BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:701fbf583019b981b17279661256310a CATEGORIES:Caribbean CREATED:20170802T120143 SUMMARY:The Bahamas DESCRIPTION:Located in the glass-clear, chalcedony waters of the Caribbean just 50 mile s east of Miami, the Bahamas are an archipelago of over 700 islands, islets , and cays where approximately 385,000 people subsist primarily on tourism. This has led to an infrastructure of hotels, lodges, and transportation th at will facilitate our week exploring Abaco, Eleuthera, and Andros in searc h of over 20 birds that do not occur in the United States. We’ll begin in t he pine and coppice—or broadleaf—forests of Abaco National Park in search o f Cuban Parrot, Cuban Pewee, and La Sagra’s Flycatchers, Thick-billed Vireo , Bahama Swallow, Red-legged Thrush, the big Bahama Mockingbird, Bahama Yel lowthroat (with its gray cap offset by yellow), Olive-capped Warbler, and t he newly-minted Bahama Warbler, a split from Yellow-throated with a noticea bly longer bill. Here, too, is Western Spindalis, a day-glow tanager with a striped face and green back. The subspecies of Spindalis we’ll find on the next island south, Eleuthera, has an almost black back. One of the possibi lities on Eleuthera is Kirkland’s Warbler. Although difficult to see, this 110-mile-long and often only one-mile-wide island supports a large percenta ge of the world population of perhaps 5,000 birds. There are no pines on El euthera, but there are White-crowned Pigeons in the plentiful palms that fr inge its pink sand beaches, as well as Key West Quail-Doves, and the rose-g orgeted Bahama Woodstar. To conclude our island hops we’ll fly to Andros, t he largest landfall in the Bahamas. Andros represents the last stronghold f or the endemic black-hooded Bahama Oriole. There are only estimated to be 2 50 remaining in the world. Here, too, we might find the charismatic Great L izard-Cuckoo, Cuban Emerald, endemic Bahama Swallow, and the black-bodied, red-accented Greater Antillean Bullfinch. If launching spring birding in an island paradise appeals, the Bahamas offer some of the loveliest beaches i n the world for a backdrop.\nLeaders: Ann Sutton (index.php?option=com_cont ent&view=article&id=22:ann-sutton&catid=18:leaders-and-staff&am p;Itemid=155) & Rick Taylor (index.php?option=com_content&view=arti cle&id=23:rick-taylor&catid=18:leaders-and-staff&Itemid=155)\nC ost of The Bahamas includes all accommodations, all meals, all transportati on, and all entrance fees beginning in Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island and endin g in Nassau—$3995.\nTO REGISTER: Print out a PDF Registration Form (images/ borderland/borderland_tours_reg_v4.pdf), call us at (520) 558-2351 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloakce87a0b1d6eb580ed9ecb94086be 2b88').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addyce87a0b1d6eb580ed9ecb94086be2 b88 = 'info' + '@'; addyce87a0b1d6eb580ed9ecb94086be2b88 = addyce87a0b1d6eb580ed9ecb94086be2b88 + 'borderland-to& #117;rs' + '.' + 'com?subject=Tour%20reg& #105;stration'; var addy_textce87a0b1d6eb580ed9ecb94086be 2b88 = 'send us an email';document.getElementBy Id('cloakce87a0b1d6eb580ed9ecb94086be2b88').innerHTML += ''+addy_textce 87a0b1d6eb580ed9ecb94086be2b88+''; .\nPhoto: Bahama Warbler\nPhoto by: Rick Taylor \n (/component/joomgallery/bahamas-photo-gallery.html)\nView Ph oto Gallery (/component/joomgallery/bahamas-photo-gallery.html) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Bahama Warbler. Photo by Rick Taylor.
All rights reserved. Located in the glass -clear, chalcedony waters of the Caribbean just 50 miles east of Miami, the Bahamas are an archipelago of over 700 islands, islets, and cays where app roximately 385,000 people subsist primarily on tourism. This has led to an infrastructure of hotels, lodges, and transportation that will facilitate o ur week exploring Abaco, Eleuthera, and Andros in search of over 20 birds t hat do not occur in the United States. We’ll begin in the pine and coppice— or broadleaf—forests of Abaco National Park in search of Cuban Parrot, Cuba n Pewee, and La Sagra’s Flycatchers, Thick-billed Vireo, Bahama Swallow, Re d-legged Thrush, the big Bahama Mockingbird, Bahama Yellowthroat (with its gray cap offset by yellow), Olive-capped Warbler, and the newly-minted Baha ma Warbler, a split from Yellow-throated with a noticeably longer bill. Her e, too, is Western Spindalis, a day-glow tanager with a striped face and gr een back. The subspecies of Spindalis we’ll find on the next island south, Eleuthera, has an almost black back. One of the possibilities on Eleuthera is Kirkland’s Warbler. Although difficult to see, this 110-mile-long and of ten only one-mile-wide island supports a large percentage of the world popu lation of perhaps 5,000 birds. There are no pines on Eleuthera, but there a re White-crowned Pigeons in the plentiful palms that fringe its pink sand b eaches, as well as Key West Quail-Doves, and the rose-gorgeted Bahama Woods tar. To conclude our island hops we’ll fly to Andros, the largest landfall in the Bahamas. Andros represents the last stronghold for the endemic black -hooded Bahama Oriole. There are only estimated to be 250 remaining in the world. Here, too, we might find the charismatic Great Lizard-Cuckoo, Cuban Emerald, endemic Bahama Swallow, and the black-bodied, red-accented Greater Antillean Bullfinch. If launching spring birding in an island paradise app eals, the Bahamas offer some of the loveliest beaches in the world for a ba ckdrop.

Leaders: Ann Sutton & Rick Taylor

Cost of The Bahamas includes all accommodations, all meals, all transport ation, and all entrance fees beginning in Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island and en ding in Nassau—$3995.

TO REGISTER: Print out a PDF Regi stration Form, call us at (520) 558-2351 o r This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to vi ew it.