As the images above suggest, (all captured on Grand Turk) birding on Grand Turk
can be quite rewarding. From the
endemic and very approachable Bahama Woodstar,
found just outside the doors of
Crabtree Apartments year round,
to the gaudy
Greater Flamingos found feeding and roosting along the northern tip of the
island. Grand Turk is truly a
spectacular birding location.
For information on accommodations on the island of Grand Turk please see:
www.Grandturkvacationrental.com
A few photos and a list of the birds seen during my week on Grand Turk in April of 2004.
"Click" on any thumbnail for a larger image...
"Click" on any
for an image of that bird.
| White-cheeked Pintail
|
Peregrine Falcon | Least Sandpiper | Bank Swallow |
| Brown Pelican | Clapper Rail | Stilt Sandpiper | Barn Swallow |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Black-bellied Plover
|
Short-billed Dowitcher | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
| Great Blue Heron | Snowy Plover
|
Laughing Gull
|
Gray Catbird |
| Great Egret | Wilson's Plover
|
Royal Tern
|
Northern Mockingbird
|
| Snowy Egret | Semipalmated Plover | Sandwich Tern
|
Yellow Warbler |
| Little Blue Heron | Killdeer | Roseate Tern
|
Cape May Warbler |
| Tricolored Heron | American Oystercatcher | Least Tern
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Reddish Egret |
Black-necked Stilt
|
White-winged Dove | Prairie Warbler |
| Cattle Egret | Greater Yellowlegs | Mourning Dove | Palm Warbler |
| Green Heron | Lesser Yellowlegs | Common Ground-Dove
|
Black-and-white Warbler |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
|
Willet | Mangrove Cuckoo | Northern Waterthrush |
| Greater Flamingo
|
Spotted sandpiper
|
Smooth-billed Ani
|
Common Yellowthroat |
| Osprey
|
Whimbrel
|
Bahama Woodstar
|
Bananaquit |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Ruddy Turnstone
|
Belted Kingfisher | Blue Grosbeak |
| American Kestrel
|
Sanderling | Gray Kingbird
|
Indigo Bunting
|
| Merlin | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Black-whiskered Vireo |
All Images Copyright Phil Brown 2005
A few books I found very helpful in planning and preparing for my trip to Grand Turk:
The Turks & Caicos National Trust launched its publication of the first
comprehensive book about the Birds of the Turks and Caicos Islands in November
of 2001. The book is a hardcover, with 96 pages and 236 colored photos of birds
found in the islands. The birds were photographed and information written by
Richard Ground.
Available from
Turks & Caicos National Trust
Turks & Caicos National Trust
P.O. Box 540 ~ Providenciales
Turks & Caicos Islands ~ BWI
Phone:649 941 5710
Fax:649 941 4258
Email: tc.nattrust@tciway.tc
Available through Amazon.com at:
Available through Amazon.com at:
A Birders Guide to the Bahama Islands
or from the American Birding Association at:
A Birders Guide to the Bahama Islands
Comments or Questions pertaining to the
photos on this site or birding Grand Turk
can be directed to
Phil Brown