More Birds from Laguna Beach

Hummingbird

Wrentit

Common Yellowthroat and Hummingbirds: Hotel Montage in Laguna Beach, CA

Hummingbird in the vineyard at Churon Winery in Temecula, CA

 

 

 

San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine, CA

Spotted Towhee


Hummingbird


Common Yellowthroat


Glossy Ibis eating something gross

Hummingbirds from Palm Springs

This is probably too many hummingbird photos, but I couldn't decide which was best.

A visit to Rutgers Gardens

Here are some bird photos we took at Rutgers Gardens off Ryders Lane on Rutgers Cook Campus. There were more flowers than birds this morning, but we are always happy to see a waxwing.

Hummingbird

Cedar Waxwing

White-breasted Nuthatch

Black-billed Streamertail

 

 

 

 

 

This was our fourth trip to Jamaica since about 2002. On our first trips we were not "birders," but we did see this amazing streamer-tailed hummingbird. At first you just can't believe your eyes when you see it (especially if you've already had a welcoming rum punch drink.) We have some blurry pictures from our first trips before we became birders and got a better camera. Even with the new camera, this lively little bird proved to be hard to photograph. The lighting was a challenge and it moves around quickly and often. We enjoyed them every day especially when we weren't trying to get good photos of them.

We actually didn't go to Jamaica to bird watch, but during the last minutes of packing, Mike talked Chris into bringing the big camera and binoculars. We planned on maybe making a one-day excursion to do birding. As it turned out, our cottage at Geejam was perched like a tree house and such amazing birds came to us there that we never had to make a special trip out to see them. We also didn't know that Geejam was in a wildlife and bird sanctuary. We spent less time at the beaches (better for our skin) and more time birding than we thought we would. Traveling as birders this time, we learned that many birds are endemic to Jamaica. This made it very special, and we think others should go to Jamaica to see the birds (in addition to the enjoying the beaches, the food, the climate and the people of Jamaica.)

Anna's Hummingbird from Bolsa Chica Wetlands

We like this hummingbird photo better than the one we took yesterday.

Anna's Hummingbird at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

These hummingbird photos of the same Anna's Hummingbird show how its coloring changes at different angles.

Guana Island Birds

Kestrel

Antillean Crested Hummingbird

Bahamas Flamingo

Pearly-eyed Thrasher

Grey Kingbird

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.