Antigua: Gray Kingbird

The Gray Kingbirds were the most common bird we encountered by our villa. We were glad to see them eat some insects. There were a few nests nearby but we may have been a bit too early to see the chicks.

Eastern Kingbird

It seems that eastern kingbirds have plenty of insects to eat this year.

 

A few times, we've noticed the kingbird chasing the heron, much like other birds chase hawks or crows. It dives at it and hits it on the back. Here's one blurry photo of a chase. We also like it because if you enlarge it by clicking on it, you can see a bit of the red on the kingbirds head that is rarely visible. Perhaps he was angry.

 

Kingbird

 

 

Eastern Kingbird

The Kingbirds have been out skimming the surface of the lake eating insects.

Eastern Kingbird

The Eastern Kingbird is a type of flycatcher. He is hard to photograph because he is always darting about.

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.