Whilst enjoying some Caribbean sunshine, I did manage to point the camera at a few birds again; not many, and the majority of species seen were the same as I saw in 2018. Still, makes a change from sparrows and starlings ....
Common Ground Dove - Antigua
Zenaida Dove - Barbados
Brown Pelican - Antigua
Laughing Gulls and Royal Terns - Antigua
Bananaquit - Antigua
Grey Kingbird - Guadeloupe
Carib Grackle - Guadeloupe
Shiny Cowbird - Barbados
Both of the following hummingbirds were amongst a handful in the same tree,
though getting photos whilst they briefly settled in the canopy with a bit of
a breeze was not easy. It is probably not a coincidence that these were in
exactly the same tree where last time I saw the third species -
Purple-throated Carib.
Antillean Crested Hummingbird - St Lucia. A partially obscured male.
Green-throated Carib - St Lucia
And this one is apparently not a subspecies of Lesser Antillean Bullfinch as I
thought previously, but now split ....
Barbados Bullfinch - Barbados
Before we set across the Atlantic though, the only birds I saw around Lanzarote and Gran Canaria were familiar, including sparrows ....
Spanish Sparrow - Lanzarote
I stumbled on a great new album during the week, "Memoirs of Hi-Tech Jazz" by Waajeed. A subtle blend of Detroit techno / Chicago house with jazz-like overtones. It is well worth a listen, but ideally from start to finish to properly appreciate the work in context and especially as a number of tracks run into each other.
