Something of a 'filler' today, as the weather gets progressively hotter, it was just a few hours in the Hope Gardens again.
BANANAQUIT
Thought likely juvenile JAMAICAN MANGO
NORTHERN PARULA
YELLOW-BILLED PARROT
COMMON GROUND-DOVE
JAMAICAN WOODPECKER
Views across the Gardens towards the John Crow Hills.
FERAL PIGEON
Closer Yellow-billed Parrot
HOODED ORIOLE
Not
at all sure about this? Would like it to be Jamaican Pewee but could
easily be Jamaican or Greater Antillean Elaenia, both common here. Other
options include Eastern and Western Wood Pewee or Willow Fly, all 3 on
the Jamaica List, but Rare/Accidental.
WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON
A strange looking 'tail-less' SMOOTH-BILLED ANI
and in the Ornamental Pond
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
a fairly shy
GREEN HERON
Plenty of Fry
and larger stuff looking like a Greyling?
The Green Heron gets bolder.
Flower and Fruit at the same time on same tree.
male AMERICAN REDSTART
One of hundreds of lovely Trees
ZENAIDA DOVE
YELLOW-BILLED PARROT
in full cry!
in full cry!
another for the Punk
Best behaved JAMAICAN WOODPECKER yet.
AMERICAN KESTREL
PASSION FLOWERS starting to open.
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Another Great Tree
Have cropped each of the 2 photographs
hopefully to reveal
INDIGO BUNTING*
and let's end as we started,
BANANAQUIT
probably the most common bird in the Gardens
probably the most common bird in the Gardens
