Sunday, May 11, 2008

Guana Island Birds

Kestrel
Kestrel



Antillean Crested Hummingbird


Flamingo

Bahamas Flamingo


Pearly Eyed Thrasher

Pearly-eyed Thrasher



Grey Kingbird

Grey Kingbird



Bananaquit

Bananaquit


We took a trip to Guana Island in BVI. Here are some of the photos we took.
We'll post more after we sort through them. The kestrel is a very detailed close up. We were about 4 feet away. The Antillean Crested Hummingbird is elusive and doesn't comb his hair on vacation either. It was amazing to see Flamingos flying. The Pearly-eyed Thrasher would drink from the flowers of this tree every morning. Here is a video of the Thrasher on a flower. The Grey Kingbird is a type of flycatcher.

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Monday, March 24, 2008

Special Caribbean Issue


While Lake Nelson has it charms, sometimes people and birds require warmer climates and turquoise waters. We spent a week in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on two islands (Petit St. Vincent and Palm Island). Here are some the birds we encountered.

BananaquitBananaquit



Tropical Mockingbird

FrigateFrigate

Blue Heron Blue Heron having a snack.


Egret

Great Egret

White Heron

Great Egret having a meal

Common Moorhen Common Moorhen




Blackbird: with stolen Sweet-n-low.




Hummingbird



Sandpiper

BananaquitAnother Bananaquit



Blue Winged Teals


Blue Winged Teals

This duck was in a lagoon in the middle of Palm Island, SVG. It took some time searching on the internet, but we eventually identified it as a blue-winged teal on vacation in Palm Island, SVG. We prefered the caribbean waters, but they liked the lagoon.

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