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opyright <strong>Borderland Tours</strong>. All rights reserved. Jamaica provides a comfortable introduction to the Ca ribbean with all the amenities of a vacation destination. During our full week exploring this 146-mile-long paradise, we’ll have the opportunity to view a suite of West Indian birds that includes an astounding 27 endemi c species. Among these are the reclusive, pastel-tinted Crested Quail -Dove, the chestnut-winged Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo, ginger-colored Jamaican Owl, the gorgeous Red-billed Streamertail—known as the “Doctorbird” to the locals, and the tiny Jamaican Tody, all of 3.5 inches of iridescent improba bility that looks as if it was concocted by a committee of first graders wi th crayons. Our itinerary should ensure a high probability of seeing every single Jamaican endemic, although the unique and threatened Jamaican Blackbird—which prefers to forage alone or in pairs in rain forest epiphyte s—is never guaranteed. Other specialties such as West Indian Whistling-Duck , Vervain Hummingbird, second-smallest in the entire hummingbird tribe, Log gerhead Kingbird, Rufous-throated Solitaire, and Greater Antillean Bullfinc h are multi-island species confined to the Caribbean region. Probable additional species include wintering Black-throated Blue Warblers and the resident White-tailed Tropicbirds, as well as other wonderful birds that br ighten both the interior and the coast. A special feature of this tou r will be a visit to Marshall’s Pen, a working cattle ranch and the home of Ann Sutton. Ann is the author of the highly regarded field guide to Jamaic a’s birds, and her estate provides a sanctuary for almost all of Jamaica’s endemic species. No one has greater insight into this island’s unique birdl ife than Ann Sutton. Surrounded by sugar sand beaches and reaching up to br omeliad-draped cloud forest in the heights of the Blue Mountains, the scene ry has made Jamaica a haven for international tourists for many decades.&nb sp; Zig-zagging across the 22 to 51-mile-wide island from east to west and from north to south, we’ll visit the full panoply of habitats that give ris e to Jamaica’s rich avifauna, the most variegated of any nation in the enti re Caribbean.

Cost of Jamaica includes all accommodations, all meals, all transpo rtation, and all entrance fees beginning and ending in Montego Bay, Jamaica —$3795.

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