Birds of Grand Bahama
February 20-22, 2009
We will depart Ft. Lauderdale on the morning of Friday February 20, for our boat trip to Grand Bahama.  This is about a 4-hour journey which should yield some good pelagic birds.  Once arriving on Grand Bahama, we will get our rental vehicle and check into our motel.  Once this is done, we will search for all of the Bahamas specialties as well as seeing many wintering warblers.  The next two days will be spent looking for any specialties that we missed on our first day.  We will be able to bird about half a day on Sunday before returning our rental vehicle and boarding our boat back to Ft. Lauderdale.  The trip back should yield some more pelagic species, perhaps new ones that were not seen on our first trip.  Meals will be eaten in local restaurants, we may be able to pack lunches for our days in the field.

Trip repot from February, 2008

Trip report from March, 2003

Zenaida Dove

Species we hope to see but are uncommon or hard to find:

• Key West Quail-Dove
• West Indian Woodpecker
• Brown-headed Nuthatch, very rare.
• Yellow-throated Warbler (Bahamian race)

Pelagic species that we may see on the way over and on our way back:

• Cory's Shearwater
• White-tailed Tropicbird
• Audubon's Shearwater
• Northern Gannet
• Bridled Tern
• Sooty Tern
• Brown Noddy
• Pomarine Jaeger

Of course there will be many other great birds to add to this list but these are the ones that we expect or hope for.

Pack lightly for 3 days and 2 nights of great birding!

Cost:
$650.00 per person double occupancy,
$695.00 per person for single occupancy.
Deposit: $200 per person.
Limited to 6 participants.

Terms and conditons

Cost includes:
Transportation to and from Grand Bahama departing from Fort Lauderdale.   2 nights motel accommodations, transportation while on Grand Bahama.

This does not include meals or drinks, these will be paid for by the participants. 

Participants will need the following to enter the Bahamas:   A valid Passport or certified birth certificate along with a photo I.D.

Please bring:
Sunscreen, bug repellant, motion sickness medication, and a hat.

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