Birds of the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos Islands, by Bruce Hallett. Macmillan Caribbean Pocket Natural History Series, © 2006. Paperback, 256 pages, color photos throughout. ISBN 0-333-93744-9.
Less than 70 miles off the coast of Florida, there exists a very different birding environment, as well as a different culture and geography. This book takes you there, with color photos of the widespread Bahamas archipelago breeding birds, the Turks & Caicos, and the most commonly recorded avian migrants touching these shores. Land and water birds are presented, and information is at a layman’s level. Emphasis is on recognition; behavior and habitat preferences are covered, as well as calls and songs.
If you, too, plan to migrate through the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos, having a copy of this book aboard will add toyour experience. What this broad scattering of islands lacks in four-legged wildlife, it makes up for in a wonderfully diverse abundance of feathered friends you should get to know better.
