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| Arrowhead Warbler, Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica, Mar 10, 2017 |
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| Arrowhead Warbler, Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica, Mar 10, 2017 |
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| Arrowhead Warbler, Blue Mountains NP, Jamaica, Mar 10, 2017 |
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| Arrowhead Warbler, Blue Mountains NP, Jamaica, Mar 10, 2017 |
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| Arrowhead Warbler, Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica, Mar 11, 2017 |
I just returned from a brief trip down to Jamaica between my days off from work between March 9-12. One of my main reasons for making a trip down to Jamaica was to catch up with the endemic Arrowhead Warbler which I was lucky enough to see on several occasions in both the Blue Mountains and along Ecclesdown Road near the John Crow Mountains. As I had such a brief amount of time down on the island and wanted to maximize my chances of seeing not only the warbler but the other endemic species there I hired a guide and my choice of Ricardo Miller was a good one ( I figured having his company named after my main target was a good omen). He not only got me on a number of Arrowhead Warblers but also managed to find me every other endemic on Jamaica (he can be contacted through his company at
http://www.arrowheadbirding.com/). I also managed to get a few photos of the species as it worked its way through the thick forest. It is a sharp looking black and white warbler, quite similar to the Elfin Woods Warbler (
http://warblerpursuit.blogspot.com/2016/12/elfin-woods-warbler-and-adelaides.html which is endemic to Puerto Rico. The Arrowhead Warbler became warbler species number 68 for me.
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| Cape May Warbler, Hope Gardens, Jamaica, Mar 11, 2017 |
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| Prairie Warbler, Hope Gardens, Jamaica, Mar 11, 2017 |
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| Yellow throated Warbler and Northern Parulas, Hope Gardens, Jamaica, Mar 11, 2017 |
Besides the Arrowhead Warbler I managed to
catch up with fourteen other warbler species, almost all of which will soon be
heading north to breed. The only species I had a slight chance of
seeing that I didn't have any luck locating was Swainson's Warbler, which
winters in small numbers on Jamaica. It is a tough species to locate as it
stays low in the forest and I was not surprised that I didn't see it. I guess I will have to catch up with it at some point on its breeding grounds in the southern U.S.
