Abaco Forum Newsgroup
Latest News From The Abaconian and Rolling Harbour Abaco
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This is the news feed for Rolling Harbour Abaco hosted by The Delphi Club. This is an informative and enjoyable blog that covers the birds and other wildlife on Abaco Island.
Rolling Harbour Abaco News
BIRDS, WILDLIFE & MORE ABACO, BAHAMAS
BUTTERFLIES ON ABACO, BAHAMAS: ZEBRA HELICONIANS The Zebra Heliconian butterfly Heliconius charithonia is commonly known as the Zebra Longwing. These striking butterflies roost nightly in large colonies, a species behaviour that is a protective measure against predation. The colony provides safety in numbers (or at least reduces the probabilities that you will be the […]
Posted on 20 June 2026 | 10:22 am
AMERICAN KESTRELS ON ABACO: ‘LET US PREY…’ To be honest, I haven’t done these fine birds justice. Barely a mention of them for ages. Too much else on the land and in the water to choose from. A long time ago I posted some of my photos from an outing to Sandy Point HERE. And […]
Posted on 3 June 2026 | 11:05 am
BRAIN WAVES: UNDERSEA CORAL MAZES & LABYRINTHS The most apposite description of brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformisis is essentially a no-brainer: how could you not call the creatures on this page anything else**. These magnificent corals come in wide varieties of size, shape and colour and they date from the Jurassic period (201–145 million years ago). […]
Posted on 27 April 2026 | 1:33 pm
“CLEANING UP”: HOW TINY REEF FISH HELP LARGE FISH A while ago now, I wrote a detailed post about so-called fish ‘cleaning stations’ – the special spots on the reef where large fish can go to have small fish buff up their scales and floss their teeth. You can read all about it HERE. I have […]
Posted on 11 April 2026 | 1:52 pm
“CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE”: BAHAMAS CLINGING CRABS The Clinging Crab Mithrax spinosissimus answers to a number of names: West Indian spider crab; channel clinging crab; reef or spiny spider crab; or coral crab. It is found throughout the waters of South Florida and the Caribbean. These are crabs of the reefs, or indeed of the wrecks that may be […]
Posted on 25 March 2026 | 10:06 am
CUBAN PEWEE: ‘NATURE’S LEAST SCARY TYRANT’ The small bird featured here is a CUBAN PEWEE Contopus caribaeus bahamensis (sometimes called the Crescent-eyed Pewee – see image for why this is so). It is without a doubt a tyrant. At barely 6″ long, it is the smallest tyrant you are likely to encounter in the Bahamas or indeed anywhere […]
Posted on 10 March 2026 | 12:54 pm
WRY ‘CUDA There’s no doubt about it, barracudas have a particularly unwelcoming look to them. They exude menace. There’s something about the torpedo shape, the primitive head, and the uncomfortably snaggle-toothed grin-with-underbite that suggests a creature not to be underestimated. And that smiley mouth – rather scornful and derisive, is it not? A powerful creature […]
Posted on 17 February 2026 | 1:37 pm
BLUE CHROMIS: A FLASH OF COLOUR ON THE REEF Larger reef fish tend to get more attention than the tiddlers, for obvious reasons. Yet a reef would not properly exist without the small fish that drift and wriggle round the corals. Blue chromis (Chromis cyaneus) are among the first reef fish species I met when […]
Posted on 1 February 2026 | 1:00 pm
OVENBIRDS The Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla is a small winter-resident warbler with distinctive orange head feathers that can be raised into a crest. This accomplishment is mainly used in the breeding season as a way to impress and attract a mate, and maybe at other times if they are alarmed. These are shy little birds and […]
Posted on 19 January 2026 | 11:05 am
SOUTHERN STINGRAYS: BAHAMAS REEF FISH (41) Anyone who has scuba-dived or snorkelled around the bright coral reefs of the Bahamas, or hunted bonefish out on the Abaco Marls will have come across Southern Stingrays Dasyatis americana. And there are certain places where you can actually feed them – and not come to any harm… FEED […]
Posted on 4 January 2026 | 10:44 am
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