Dinorah Chacin’s paper on Abaco bird wetland communities is out. Counter to our a priori expectations, she found no differences in the communities of birds found on the blocked (by roads) and unblocked sides. This suggests that even wetlands that have been fundamentally affected by fragmentation following road construction can still serve as valuable bird habitat. It is an easily accessible paper – check it out. Here is her complete species list…
Red-winged Blackbird |
Laughing Gull |
Antillean Nighthawk |
Gray Kingbird |
Swallow |
Willet |
Great Egret |
Wilson’s Plover |
Red-legged Thrush |
Bahamas Mockingbird |
Smooth-billed Ani |
White-Crowned Pigeon |
Turkey Vulture |
Little Tern |
Green Heron |
Reddish Egret |
Great Blue Heron |
Stripe-headed Tanager |
White Ibis |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Yellow Warbler |
Tricolored Heron |
Eurasian Collared Dove |
Yellow-throated Warbler |
Pine Warbler |
Common Ground Dove |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
Brown Pelican |
Cuban Emerald |
West Indian Woodpecker |
Snowy Egret |
Common Gallinule |
Greater Antillean Bullfinch |
Black-necked Stilt |
Belted Kingfisher |
Bahama Woodstar |