Times of the Islands Fall 2018
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
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newsletter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> department <strong>of</strong> environment & coastal resources<br />
head <strong>of</strong>fice: church folly, grand turk, tel 649 946 2801 • fax 649 946 1895<br />
• astwood street, south caicos, tel 649 946 3306 • fax 946 3710<br />
• national environmental centre, lower bight road, providenciales<br />
parks division, tel 649 941 5122 • fax 649 946 4793<br />
fisheries division, tel 649 946 4017 • fax 649 946 4793<br />
email environment@gov.tc or dema.tci@gmail.com • web https://www.gov.tc/decr/<br />
DAVID KENNEDY<br />
A black back and primary fea<strong>the</strong>rs, white shoulder stripe, chestnut face and wings, and brown-streaked throat along with small size help<br />
identify <strong>the</strong> Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis.<br />
PATTI SALERNO DESLAURIERS<br />
An Unexpected Landing<br />
Least bittern is a new bird record for TCI.<br />
By B Naqqi Manco, DECR Terrestrial Ecologist<br />
<strong>Islands</strong> are a challenge to reach for many animals, but not for most birds. While we have a known resident<br />
avifauna, we are also visited by both migrants, which visit seasonally, and vagrants, which visit<br />
occasionally.<br />
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