Sunday, May 11, 2008

Guana Island Water Birds

White-cheeked Pintail
White-cheeked Pintail
White-cheeked Pintail


The White-cheeked Pintail is also known as the Bahama Pintail.


Pelican
Pelican
Pelican

Brown Pelican

The laughing gull would sometime race to where a pelican had caught a fish and try to steal it. Sometimes, it would sit on the back of the pelican.


Plover

Wilson's Plover



Frigate

Frigate


Black Necked Stilt

Black Necked Stilt


Flamingo

Bahama Flamingo


Green Backed Heron

Green Backed Heron


Brown Booby
Brown Booby
Brown Booby

Brown Booby
Here's a video of a booby diving for fish

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.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Cormorant Soaking up the Sun with Turtles

Cormorant





I'm gonna soak up the sun
While it's still free
I'm gonna soak up the sun
Before it goes out on me

House Finch at the New Feeder

Finch

A picture of a house finch at the new feeder.

White-throated Sparrow

Sparrow

If it was up to me, this wouldn't be called the white-throated sparrow. It would be the yellow-foreheaded sparrow.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Sleeping Swan



The swan seems to spend a lot of the day sleeping. He drifts from one end of the lake to the other. Can you imagine sleeping with your neck like that?

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse

We walked down to the dam to see a wood duck, but Mike scared him off as usual. He has no patience whatsoever. However, he did get a picture of a tufted titmouse.