Tuesday 5 February 2013

Final Day in Guyana - All Being Well!

What should be my final visit to the Botanical Gardens ended with a 'lifer' and a couple of additions to the 'trip list'.
MAIN GATE, GEORGETOWN BOTANICAL GARDENS
 adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
 
 juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
 juvenile WATTLED JACANA
 DRAGONFLY
 SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER
 YELLOW-MARGINED FLYCATCHER?
 BLUE-GREY TANAGER
 another DRAGONFLY
 STRAIGHT-BILLED WOODCREEPER
 BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT
 
 juvenile YELLOW ORIOLE
 LILY-PAD and PURPLE BLOOM
 WATERLILIES
 BUTTERFLY
 STRIATED HERON
 Snail Kite Dinner Debris
 I've got a lovely bunch of Coconuts
Not a lot of people know that!
 There has to be a song here somewhere?
If Cream (Baker 'vocals', Bruce and Clapton) can get away with
'Pressed Rat and Warthog'
anything goes!
 People seem to be getting a good feed of the local fish.
and finally, a real bird Hot-Spot
no fewer than c19 species were recorded in this single lake-side bush!