Abaco Forum Newsgroup
Latest News From The Abaconian and Rolling Harbour Abaco
Is this an Abaco forum / newsgroup in the conventional sense? Not quite. We tried providing a classic forum at one point, then experimented with Twitter, but had little success. Running an interactive forum requires time, effort, and most of all, moderators -- something we did not have the resources for. If you are looking for a forum / message board dedicated to the Abacos, we suggest heading over to Abaco's Community Message Board.
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
“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
THE PLURAL OF ‘OCTOPUS’ & RELATED CEPHALOPOD MYSTERIES The correct plural of ‘octopus’ is a singular mystery wrapped in tentacles and hidden beneath a rock. Shall we have the grammatical discourse first, or save it for later? Let’s have some octopi octopuses octopodes to look at first… [oh, and it’s definitely not ‘octopussies’, not even for 007] […]
Posted on 20 December 2025 | 7:27 am
‘SEXING THE HUMMER’ A GENDER GUIDE TO ABACO’S HUMMINGBIRDS This post is not as indelicate as the title might imply. It is not a practical guide for intimate examinations of tiny birds. Nor does refer to some louche activity involving large motor vehicles. It’s all about plumage and recognition. And there are only two species […]
Posted on 13 December 2025 | 3:57 pm
WAVE CHASERS: SANDERLING POOL TIME ON ABACO It’s often a hard decision whether to include a short piece of video footage in a post. By short, I mean less than a minute. On the one hand, there is usually a good reason for inclusion, even if only aesthetic. On the other, it simply takes up […]
Posted on 30 November 2025 | 9:36 am
WTF? (WHAT’S THAT FISH) 10: FLYING GURNARD Imagine that you are swimming along resplendent in your snorkeling gear (me) – or in scuba gear for the advanced swimmer (you). There, below you, camouflaged against the sea bottom is a fish. A strange-shaped brown sort of creature with odd side fins. As it progresses over the […]
Posted on 21 November 2025 | 4:07 pm
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