Last week I was down in the Caribbean and visited a few islands, when I wasn't floating on a giant piece of garbage (a cruise ship) with my brother, sister and Caitlyn. Although I am starting to get sick of the Caribbean (imagine that), I still saw some cool things. The biggest nature surprise of the trip was walking through the pool area while on the boat at 11pm at night and spotting a Tennessee Warbler fly into some artificial flowers! Clearly a migrant that thought it quite nice to take a break on a cruise ship while island hopping way out in the Caribbean.
Our first stop was Grand Cayman, where it rained nearly the entire day.
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| Smooth-billed Ani |
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| White-winged Dove (On its way back to someones car in Rondeau?) |
Our next stop was in the Mayan Riviera to see the Chacchoban Ruins.
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| Chachobben Ruins in Mayan Riviera |
Bat Falcon was my highlight here, but I was also happy to see Keel-billed Toucan, Yellow-throated Warbler, White-eyed Vireo, Dusky-capped Flycatcher and several others.
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| Bat Falcon |
Baccalar Lagoon was quite scenic, highlights were the Ringed Kingfisher, lowlights were cutting my foot on a rock within 30 seconds of entering the water and tracking blood across the nicely kept dock.
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| Baccalar Lagoon |
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| Great Kiskadee |
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| Yellow-throated Euphonia |
Cozumel was a nice little island, we went to the south end of the island to a nature park and saw some cool stuff.
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| Bananaquit |
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| Roseate Spoonbill |
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| Gecko? species |
Highlights were the many egrets. Within this one swampy estuary I saw Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Reddish Egret, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Little Blue Heron, and Tri-colored Heron!
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| Reddish Egrets |
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| Clapper Rail |
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| American Crocodile |
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| Tropical Kingbird |
Some cool birds.
ReplyDeleteThat dove has about 4 weeks to get to Rondeau!
Please DO send it!
Deletehaha it better make some tracks!
DeleteAlways some neat things to see in another country....thanks for sharing! I hope you were using a telephoto for the Croc.
ReplyDeleteI keep checking the cottage lot at Rondeau where the WWDO has hung out these last couple of years, wondering if it will return. Time will tell in another month or so!
Haha thanks Allen, yes fortunately I was in a large boat!
ReplyDeleteThat will be interesting to see if it makes a return...again!