temperature map added to ABACO WEATHER
NOV 14 POST All you need to know: BAHAMA YELLOWTHROAT
NOV 10 POST Manta Rays on Species Red List MANTAS
New MARINE page started: RAYS & SHARKS
New RANDOM page: Bahama Yellow MOTORING PRIMER
NOV 8 POST Abaco beachcombing with Kasia MYSTERY OBJECT
NOV 6 POST Beachcombing on Abaco with Kasia SEA GLASS
NOV 4 POST Cetacean sightings Oct 11 & pics of DOLPHINS
NOV 3 POST Abaco Bird ID SMALL GALLERY
NOV 2 POST Two Abaco Shell Skeletons BEACHCOMBING

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OCT 30 POST Trout & Salmon Review UNDERWATER CAMERAS
Other camera info updated GADGETS
OCT 27 Abaco Wildlife Charity Links DEDICATED PAGE
POST Abaco Parrots in the pine forest ABACO PARROTS
OCT 26 Bahamas: Islands of Song CD REVIEW
OCT 25 POST Scotch Bonnet gastropod shells SHELLS
OCT 23 Photo of non-Abaco mother & calf HUMPBACK WHALES
OCT21 POST BMMRO Fall newsletter WHALES & DOLPHINS
OCT 20 New SIDEBAR link to Bonefish & Tarpon Trust
OCT 19 POST BONEFISHING: NON-ANGLER’S SKIFF-VIEW
OCT 18 Book ratings awarded on BIRD BOOKS PAGE
OCT 16 Newly Minted… ABACO PARROT LOGO
OCT 15 POST New creature found at DCB PRAYING MANTIS
OCT 14 POST Predation control & ABACO PARROTS
OCT 13 Link to Bahamas Now app added in Apps
OCT 11 FX-RATE currency link added at bottom of SIDEBAR
OCT 10 POST Boss’s Birds update from DCB MANTLE PIECE
OCT 9 Nesting Abaco Parrots VIDEO embedded (at last)
OCT 8 POST VIDEO clip Stingray at Fowl Cay STINGRAY
OCT 7 POST Green Turtle Cay Post-Irene Update GTC
OCT 4 POST Whale & Dolphin Sightings Sep 11 BMMRO
OCT 3 POST Bahamas National Tree LIGNUM VITAE
OCT 2 POST BMMRO August Blog Link WHALES / DOLPHINS

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SEP 29 POST Tilloo Cay / Lubbers / POST-IRENE REPORT
SEP 28 rh IS BACK POST Latest report on the ABACO BARBS
World Cup Darts 2011 RESULTS
SEP 17 rh IS AWAY. Sorry. Normal service resumes soon
SEP 16 POST: Abaco Barbs /Hurricane Irene REPORT / VIDEO
SEP 15 POST: Whale and Dolphin Newsletter BMMRO and news of 1st Bahamas Fin Whale sighting off Abaco
SEP 13 POST: WDF World Cup Darts BAHAMAS TEAM
SEP 11 RECIPE: BAHAMIAN MANGO CHUTNEY
SEP 9 POST: EXPEDITION + photos ABACO BARBS
SEP 8 August Whale Sightings and BMMRO NEWS
SEP 6 POST: Delphi Beachcombing Part 2 BIVALVES
POST: ABACO BARBS endangered wild horses
VIDEO: POTCAKE CRAB-HUNTING
SEP 5 POST: HURRICANES – The What, Where and Why
SEP 4 Hurricane Irene 3-day Gallery added to WEATHER
SEP 2 Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale added to WEATHER
SEP 1 Poop Watch! Whale F(a)eces project WHALES
BOOK REVIEW: Shells of the Caribbean SHELLS

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AUG 23 – 31 DAILY POSTS charting the progress and aftermath of IRENE (more than 10,000 hits in 60 hours! Amazing). Wildlife put on back-burner (so to speak) for the time being.
AUG 23 POST HURRICANE IRENE TRACKER
TWITTER set up, with widget to SIDEBAR
AUG 22 NEW ON SHELL PAGE: CONE SHELLS
AUG 20 POST A M AZING PARROT PROJECT PICS
AUG 19 POST ABACO PARROTS FLEDGING UPDATE
FoE National Park Map added to ABACO MAPS
AUG 18 ABACO PARROT 21st Century Impressionism
AUG 17 MARINE LIFE: SHELLS & CORALS separated
BOOKS: ‘NON-AVIAN’ & ABACO /MAPS divorced
BOOK REVIEW: CORAL REEFS – a slim tome
AUG 15 POST BEACHCOMBING at Delphi – Coral & Nerites
NEW PAGE EXPLORING / BEACHCOMBING
POST SAND DOLLARS 2 more videos & more pics
AUG 13 TWO CORAL SKELETONS from the Delphi beach
AUG 12 ABACO ISLAND ARTISTS link added to BLOGROLL
AUG 11 ROLLINGHARBOURLIFE spin-off blog in LINKS
AUG 9 [PAGE DRAFT SAND DOLLARS: 2 videos, pics]
[PAGE DRAFT NERITE shells]
DOLPHINS VIDEO - blowing rings to play with
AUG 8 WORLD CUP DARTS Robin Albury in Bahamas Team
AUG 7 MISC WILDLIFE addition: SPIDER ,OK TARANTULA
Pictorial refutation of generally accepted BOA length
AUG 6 POST YELLOW ELDER Bahamas National Flower
STOP PRESS: in-house PINTAIL IMAGE by rh
AUG 5 *NEW SPIN-OFF BLOG* soon to be unveiled in MY LINKS in SIDEBAR
AUG 4 Abaco Districts Map in RANDOM
AUG 3 POST BAHAMA / WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL
WHALE & DOLPHIN SIGHTINGS July 2011
AUG 1 ‘DRAWINGS’ of Delphi needing zero skills

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JUL 31 POST FISH SPECIES CAUGHT OFF DELPHI BEACH
JUL 29 POST POTCAKE FACTS
Subscriber link added to SIDEBAR
JUL 28 POST HUMMER WATCH
Marsh Harbour Time and Temp SIDEBAR WIDGET
STORM TRACKER added to RANDOM / WEATHER
JULY WORDLE added to RANDOM
JUL 27 HUMMER WATCH ABACO MAP on SIDEBAR
PARROT SOUNDS
JUL 26 POSTS WESTERN SPINDALIS and ABACO ISLAND BOA
BIRD SOUNDS addition project started
JUL 25 POST: ISLAND-HOPPING TRIP
In MISC WILDLIFE – THE ABACO BOA
JUL 24 POST: A FISTFUL OF SAND DOLLARS
JUL 23 BOOK REVIEW: the one & only ABACO ROAD MAP
JUL 20 POST: by request, soul-searching PROFILE
BMMRO funding appeal WHALES & DOLPHINS
JUL 19 POST: WHALE & DOLPHIN RESEARCH
NOISE:BANANAQUIT CHIRRUP
JUL 18 VIDEO: DOLPHIN at Marsh Harbour
JUL 17 POST: DEPLHI DRIVE CIRCUIT WALK
JUL 16 Heads-up: iTunes U REEF MONITOR PODCAST
JUL 15 New NAUTICAL MAP of the Deplhi area, Abaco
An ABACO ACROSTIC
JUL 13 POST: Rare footage of ABACO PARROTS NESTING
JUL 11 New: FAN CORAL video; HITW LIGHTHOUSE image;
SEARCH BUTTON added to SIDEBAR
JUL 10 New SHELLS & CORAL sub-page; Sand dollar video link
New dedicated ABACO PARROTS sub-page started
POST: Caroline Stahala’s ABACO PARROT report
JUL 9 Aerial Photos of CHEROKEE & LITTLE HARBOUR
JUL 8 New BLOGROLL Link: AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY
JUL 7 BMMRO WHALE & DOLPHIN sightings June 2011
JUL 6 Humpback Whale Song – 4 clips; Dolphin sounds
- 1 clip of a bottlenose WHALES / DOLPHINS
plus ‘Whales of the World’ poster by Uko Gorter
JUL 4 REVIEW: KODAK EASYSHARE SPORT Camera / Video
JUL 2 BAD REVIEW: Rubbish Bahamas APP to avoid

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JUN 30 REVIEW: Florent’s Reef Fish Guide in APPS & MEDIA
JUN 29 NEW CONTRIBUTOR POST - Sandy Vernon at Delphi
CHEROKEE: rh’s take on Trish’s Day Out
EXPLORE - Dolphins & Whales on a Research Boat
JUN 28 NEW REEF FISH POST with a predator
JUN 25 POST WHALES & DOLPHINS MARSH HARBOUR
POST Trish Findlater’s day on CHEROKEE SOUND
JUN 22 Abaco car licensing in RANDOM
JUN 19 Newly-minted ©DOLPHIN LOGO
JUN 16 Direct link to Abacobuzz.com in main RANDOM page
REVIEW: Bahamas News Our Way in APPS
New WHALES & DOLPHINS sub-page in MARINE LIFE
plus FIN WHALE PHOTOS AND REPORT
JUN 14 Various ID’s and additions in FLORA; a few LINKS added
BNT article re curly tails MISC WILDLIFE & ARTICLES
REVIEW: REEF FISH BOOK in BOOKS / NON-AVIAN
RECIPE for GOOMBAY SMASH in FOOD / DRINK
JUN 10 RECIPE Abaco Baked Grouper plus graphic video footage
of a conch being cleaned… RANDOM / FOOD & DRINK
JUN 7 Recent additions include Post WOODPECKER NEWS &
photos by David Rainford in CONTRIBUTIONS / PHOTOS
Whale and Dolphin Sightings April 2011 MARINE LIFE
RECIPE Rice ‘n’ Peas in RANDOM / FOOD & DRINK
JUN 1 Fowl Cay Marine Reserve: ARTICLES / DOCUMENTS

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MAY 31 ALEX & TRISH FINDLATER’S NATURAL HISTORY FIELD NOTES in CONTRIBUTIONS / BIRDING RECORDS
MAY 29 VIDEO: How to Clean a Conch RANDOM /FOOD & DRINK
Turtle ID Card (Clickable) MARINE LIFE
MAY 28 REVIEW: BOOKS etc / APPS, MEDIA, GADGETS Kodak Playsport Zx3 Waterproof HD Pocket Video Camera
MAY 27 POST: AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT DELPHI
(the Abaco art of Richard Bramble)
MAY 26 MARINE LIFE rejig completed: full-size reef fish images
RANDOM main page – the new Mr & Mrs Cambridge give
way gracefully to a Wordle
MAY 25 REVIEW – Zoe Durrell. See BOOKS etc / NON-AVIAN
Mostly sorted! The nightmare of computer (operator?) glitch that was the MARINE LIFE drop down
New page RANDOM / YES…BUT IS IT ART? (Rhetorical)

THIS PAGE now also used to post additions and updates to the various main pages on the menu bar / the drop-downs that may not in themselves merit the accolade of a Post (and excluding trivial tweaks and corrections). Most of them have blue click-throughs to the relevant page. That’s the intention, anyway…

THIS PAGE… is now being used as a form of experimental sandpit for playing around with ideas and techniques – e.g. discovering how to embed videos (you can’t just drag ‘n’ drop – too easy)

FUTURE CONTENTS UNDER ACTIVE BUT NOT VERY STRENUOUS CONTEMPLATION PURSUANT TO SOME REJIGGING OF OTHER PAGES…

SANDPIT – ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK Area for testing ideas, embeds etc before adopting or (mostly) discarding them

IMPRESSIONISM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: BONEFISH & SANDY